政治学文学士

政治科学系提供入门级，低级和高级专业的各种课程。该课程分为四个领域：美国政治，政治理论，国际关系和比较政治。除传统的政治学领域外，该系还提供法律入门课程和各种高级课程，让学生可以探索法律专业领域。该系还为大三和大四开设了政治学荣誉课程，最终形成了高级荣誉论文。该部门由实力雄厚且多元化的教职员工组成，尤其对分析与决策，政治结构，参与，冲突，变革与发展，向民主过渡，投票理论，权力和权威，和州际关系。该系在跨学科研究，比较分析和民主理论方面具有特殊的实力。
As a political science major at UCI, you explore how politics works at the individual, group, national, and international levels. Students are introduced to the findings and the methods for gathering information about political behavior and political processes. Course work emphasizes the development of analytic thinking and clear writing skills. Upper-division courses are organized around general areas of study, including American society and politics, comparative politics, international relations, public law, and political theory. The Department of Political Science offers a wide variety of courses at the introductory, lower-division and more specialized upper-division levels. The curriculum is organized into four areas: American Politics, Political Theory, International Relations, and Comparative Politics. In addition to the traditional fields of political science, the department offers an introductory course in Law and a variety of upper-division courses where students can explore specialized areas in Law. The department also offers an Honors Program in Political Science for juniors and seniors, culminating in a senior honors thesis. The department is composed of a strong and diverse faculty especially interested in analyzing central questions of political science related to such topics as policy-making, political structures, participation, conflict, change and development, transition to democracy, voting theory, power and authority, and interstate relations. The faculty has particular strength in interdisciplinary approaches, in comparative analysis, and in democratic theory.