<p>Diplomacy vs. Government Service vs. Pre-Law - etc.</p>
<p>this is cool! a place to talk about our majors and whatnot...
i want to major in government/political science and possibly learn arabic as well... ive always wanted to learn. ive also read about a Political Communications major and that sounds VERY cool.</p>
<p>Omg I'm so glad they made a secton for poli sci!! I want to possibly major in it as well.</p>
<p>Comments about the following schools and poly sci courses would be appreciated:</p>
<p>Dickinson
Lafayette
American
Gettysburg
Villanova
George Washington
Bucknell
Franklin & Marshall
Drew
Colgate
Trinity
Fairfield
James Madison
Delaware
UConn
Northeastern
Penn State
Binghamton
Holy Cross
Scranton
Fordham
Stonehill</p>
<p>Thanks --</p>
<p>American has a strong program, I go there (but for international relations). They definitely have very good profs and a HUGE opportunity to see very prominent officials, etc. Relating to both IR and Political science (last semester alone i saw gov. of puerto rico, assistant sec. of state, ari fleischer, italian ambassador, tucker carlson, andrei cherny, several panels about sudan, panel about child labor, panel about jobs in state dept, etc. etc. etc. all on campus)</p>
<p>collegeparent, my S wants to major in PolySci and I also identified the same schools with the exception of Northeastern, Penn State and Scranton. I eliminated Stonehill - the department is just way too small. Of the schools on your list, he ended up applying to Dickinson and Gettysburg (although, I wish he had also applied to Lafayette). The others were eliminated because (a) they didn't have his sport, (b) he didn't want to travel too far (we live in MA), or (c) he didn't like it. <g></g></p>
<p>I'm looking at majoring in polysci, and maybe a minor at the most in Arabic (just like oboe!). Can't wait until I get to finally choose where I'm going.</p>
<p>I'm a freshman political science major at Holy Cross. Just wanted to let you know that it is definitely a strong department with a distinguished faculty. I've enjoyed all the political science professors I've come into contact with this year. I would definitely recommend HC to you if you are interested in studying political science at a liberal arts college. If you have any questions, let me know.</p>
<p>My family is friends with a polysci professor, and he says that Kenyon College has the best department in the nation.</p>
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<blockquote> <p>he says that Kenyon College has the best department in the nation.<<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>Hmm, thats a bold claim to make.....and I highly doubt it</p>
<p>I have to agree with GradStudent. Just looking at the Kenyon political science website shows that they have a very limited offering of courses as a department. Does this professor work at Kenyon or something?</p>
<p>Does anyone have any statistsics on what people who have majored in Political Science have done after undergrad? (e.g. Law School, Biz School, Work, etc).
Is there a large difference between Political Science and Government majors?</p>
<p>Political Science, Politics and Government are essentially the same major. It's your concentration within that major that will differ among people (American Politics, Public Policy and Political Economy, International Politics, Law Concentration, Comparative Politics, Research Methodology, etc.)</p>
<p>Could someone please post comments on the polysci programs at the following schools:</p>
<p>Brandeis University
Brown University
Dartmouth College
Haverford College
Swarthmore College
University of Pittsburgh
Vassar College
Wesleyan University
Williams College</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Well demgirl on your list I also applied to Dartmouth and Swat and from what I hear Political science is supposed to be excellent at both Dartmouth and Swat especially Swat. There's even a question about Poly Sci at Swat on the Swarthmore board. Check it out and good luck!</p>
<p>Ohio State is supposed to have an amazing poli sci program.</p>
<p>Political Science is a very large and common field of study, so many universities have strong departments, from the giants, like Harvard and Michigan, to the boutique-type departments, like Claremont McKenna and Colgate...and all of them are excellent. If a school is good in the Social Sciences, chances are, it will be good in Political Science. Schools I recommend:</p>
<p>Amherst College
Bowdoin College
Brown University
Carleton College
Claremont McKenna College
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Davidson College
Duke University
Georgetown University
Grinnell College
Harvard University
Indiana University-Bloomington
Johns Hopkins University
Macalester College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Middlebury College
Northwestern University
Oberlin College
Ohio State University-Columbus
Pomona College
Princeton University
Stanford University
Swarthmore College
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-San Diego
University of Chicago
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania
University of Rochester
University of Texas-Austin
University of Virginia
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Washington University-St Louis
Wesleyan University
Williams College
Yale University</p>
<p>I am polisci major at UC Irvine. So far, even though I have only taken two courses in polisci so far, I like it a lot. If it's a good solid university, chances are they have a fairly decent polisci program--I think that's pretty true. As far as rankings go, I don't think anyone ranks undergrad polisci so I'd look at the university as a whole and $$$ and such. Berkeley is number 2 in polisci, and if I were going to grad school, I would have definitely gone there but for undergrad UCI is still pretty good [especially when money is involved :) ].</p>
<p>since this an inactive topic, i wanted to ask the basic curic. for a poli-sci major, although my GPA and SAT are high i am most likley going to attend Howard University in DC which is always a plus because politics are used heavily in DC but for anyone who has taken a class in poli-sci (my mom doesn't want to tell me anything she says she doesn't want to ruin it for me) whats the basic circ.</p>
<p>I would love to major in this but my parents are a little worried about the applicability of this major. What kinds of jobs are people in this major aiming for? I know law school is a big one. I'd love to work in DC in some gov't field, but i know that is super competitive. Thanks for all your help.</p>