政治学文学士-外交

政府和外交专业的学生密切相关，但有很大的不同。两种专业都要求学生在政治系修读30个学分（十门课程），在以下四个主要政治学领域中至少修一门课程：美国政治（PLAP），比较政治（PLCP），国际关系（PLIR）和政治理论（PLPT）。<br>政治系15个学分（五门课程）达到3000级或以上，其中三个学分（一门课程）必须处于4000级或更高。<br>与政治研究相关的部门提供的相关课程的12个学分时<br>专业的区别在于，外交专业选择的领域是世界范围内的领域，而政府专业则集中在美国或其他有关政治理论的问题。
A Politics degree enables students to approach life after college with a critical eye, an analytic edge and sensitivity to the concerns of people all over the world. Our two majors stress the acquisition of analytical and critical thinking skills, we teach students to construct arguments of their own about our political world. We hope our courses and our faculty unsettle our students a bit, creating a habit of skepticism about received wisdom. Perhaps more important, we strive to help our students develop their own ideas, support them with evidence, and put them into words and numbers that will engage and persuade their peers, their co-workers and their fellow citizens. Students who major in the Politics Department follow many different paths after they graduate. Most of our students join the labor force upon graduation. Many students work in government itself, in public service, journalism, or in other closely related fields. An increasingly large percentage of students go on to graduate work, in one of the academic disciplines, or in policy, law or other professional schools around the country.