Transfer credit for courses taken outside Tulane University involving different credit systems will be evaluated case by case. The Political Science curriculum is intimately related with many aspects of the LAS curriculum, including several existing inter-disciplinary programs. Both the Latin American Studies major and the several tracks of the Political Economy major incorporate a large component of Political Science coursework. In addition, certain of our courses cross-list with the Women's Studies program and the African and Diaspora Studies program. The Tulane liberal arts student who majors in Political Science or one of its concentrated tracks pursues a course of study which helps develop analytic reasoning skills and build competence in oral and written expression.
Majors can also acquire proficiency in statistical analysis and foreign language usage.
Such training is useful to students no matter what their ultimate career choices. The Political Science major is considered vital pre-professional study by the majority of our students. Most of our majors go on to Professional and Graduate School in the study of law, public policy and public affairs, business administration, or academic social science. But the Political Science major is perhaps most valuable as training for good citizens who are increasingly citizens of the world.