Minor requirements

Political scientists seek to understand the basis of power in society, how that power is organized and exercised and its impact on people’s lives.

Objectives of the major are to:
- Acquaint the student with the great issues of politics.
- Analyze alternative approaches to those issues.
- Develop the student’s intelligent and lasting interest in society and politics and provide him or her with an environment for learning active self-governance.
- Serve practical needs of students planning a career involving the law, processes, institutions, techniques and social and economic environment of modern governments (areas stressed are law, public administration, the foreign service, journalism and business).
- Prepare students for graduate study with a view toward teaching and/or research. Political and social ideas, movements and institutions are incomprehensible without adequate understanding of their history. Likewise, the study of history profits from awareness of political and social philosophies, institutions and concerns.

Please refer to the academic catalog for minor requirements.

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