<p>I posted this on the careers board, but this is board is a lot more active so I thought I'd post here too...</p>
<p>What jobs can you get from undergrad Poli Sci? This is most likely going to be my major, but I'm not really interested in going into law. The thing is, I really don't know what I want to do, besides the fact that I want to be in this field. Any comments?</p>
<p>I majored in poli sci and worked in international development policy for a major aid donor. After graduating, other friends worked for Congress, for thinktanks in DC, for non-profits doing advocacy work, for non-profits doing service delivery work, Peacecorps, Fulbrights, management consulting in the private sector, and so on. I'm getting a PhD right now in poli sci. I think most people from my college worked in non-law fields, actually.</p>
<p>I'd be really interested to find out more about this, too. Majors like History, Poli Sci and Sociology sound interesting, but they all seem to lead to either academia of law school.</p>
<p>I'm double-majoring in International Affairs and Geography at GW and have no intention of entering academia or law school. My end goal is to work for the State Department.</p>
<p>Ya, I really want to work inside the political infrastructure...like the State Department. I one school I looked at breaks up their political science major into about 5 subcategories such as journalism, law, etc. I really like that system, but that is not one of my top choices, do many other schools have it set up this way, like American or GW, so I can have a vast job field open after I graduate, without having to go on to grad school?</p>
<p>I think you have job opportunities as long as you make yourself open to them. The curriculum won't fully dictate what your future will be - that's your job! Having a masters will definitely make you competitive for jobs, but it's not necessary. I'm finding a lot of opportunities for jobs that ask for a BA minimum. A degree won't exactly dictate where your career will go. I know people who are in marketing and business with liberal arts degrees. Study what interests you and you'll find a way to get where you need to go.</p>