重视政治学的中等教育教育学士学位

BS Ed。是为希望在中学从事教学职业的学生设计的专业教育学位。大部分特定学科的课程工作与该学科的学士学位平行，但是，密苏里州基础和中等教育系（DESE）需要特定的课程工作才能获得教师资格证书。政治学系提供的本科工作包括政治学学士学位，国际关系学学士学位，公共政策和管理学学士学位，以及与教育学院合作的政治学学士学位和教师证书以及教育学士学位，重点是社会研究。（有关详细信息，请参阅本公告的“教育学院”部分。）政治学专业的辅修课程适用于主修另一门学科且对法律，政府，政治，非营利，国际关系和公共政策特别感兴趣的
B.S. Ed. in Secondary Education with Emphasis in Social Studies<br>The B.S. Ed. is a professional education degree designed for students who wish to pursue a teaching career in secondary schools. Much of the discipline-specific coursework parallels the B.A. degree in the discipline, however, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) requires specific coursework for teacher certification. Therefore, students interested in the B.S. Ed. should contact the advising office (OASIS) 314-516-5937 in the College of Education for discipline-specific requirements. Note: To obtain teaching certification, DESE requires a 3.0 GPA in the discipline and professional education coursework, as well as a 2.75 GPA overall.<br>A degree in Political Science is the perfect choice for students who want to change the world. Our students gain knowledge about politics and policy, and develop sought-after skills--such as information-gathering and processing, analysis, research, decision making, and oral and written communication--that are transferable to many career paths after graduation. Areas of concentration include American politics, international and comparative politics, urban politics, public law, public policy and administration, and gender and politics. In addition to formal course work, internships are available in which the student can apply classroom learning and gain practical field experience.<br>Career Outlook<br>Our graduates work in a variety of settings, as lawyers in the legal system, staff for government agencies, legislatures, and political campaigns, managers of public, private and nonprofit organizations, and advocates for a wide variety of social, environmental, and economic organizations. The variety of skills students develop, coupled with internship experience, make our graduates strong candidates on the job market. Early and mid-career Political Science graduates enjoy higher average salaries than those in Business Management and other fields. Political Science is also a path to graduate school and the top major of law school applicants.