Political Science Minor

The Political Science program emphasizes the objectives of the liberal arts, which are to help the student cultivate powers of analysis and exposition in reading, writing, and communication; to expand the student’s intellectual horizons; and to increase the student’s knowledge and curiosity. The program explores the realm of politics; its vocabulary, its principal concepts and strategies, its ethics, and its expediencies. 

Goals

• Develop skills that enable students to have successful and rewarding careers.

• Provide students with a working knowledge of the vocabulary, concepts, ethics, and strategies of politics as well as an appreciation of how politics and public policy impact the lives of people locally, nationally, and globally.

• Give students the opportunity to do independent research and develop their own ideas in the field of political science by being mentored by professional political scientists.

Minor is eligible for residential programs.