As a new major, you will find the Department to be an exciting and challenging place. All of the Department's thirteen faculty members hold Ph.D. degrees and are fully committed to their students. They all teach not only advanced majors but freshmen as well. As a Political Science major you will be pleased to find that most of your Political Science classes are quite small, many enrolling fewer than 20 students. You will discover that Political Science offers three different Honors courses every year, more than any other department.
Small classes facilitate intense but friendly student-faculty interaction.
Here you will be challenged to engage in some serious self-examination, and your writing and reasoning skills will be put to the test. Our faculty are convinced of the importance of academic advising. When you first enroll in Political Science, you will be advised by the Department's award-winning Undergraduate Coordinator. During the sophomore year, by which time you will have gotten your academic program well underway, you will be placed with an advisor trained in the area of your career interest who will then advise you about your academic progress, scholarship opportunities, and career plans. The Department Office is located on the first floor of Bowen Hall as are most faculty offices and Political Science classes.