The Department of History and Political Science offers a diverse selection of courses, ranging from paralegal studies to homeland security, giving students the option to build a comprehensive and varied knowledge base.

Mock Trial classes simulate the court room, offering pre-law students an opportunity to experience what it?s like to practice law in a real-world setting.

An annual field studies course enables students to visit sites with political significance and connect these places to the personalities and events that shaped history ? a great way to contextualize what they have learned in the classroom.

Students have interned at the Heritage Foundation, Foreign Affairs Magazine, Office of the Governor of Mississippi, and the offices of other state and federal officials.