真实世界的经验和职业准备
Explore crucial, wide-ranging issues in American politics, international relations, 比较政治学和政治哲学. 博天堂官方政治学学士学位 degree program, you’ll work in small classes with close mentorship by award-winning faculty who bring foreign research experience—和 a broad, global perspective—to the 教室. Classes are highly interactive, with a focus on discussion 和 critical 思考. You’ll also have many diverse 和 exciting opportunities to apply your learning in real-world settings, including study abroad programs 和 exciting internships in local, state, federal 和 even international settings.
教师关注的焦点
理查德·鲍纳斯博士.D.
Associate Professor of 政治科学 和 国际 事务
Dr. Bownas specializes in the study of the developing world, in particular new social 运动和活动家网络. He also has research interests in environmental politics 以及当代冲突的理论. 在20世纪90年代末. 鲍纳斯创立了 operated an NGO that trained 和 placed volunteers in Nepali schools 和 social organizations. While pursuing his PhD at Cornell University, he conducted research into the politics of NGOs 和 transnational activists in India, with a focus on the introduction of 转基因作物进入这个国家.
度的选择
B.A. 政治科学
You'll take a broad-based series of courses that emphasize the development of the analytical, research 和 writing skills that are necessary to think critically 和 reflect upon political values 和 public policy. 完成你的B.A. 你需要 a total of 120 credits, with 40 credits taken in the Liberal 艺术 Core (LAC), 44 university-wide credits 和 36 credits in your major (choosing from American Politics, 国际 Relations, Political Philosophy 和 Comparative Politics).
相关辅修选项
辅修政治学
Strengthen your major area of study with a minor in political science. 我们18-credit minor program provides a strong foundation in government 和 international politics, while developing your research, writing, presentation 和 critical 思考 skills. As a 政治科学 minor, you’ll also have opportunities to take part in rewarding internship 和 other experiential learning opportunities.
法律研究
In the Legal Studies minor, you’ll explore the theoretical foundations of law 和 its role in American 和 international institutions. 这个21学分的课程很强大 option if you are planning to go to law school 和 offers an excellent complement 各种各样的专业.
相关的项目
通过实际经验学习
Enrich your life 和 career through h和s-on learning. 这些是一些实习 opportunities available to our political science majors:
- 科罗拉多州议会
- 科罗拉多州州长办公室
- 游说公司
- 威尔德县公设辩护人办公室
- 市政府办公室
- 格里利商会
- 政治运动
- 科罗拉多州民主党或共和党
- 地区和华盛顿办事处.S. 国会议员
- U.S. 国务院
“The experience I had at UNC was nothing short of amazing. 我不仅学会了 fundamentals, but the faculty in the department encouraged me to think critically 和 to use what I learned in the 教室 for practical use in the policy arena. I feel so fortunate to have had those experiences to help shape 和 guide my professional 职业生涯至今.”
—安迪·博伊恩，政治学，博天堂官方校友
你在政治学的未来
Our students have a common goal: to change the world. 在博天堂官方的政治学项目中， you’ll find a learning environment designed to nurture 和 promote this positive activism, through 教室 discussion 和 experiential learning. 这是一个人们 work together 和 faculty get to know students. 这在学术上也是一个挑战 program that will sharpen your communication 和 critical 思考 skills 和 prepare 你是专业人士.
以博天堂官方的政治学B为例.A. 如果你:
- Want to find ways to create positive change in the world
- Enjoy challenging yourself 和 learning by doing
- Prefer small classes 和 close faculty mentorship
你将学习:
- 公民如何塑造政府和社会
- How politics function from the local to the global levels
- Advanced critical 思考 和 problem solving skills
样本课程:
- 环境，政治和法律
- 毒品战争
- 中东冲突
- 宗教政治
- 拉美政治
- 妇女与政治
课堂之外
Our graduates have worked in the United Nations, the U.S. 国会，白宫 以及最高法院. They’ve also served in the 国务院, Department of Defense, 和 Homel和 Security, as well as in state 和 local government positions 在科罗拉多州. Our 政治科学 program has also prepared students to be accepted at top law 和 graduate schools, including Yale, Georgetown, George Washington, Cornell, CU-Boulder, Berkeley, V和erbilt 和 DU.
你的学位能给你带来什么?
A bachelor’s degree in political science can open up a world of career 和 graduate 研究的机会. 这些只是你的一些选择:
- 律师/法律学校
- 运动工人
- 对外联络部主任
- 公司经理/主管
- 说客
- 律师助理
- 政策分析
- 政治记者
- 州议员
- 老师
当前政治学研究
UNC’s political science faculty have studied 和 conducted research at top universities all over the world, from the London School of Economics 和 政治科学, to 柏林洪堡大学. Here is some of the current research going on in 我们的部门:
东德的新纳粹运动
克里斯蒂安·奥利沃博士.D., Associate Professor of 政治科学 和 国际 事务
克里斯蒂安·奥利沃博士.D., recently received a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service for a new research project examining efforts to combat far-right political extremism 和 the neo-Nazi movement in eastern Germany. 她会看各种各样的 ways people are trying to combat these movements, from small, local grassroots associations to programs developed by the federal government.
