<p>Is Bucknell mostly for science/engineering type? How about political science, international relations, etc?</p>
<p>in any given year, approximately one in three students graduates with a primary major in science or engineering. throw in business and education majors and youre still below 50%, meaning that MOST students are pursuing degrees in the social sciences, humanities and fine arts.</p>
<p>that said, bucknells larger size does allow it to offer programs in science (and especially engineering) that other liberal arts colleges have a difficult time matching. it does not follow that the schools other programs are necessarily weak, however. it just means that smaller lacs have dont face the kind of capital and per student expenses when trying to fund a political science department… which basically comes down to funding faculty.</p>
<p>with that in mind, liberal arts schools still have limited enrollments than thus will have some departments that are more ‘limited’ in terms of opportunities than you would like. bucknells history and philosophy departments, while filled with great faculty, always seemed a bit small (and thus limited in course offerings) to me, for example. this is not the case for political science, in which 36 different courses will be offered this year. </p>
<p>in terms of rigor and quality, i found the few classes i took in these departments very good (and of my three political science professors, one was denied tenure and another was an adjunct filling in for someone on leave… so its not like i got the best of the best). on the ir side of things, emek ucarer is awesome. period.</p>