Through the discipline of political science, students learn to think systematically about and evaluate critically our political life. F rom artistic freedom to unemployment, from abortion to the environment, there are few contemporary issues that do not involve a significant political dimension. Course work in the major culminates in a year-long senior research seminar that allows each student to design and carry out a research project on a topic of interest to her.
Classes are generally small and rely on a combination of discussion and lecture.
Because political knowledge is so closely related to other disciplines, it is recommended that majors choose electives from many areas but especially from history, philosophy and the social sciences.