<p>what is political science? and what are the courses for political science like?</p>
<p>political science is the study of the theory of politics. It involves the basis of government, different theories involved in governing a people, and incorporates history, international relations, constitutional thought, and other subjects into one broad field that is known as a "political science" major.</p>
<p>if your college's political science program is comprehensive, you'll take courses in:
- political theory (marx, greek philosophers, etc.)
- international relations (globalization, war, integration, foreign policy, etc.)
- american government (congress, president, supreme court, elections, etc.)
- comparative politics (development factors, governments of other countries, etc.)</p>
<p>as well as a course or two in statistical methods (applying statistics to a lot of things involving political science topics)</p>
<p>some courses may overlap with the courses in majors such as history, international relations, economics, sociology, geography, etc.</p>
<p>Like Colonel Sanders said, you can take courses in any of those fields. Also, you can choose to concentrate on a certain field, depending on your school. Some different areas of concentration include IR, Comparitive or American Politics, Journalism (Anderson Cooper did this), Law (for Pre-Law), and several more.</p>
<p>I am a political science major. I will warn you taht it is very difficult to get a job with only a BA in poli sci, unless you want to go work for a senator. A masters, or equivalent, is necessary to actually do anything with the degree.
It is a great major however. I recommend a concentration in IR or comparative, but I am biased :)</p>
<p>what kind of job can you get with it other than a white house intern?</p>
<p>I was always interested in Political Science until last year in my World Studies class. Our teacher showed us all of his binders for each of his classes...damn, that scared me out of those courses lol.</p>
<p>A Degree in political science is great for law school, any kind of government job, including think-tanks, diplomatic positions, etc. It is also common for students to double major or have a minor in communications, a language, economics, etc. Poli Sci with a strong econ background can allow you to do pretty much anything that is liberal arts based. Not all political science majors want to go into public service or become politicians. For instance, I am going on to get my PhD.</p>