政治学文学士

政治学（POLS）不仅检查政府和国家之间的政治，而且也检查私人组织，企业，大学，家庭，语言和日常生活中的政治。从解释性和历史性到定量和统计性，使用了各种方法来执行此操作。尽管在我们的方向上折衷主义是正确的，但是该部门的主要方法论重点可以称为批判性解释主义者：在我们的方法中，我们利用和发展了后结构主义，女权主义，马克思主义，后殖民主义，酷儿文化和哲学理论以及更多主流理论。政治现象政治科学（POLS）不仅检查政府和国家之间的政治，而且也检查私人组织，企业，大学，家庭，语言和日常生活中的政治。从解释性和历史性到
Political Science (POLS) examines politics not only in government and among nations but also in private organizations, businesses, universities, families, language, and daily life. Various methods are used to do this, ranging from the interpretive and historical to the quantitative and statistical. Although properly eclectic in our orientation, the department's major methodological emphasis can be called critical interpretivist: we utilize and develop poststructuralist, feminist, Marxist, post–colonial, queer cultural and philosophical theories, as well as more mainstream theories, in our approaches to political phenomena.Political Science (POLS) examines politics not only in government and among nations but also in private organizations, businesses, universities, families, language, and daily life. Various methods are used to do this, ranging from the interpretive and historical to the quantitative and statistical. Although properly eclectic in our orientation, the department's major methodological emphasis can be called critical interpretivist: we utilize and develop poststructuralist, feminist, Marxist, post–colonial, queer cultural and philosophical theories, as well as more mainstream theories, in our approaches to political phenomena.Students identify and analyze power dynamics in a range of social contexts and processes, including but not limited to language, government, images of the future and civil society institutions. Students will be able to pose and explore relevant, open-ended questions about authority and legitimacy.This argumentative capacity is built upon their ability to rigorously and respectfully weigh competing views, synthesize multiple sources and critically reflect on their own and others assumptions. Students should be able to make arguments in both written and oral forms of communication.