<p>How is it? Please describe (:</p>
<p>this and more in the archives.</p>
<p>That only had 5 posts. :/ and was vague. How is art history as well?</p>
<p>According to the latest USNWR, below are the top 30 Political Science Departments.</p>
<ol>
<li>Harvard University 5.0</li>
<li>Stanford University 4.9</li>
<li>University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 4.8</li>
<li>Princeton University 4.7</li>
<li>University of California–Berkeley 4.6</li>
<li>Yale University 4.6</li>
<li>University of California–San Diego 4.4</li>
<li>Duke University 4.3</li>
<li>University of Chicago 4.3</li>
<li>Columbia University 4.2</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.2</li>
<li>University of California–Los Angeles 4.2</li>
<li>Ohio State University 4.0</li>
<li>University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 4.0</li>
<li>University of Rochester 4.0</li>
<li>University of Wisconsin–Madison 3.9</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis 3.9</li>
<li>Cornell University 3.8</li>
<li>New York University 3.8</li>
<li>University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 3.8</li>
<li>Northwestern University 3.6</li>
<li>Michigan State University 3.4</li>
<li>Texas A&M University–College Station 3.4</li>
<li>University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 3.4</li>
<li>Indiana University–Bloomington 3.3</li>
<li>University of Iowa 3.3</li>
<li>University of Texas–Austin 3.3</li>
<li>University of Washington 3.3</li>
<li>Emory University 3.2</li>
<li>Rice University 3.2</li>
<li>SUNY–Stony Brook 3.2</li>
<li>University of California–Davis 3.2</li>
<li>University of Maryland–College Park 3.2</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania 3.2</li>
</ol>
<p>Number 7!!</p>
<p>You can check the PoliSci Department website for specific info about the program. Undergraduate</a> Program</p>
<p>But like people have previously posted, it's a really strong program with a lot of esteemed professors. Classes can be really huge lectures (400 people) to small seminar deals (less than 20 people). It just depends on what you want to take.</p>
<p>I'm totally double majoring in bio and poli sci.</p>
<p>note, however, that those rankings apply to graduate school departments.</p>
<p>Sammyz -</p>
<p>You are right, but what other metric is there to evaluate the strength of the undergrad program? Perhaps there is some UG ranking (or even a meaningful difference), but it seems to me that the quality of the UG program is derived from the quality of professors and research that the university is putting out - which is encompassed in these grad rankings. I suppose you could look at placement rates in law school/ Ph.D. programs, but the data is probably sparce and maps onto certain indicators of college student body quality (SAT scores/high school GPA, etc.) and will not serve as a great metric for the department, but merely for characteristics already inherent in the students.</p>
<p>"What are you going to do with a degree in pop culture"</p>
<p>"He can be a professor of pop culture"</p>
<p>Just plug in pop culture with poli sci. Why not get a degree in russian literature while you're at it.</p>
<p>Just because the major doesn't translate concretely into a job after graduation doesn't mean you can't do anything with it. There are different avenues you can pursue with the major. International diplomacy, American governmental and bureaucratic positions, law, lobbying; they're all possibilities with the major. It's not like engineering where a major in Structural Engineering will probably land you as...an engineer.</p>
<p>@ amateurcollegegu:</p>
<p>Quit being elitist.</p>