Undergraduate Politics

The study of politics emphasizes several challenging and critical issues:

• the exercise of power in formal governmental institutions and in non-governmental institutions, from interest groups to human rights organizations to corporate board rooms
• political systems, their historical context, and the social and economic systems with which they interact
• the ideas of the great political thinkers, and how those ideas might apply in contemporary practice
• how public policy gets formulated, legislated, implemented, and evaluated and how democratic and accessible is the process.
• comparing the U.S. political system to those elsewhere in the world, in nations in Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East
• the politics of nations and international relations, and the transnational relations increasingly practiced by peoples, organizations, and local institutions across national boundaries

To learn more:

• Please see Politics Course Descriptions.
• Please see Major in Politics.
• Please see 4+3 BA/BS-JD Program.
• Please see Internship Programs.
• Please see Minor in European Studies.
• Please see Minor in Legal Studies.
• Please see Minor in Peace and Justice Studies.
• Please see Minor in Politics.
• Please see Minor in Public Service.
• Please see Peace Review.
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