<p>What is the major actually called at Harvard? I keep reading both. Thanks.</p>
<p>It's not my prospective major or anything, so I might be wrong, but Harvard has a Political Science concentration (like most major schools). Government is different, and I know it's offered by Georgetown, but I do not believe it is a conventional major.</p>
<p>Harvard calls its poli sci department the Government Dept.</p>
<p>corranged is slightly mistaken.
Harvard does not have a department or concentration called Political Science. It is called Government. Within the Government concentration, there are four subfields from which concentrators are required to take at least one half-course in each. These are Political Theory, Comparative Government, American Government, and International Relations.</p>
<p>More info in the student handbook:
<a href="http://www.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/handbooks/student/%5B/url%5D">http://www.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/handbooks/student/</a></p>
<p>Hope that helps!</p>
<p>I suppose it is called Government because the department as a whole is a bit broader than just PoliSci.</p>
<p>Oh. Weird.</p>
<p>Said I'd be wrong. lol</p>