The Department of Political Science and History offers degrees in Political Science as well as History and History Education. This unique configuration combines two traditional social science disciplines within one administrative structure. The curriculum is designed to provide broad training in the study of political institutions and political behavior for students in the liberal arts and majors planning graduate work. It also affords pre-professional training for law, business, public relations work, the mass media, domestic and foreign service, teaching, the military and a variety of roles in the public and public sector. History is the study of peoples, cultures and values.
Historians interpret and analyze the history of our world.
Another component of history is the examination of geography, philosophy and religion. This major affords opportunities in teaching, research, public history as well as graduate and professional schools. Overview A large percentage of students enroll in law or graduate school with a smaller percentage entering military service and the job market. Students have enrolled in law programs at Harvard, American University, Georgetown, University of Virginia, Emory, Duke and Wake Forest. They enter graduate programs at the University of Maryland, Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh, University of North Carolina, Princeton, University of Chicago, Ohio State as well as leading HBCU s in the country.