As of the Spring Semester of 2001, there are about thirty-five Political Science and Political Economy majors at Belmont. The program is consciously kept small, designed to cultivate greater attention to each student both in and out of the classroom and to meet the needs of student-scholars. ACT means among our majors are normally well above the University average of approximately 26. Small classes provide students great opportunities to develop close relationships with their colleagues and with the department faculty.
Special attention is given to student course and career advising.
Our introductory courses cap enrollments at 30. Despite being in a relatively small major, Political Science students are significant contributors to the Belmont community. Some of these winners have also captured the Tennessee Political Science Association Undergraduate Paper Award. Several of them have presented at the national undergraduate research conference. Through The James Madison Society, our departmental student organization, students plan numerous politically-oriented convocation events each semester, often presenting papers or leading discussions on a variety of issues.