It prepares students to make a difference through leadership and civic engagement in a wide array of professions and teaches them the necessary skills to find solutions to the many challenges that governments, international organizations, and communities face at home and around the globe.

The Politics curriculum covers the main fields of the discipline with foundational courses in American and comparative politics, international relations, and political theory. It also prioritizes experiential learning and professional development. Students choose electives organized thematically under globalization and inequality, law and justice, and power and political action to support their interests and career goals. Majors complete their politics degree with a culminating seminar, working closely with a faculty member to prepare them for professional writing, research, analysis and presentation.