<p>Hey just wondering if there are any current political science majors out there at USF. How is the program? Be honest!</p>
<p>Sorry, cold, the USF subforum doesn’t seem to be as lively as SCUs and others.</p>
<p>haha i see this…</p>
<p>cold, I was admitted to USF for Political Science, and although I plan to change my major after the first semester if I go there, I’ll still ask about their PoliSci program this weekend at the Admitted Students Visit since, technically, that would be my intended major first coming in. I’ll give you the full dig on what they tell me. I’ll try to ask students and staff/faculty.</p>
<p>Awesome! TY</p>
<p>cold, none of the tour guides were polisci majors, and it was a Saturday so there weren’t any particular students walking around either. I stopped by the Politics Department offices, but they were locked because, again, it was Sat and no one could have been expected to be there then. At the end of the event, I saw that the College of Arts and Sciences had a booth set up for students to ask questions so I asked about the Politics program. A History and English professor were there, and while they did not teach politics subjects, they know some of their current students majoring in politics and gave me some information based on that.</p>
<p>Basically the things they told me we that the depth of the politics experience depends on the individual student. They have students that just do their studies and then that’s it, but they also have students that have been involved in the occupy movement and other recent events, gaining detailed experience in those. It makes the student be a little more proactive, but it is true that San Francisco is one of the more liberal cities in the nation and therefore their politics seems a little more active. Of course, there are internships provided to the students and a lot of the faculty will email opportunities to their students. USF also has a study abroad program in connection with American University in DC where the students do a semester there. Almost EVERY university has the exact same program (usually called the DC Internship, or DC semester or something similar) so this wasn’t something exclusive, but at least they do have it. I didn’t notice on the list of campus organizations if there was a ‘College Republicans’ or ‘Democrats’ group, but new groups can always be formed by incoming students.</p>
<p>Hope that clears a little bit up about politics dept at USF for you.</p>
<p>Awesome, thanks so much for taking the time to post all of that information. I hope others will find it as useful as I have.</p>