Minimum number of credits required to graduate: 124
Minimum cumulative GPA required to graduate: 2.0
Minimum number of credits to complete the major: 44
School: School of Arts and Sciences
Department: Political Science and Public Policy
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Political Science is a dynamic, exciting major that prepares students for a range of careers. Students in Political Science learn to analyze and research politics from a range of perspectives. Students explore vital and contemporary questions about law, government, and justice and learn about political systems and leaders, policies, and domestic and international conflicts. Students develop their writing, analytical and critical thinking skills across a range of courses and topical areas. Many of our students combine their Political Science major with a double major or minor to further enrich their college experience and training. Students in Political Science have the opportunity for hands-on learning in internships, research projects, service learning, or spending a semester studying abroad or in Washington, D.C. Political Science graduates have gone on to hold a range of jobs in public service, non-profit work, local, state, and federal government, K-12 education, higher education, research, and business. Many students also further their education in graduate or law school.