<p>I normally wouldnt as a question like this seeing as tulane is a top school IMO, but seeing as the whole katrina thing, what shape is that department in?</p>
<p>I have heard that science and engineering majors have taken a blow but others seem to be fine. Does anyone have any info about polisci at tulane?</p>
<p>i'm pretty certain that all of the graduate programs in the department of political science were axed due to the Renewal Plan. All graduate students who are currently in the program are allowed to finish up their work, when all of the current grad. students are gone the graduate program will be officially ended.</p>
<p>normally undergrad departments aren't ranked- except for the gourman report which we all know is bs since there is no data analysis.</p>
<p>i was looking at the USnews grad school rankings for 2008 about a month ago and i can definitely tell you that tulane was not ranking in the political science fields or any of its subsets- only about 20-30 make the ranking.</p>
<p>usually, however, the strength of a department at the graduate level lends its reputation to undergraduates in that department- especially if you are applying to grad schools in the same field as your major.</p>
<p>here's a faculty scholarly activity index of poli sci departments- this ranking is done by the chronicle of higher education- it has its flaws, but is decent if you have to see rankings for grad programs</p>
<p>1) WashU
2)Harvard U
3)Yale
4)SUNY- Stony Brook
5) U of Illinois - Urbana
6) U of Kansas
7)U of Maryland- College Park
8)Princeton
9)UC- Santa Barbara
10) UVA</p>
<p>hopefully, that will give you a bearing on some better schools to apply to for polisci
good luck</p>
<p>Thank you very much, that answered my question.</p>
<p>I just got off the phone with a Tulane admissions officer, (obviously slightly bais, but still) he told me that 10% of Tulane undergrads are Political Science majors......</p>
<p>that has nothing to do with the peer reputation of the program, that stat. is just a reflection of its popularity. nationally political science is a popular major at any university like psychology, etc.</p>
<p>I'd say that Tulane could be a very interesting place to study political science because the system is a little unique. I believe they are the only state using an open primary system with a runnoff in the general election if nobody recieves 50% of the vote. Given the cultural and political divides in the state this creates some real machinations. Even within the city of New Orleans the politics are not what you would expect in a normal big city.</p>
<p>As I have said elsewhere Tulane also has deep scholarly insight into Latin America and a lot of interdisciplinary programs that would be of interest to anyone studying political science.</p>
<p>I would also suggest that anyone truly interested in poltical science also take a look at the political economy program. It is one of Tulane's jewels.</p>