Political Science uses both qualitative and quantitative empirical and qualitative research to analyze and explain political institutions, systems, and behavior. There are numerous subfields in political science, including political theory, American politics, comparative politics, and international relations.

Both the History and Political Science majors can be pursued in either the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) or Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degrees. The choice depends primarily on whether the student is more interested in taking more natural sciences courses (chemistry, physics and biology) or languages (Spanish, French, Hebrew and Greek). Given the increasingly global nature of the modern world, the history and political science faculty believes that the study of languages is important to the ability to understand and succeed.