<p>I have interest in the university, and would like to know how is the university in political science.</p>
<p>It’s called “Government” at UT.</p>
<p>What would you like to know? Your question is rather vague.</p>
<p>I guess how is it recognize globally, assuming one wanted to attend a graduate school… possibly ivy league. Also assuming one may concentrate in international relations.</p>
<p>I was in the exact same position when I was looking for colleges. I was looking for a school that had prestige and I wanted to study political science or international relations.
As of right now I’m a government major at UT but I’m going to switch to the new major of “International Relations and Global Studies” that has been made as of 2 weeks ago.</p>
<p>UT is very prestigious internationally and there is tons of political activism all around campus and around the city of Austin in general. I think that UT is a perfect place to study Poli Sci/IR</p>
<p>UT’s poli sci grad program is #21 nationally. One would think it’s undergrad was highly regarded as well.</p>
<p>[Rankings</a> - Political Science - Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-political-science-schools/rankings]Rankings”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-political-science-schools/rankings)</p>
<p>I always thought International Relations was a concentration of Political Science… hmm I’m interested in knowng about Global studies. One can major in international relations and … I’m starting to get confused with all these different possible majors.</p>
<p>Well for Gov’t majors your supposed to take atleast i think it was 9 hrs in at least 3 fields of Gov’t the rest of the 30 you need are able to be filled by any government field, and there is alot in the Int’l field…just in case, thats what i’m gonna do just remain in my major and fill it with the int’l field or even since we have to, minor in int’l relations…(yes, ALL COLA students must have a minor)</p>
<p>International Relations is a branch within Government, but the new major is completely different, focusing much more heavily on other social sciences and foreign languages. Also you are required to study abroad for a semester in order to receive the degree.</p>
<p>I actually just posted a thread about the Political Science program at UT Austin.</p>
<p>When I called the Govrnment Department at UT they said they didn’t offer any Political Science degrees. Can you guys clarify this? I’m trying to get a Poly Sci degree since it interests me, and also because I want to go to Law School.</p>
<p>Thanks,
Dr. Scientist.</p>
<p>There is only government.</p>
<p>Uh why don’t you believe the government office but you would believe us? lol</p>
<p>Scary thought isn’t it? :P.</p>
<p>Kidding, not sure. I wasn’t a second opinion since I read in another thread that the Poly Sci department was called Government at UT, but then I heard this new news so I wasn’t sure what to believe.</p>
<p>Thanks for completely clearing it up though.</p>
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<li>sigh - Now to figure out where to go to college. :-. How close is Govt to Poly Sci anyway?</li>
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<p>I guess it really varies when speaking about if there is a specialization.</p>
<p>If you look at the course requirements for schools, like the ones you mentioned, they have basically the exact same sort of classes as government. Though I have heard of some poli sci having to take statistics/economics sort of classes but I couldn’t find a specific school.</p>
<p>Coolbrezze —</p>
<p>That’s understandable, I’m going to do more research into it as far as course-selection goes.</p>
<p>comiclover —</p>
<p>Yes, I think that’s what they may have been referring to when they meant they didn’t have “Political Science” per se, since I don’t think the Government has Stat/Econ courses. I’ll look more into it and see what I can find.</p>
<p>Though, are there any other schools in Texas that specialize in Poly Sci? I know Rice’s got a good program. Anywhere else?</p>
<p>I think UNT has a Political Science program. I’m not sure about its ranking.</p>
<p>Yep UT gov majors do not take Econ or Stats as a requirement. I guess you could take it as an elective though.</p>
<p>UNT, A&M, Texas Tech, Baylor, University of Houston, Texas Southern, University of St Thomas have political science. Rice requires a statistics class. There might be more but those are basically the main schools in TX.</p>
<p>trinity university in san antonio is also a great college in texas. it’s been ranked #1 in the west for colleges granting at least a master’s degree by the USNWR for several years now. i don’t know about its poli sci or govt program, but i felt that it should be added to comiclover’s list of the main schools in texas :)</p>
<p>“Government” and “Political Science” are the same exact thing.</p>
<p>Harvard does not offer “Political Science,” they offer government. It’s the same at UT.</p>
<p>I hope this clarifies some issues for you.</p>
<p>To theloneranger, comiclover, texas09 and everyone else reading this thread —</p>
<p>My naive questioning has finally ended as I have finally confirmed that Government and Political Science are the exact same thing.</p>
<p>Apparently I got my information from a TA of some kind before.</p>
<p>Oh well, I’d like to thank everyone for their help and all of the information they contributed, and that I’m very grateful for it.</p>
<p>Enjoy the rest of your summer, everyone.</p>
<p>— Dr. Scientist.</p>
<p>I’m somewhat interested as to why someone with a politically-inclined interest would choose Dr. Scientist as their name. Any particular reason?</p>