• The political science major integrates the fields of American government and international relations in order to prepare students for a life and career in an increasingly globalized world.
  • The major includes three tracks of study politics and life sciences, digital politics and organization, and political institutions. Students can study the influence of biology and biotechnology on how we understand ourselves as human beings and citizens, or they can examine the use of information technology for political purposes.
  • The major prepares principled leaders and responsible citizens for careers in the public and private sectors.
  • Through exciting tracks in politics and life sciences, digital politics and organization, and political institutions, students study the influence of recent advances in biology and biotechnology on how we understand ourselves as human beings and citizens, or the use of information technology for political organization and communication.
  • There are few undergraduate political science majors in the country that so fully incorporate both these fields into their curricula, including the opportunity to take courses from the biology and information technology departments as part of their program requirements.