<p>Just wanted to know how the northwestern polysci dept. stacks up against others in the nation. I attended a polysci class @ preview and was entirely unimpressed.</p>
<p>eugh...dont say that..im gonna major in poli sci..i knew i should ahve stayed and watched a class</p>
<p>I don't have access to US news anymore. I remember it's ranked either #20 or #21.</p>
<p>it's 21. and I'm a poli sci major here, and the classes I've taken so far have been great. what class did you attend, sam?</p>
<p>I attended "History of Political Thought" at 9:30 AM on a tuesday. It was god-awful, the TA taught it that day and everyone looked bored and it was just generally god-awful.</p>
<p>History of Political Thought is an awful, soulless introductory survey course. I came to NU as a poli sci major, and after taking that class freshman year, decided to switch to Communication, which is the school from which I graduated. </p>
<p>From what I hear, if you can stomach that awful "History of Political Thought" sequence, the major gets far better. Personally, I was happy leaving the poli sci department and Weinberg's disastrous advising system behind.</p>
<p>What are the top 10 or 20 PoliSci schools? and/also International Relations? I have the unsubscriber verison of USNWR</p>
<p>yes thats a good question... does anyone know?</p>
<p>Poli Sci is Harvard, Yale, U Mich, Stanford I believe ... IR is Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, maybe Tufts?</p>
<p>US News doesn't rank IR.
Poli Sci:
1. Harvard University
2. Stanford University
3. University of Michigan Ann Arbor
4. Princeton University
5. University of California Berkeley
Yale University
7. University of California San Diego
8. Duke University
University of Chicago
10. Columbia University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of California Los Angeles
13. Ohio State University
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
University of Rochester
16. University of Wisconsin Madison
Washington University in St. Louis
18. Cornell University
New York University
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
21. Northwestern University</p>
<p>thanks blue! Wow I am surpised to see many Ivies below Public Schools like UMich</p>