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Bachelor's Degree
Political Science
Iowa State University
Overview of Political Science The study of political science is designed to enable students to understand the nature of politics, public values, and policy, as well as the institutions and processes that produce these outcomes. Students completing a major in Political Science will understand and be …more
- IA
Bachelor's Degree
Political Science
Whittier College
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The ICS/PLSC major will provide students with a foundation in computer science and a richer understanding of societal and global governance. Computational politics involves the usage of computational methods, such as analysis and prediction models, to form solutions to the questions of political sci …more
- CA
Bachelor's Degree
Political Science
New Mexico Highlands University
The major in Political Science is offered with two emphases: Liberal Arts and Law. Students in Political Science may seek careers in government, NGOs (non-governmental organizations), teaching, and private industry. The Political Science major provides excellent preparation for law school and other …more
- NM
Bachelor's Degree
Political Science
Yale University
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Political science addresses how individuals and groups organize, allocate, and challenge the power to make collective decisions involving public issues. The goal of the major is to enable students to think critically and analytically about the agents, incentives, and institutions that shape politica …more
- CT
Bachelor's Degree
Political Science
University of Guam
The Political Science Program at UOG makes understanding political processes and institutions in the United States and the Micronesian and Asia Pacific regions the focus of student learning, discovery, research, service, and extra-institutional collaboration. The program centers Guam as the focal po …more
- GU
Bachelor's Degree
Political Science
Western Oregon University
To serve students through teaching and mentoring, serve society through research, public outreach and activities and serve the university through collegial participation in all aspects of the community.
- OR
Bachelor's Degree
Political Science
University of Utah
Political science is the systematic study of governments, policies, institutions, and political behavior. It is the academic field that examines how power is exercised at local, state, national, and international levels.
- UT
Bachelor's Degree
Political Science
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Political Science, broadly defined, is the study of political power and the ends to which that power is used. It is “political” in the sense that it concentrates on the institutions and processes of political systems that exercise power in an authoritative way. It is “scientific” in the sense that t …more
- MI