政治学文学士

政治学是研究公共部门中政府，个人和机构行为，民族国家与非国家行为者之间的关系以及国内外政治和决策理论的研究。该研究课程强调经验性和规范性政治学，书面和口头交流，计算机素养，定性和定量研究方法，以及对国内外国内外复杂政治关系的批判性分析。政治学解决了现代社会面临的基本问题：战争，不平等，公民自由和公民与人权，贫困与发展，环境，并力求评估旨在解决这些问题的过程，政策，关系和理论。政治学为各种职业机会打开了大门。许多政治学专业的学生最终都从事法律，政府服务甚至国际服务的职业。政治科学也是那些打算在政府部门从事职
Political science is the study of government, individual, and institutional behavior in the public sector, relations among nation-states, and theories of politics. Political science addresses the fundamental issues confronting modern society war, inequality, poverty, the environment and seeks to evaluate the processes, policies, and theories that have been devised to deal with them.<br><br>Typically, the discipline of political science is subdivided into topical fields: U.S. government and politics, including the subfields of public law, public administration, and public policy, comparative politics, which deals with government and politics within nations other than the United States, international relations, which is the analysis of politics among nations, including foreign policy, war and peace, and political economy, and political theory, which encompasses political thought throughout the ages as well as contemporary approaches.<br><br>The Political Science Program at Cal State San Marcos offers courses in each of these areas and invites students to explore a broad spectrum of topics. Political science majors may choose between a general concentration, which provides wide exposure to the fields of political science, and a global concentration, which offers majors an opportunity to focus on foreign political systems and international relations. Majors and non-majors alike are encouraged to think critically, independently, and objectively about government and politics. The goal of the program is to produce informed, empowered citizens who will contribute to their national and global communities.