Political Science at UT-Austin.

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<p>Hey everyone.</p>

<p>I hung up with someone from the Department of Government at UT a few hours ago and I was perplexed for them to tell me that UT does not have a "Political Science" Major, and that if I wanted something as close to Political Science as possible, that UT had Government to offer.</p>

<p>Is this true or did I misunderstand? If it is true, how is it that UNT and Rice both have Political Science departments and UT doesn't?</p>

<p>If anyone is in either of these departments, please help me clarify as I was looking forward to Poly Sci as my main major, and Psychology B.A. as my secondary as I'm planning on going to Law School.</p>

<p>Thank You,
Dr. Scientist.</p>

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<p>Yes, it’s true that UT doesn’t have a Political Science major. What they have is a Government major. It’s basically the same thing but with a different name. Your majors would be Government and Psychology.</p>

<p>If you plan on going to law school, you don’t need and Government/Political Science major. It really doesn’t help in anyway. You can major in what ever you want.</p>

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<p>Pred —</p>

<p>Thanks for the reply.</p>

<p>I realize I can do any major, but Political Science interests me, especially so because I’ve been a debater all throughout high school.</p>

<p>Thanks for the input though, I’ll look more into it.</p>