<p>I noticed that Cornell does not offer a political science major. Is this true? Would the closest thing to it be the Government major? How competitive is this major?</p>
<p>It's the Government major. I don't know anything about it beyond that, sorry. I'm an engineer.</p>
<p>that's ok, thanks for confirming about the government major though</p>
<p>Hold on. Then how come Gabrielle Ashe is a Poli Sci Major from Cornell....</p>
<p>polisci @ cornell is the gov't major.</p>
<p>I posted this last month as well... </p>
<p>Just as a point of reference, in case you look for it...You wont find the term Political Science major at Cornell. Students study political science in Department of Government in CAS and are "Government majors". To quote a line from the department's website, Cornell's Department of Government is devoted to the study of political power and the interaction of citizens and governments. </p>
<p>Some of the older universities stick to their original terminology. For example, Harvard's political science students major in Government" as well. The phrase political science is relatively new.</p>
<p>I've spoken to Govt. majors. It's a pretty easygoing major. They don't work too hard.</p>
<p>are in the Government Dept.</p>
<p>Kramnick
Lowi
Rabkin</p>
<p>just to name a few...</p>
<p><a href="http://falcon.arts.cornell.edu/Govt/%5B/url%5D">http://falcon.arts.cornell.edu/Govt/</a></p>
<p>All useful information...thank you</p>