Our faculty are specialists in their fields. Several have taught elsewhere in the United States and the world. All bring their research to bear in the classroom, where the students share in the process of discovery, analysis, synthesis, and criticism. The faculty are widely recognized as excellent, enthusiastic, and effective teachers whose primary task is to assist in developing students' active and contemplative involvement in public life. Internships in the community or Washington are available.
Study abroad is part of our program.
Advanced students may also perform independent study in a topic they choose. The Department collaborates with other programs, e.g., Afro-American Studies, Criminal Justice, Economics, History, Judaic Studies, Legal Studies, Sociology. We emphasize the importance of the humanities and sciences to reach our objective of making each student a participant in his or her own education, seeing each student as a catalyst in others' education, developing students' civic responsibility, and preparing graduates for a career as well as for intelligent leisure.