政治科学文学士学位（迪尔伯恩）

从某种意义上说，这是科学的，它具有关于政治行为的系统性知识体系，可以通过经验，规范和经验研究。从某种意义上讲，它是政治性的，它集中于以权威方式行使权力的政治制度的制度和过程。但是从更广泛的意义上讲，政治学还研究了更大的正义问题，以及政治权力的使用促进或阻碍了正义实现的方式。政治学为学生为从事公共管理，联邦，州和地方民选办公室，公共政策分析，游说，新闻，政治咨询，法律和研究生工作的可能职业做好准备，这些工作导致大学一级的教学，研究或行政管理。
Political Science, broadly defined, is the study of political power and the ends to which that power is used. It is political in the sense that it concentrates on the institutions and processes of political systems that exercise power in an authoritative way. It is 'scientific in the sense that there is a systematic body of knowledge about political behavior which can be studied empirically, normatively, and experientially. But in a broader sense, political science also studies the larger issues of justice and the ways in which the use of political power advances or retards the achievement of justice. <br><br>Politics deals with who gets what, and political science is the study of that process of getting and maintaining power. It is an attempt to define and analyze the processes by which individuals define their interests and interact to promote those interests. At the same time it is the study of the moral ends to which power is used.<br><br>The Bachelor of Arts in Political Science involves courses in three broad areas of inquiry: American Politics (including political institutions, behavior, and public policy), Global Politics (including comparative politics and international relations), and Political Theory. The major prepares students for possible careers in public administration, federal, state, and local elected office, public policy analysis, lobbying, journalism, political consulting, law, and graduate work leading to teaching, research, or administration at the university level.