Political Science - Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Political Science from Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a Campus Bachelor Public Administration degree that prepares you for a Human Services career. Political science is the study of politics and political action in society. It encompasses international agreements and organizations as well as the patterns of political action which both create and shape them. It encompasses citizen action and the institutions which produce public policy at the local, state, and national levels with in the United States. It encompasses systems of voting, political parties, courts, compared across national political systems. It encompasses the raising of normative questions about the nature and purposes of political life. The presence of politics is felt in all areas and sectors of society at all times. The dynamic and transformative effects of political action are seen virtually every where. The department's curriculum is distributed across five subfields of the discipline: American politics, political theory, comparative politics, international relations, and public policy. Political science major course work across the subfields of the discipline is complemented by the requirement that each political science major completes a designated support option, which include: a minor in another department; an interdisciplinary studies program; the second language support option; the methods support option; or a second major. Learning Outcomes In all of the areas of the department's curriculum, American, comparative, and international, students majoring in political science shall demonstrate the following: Ability to reason through political claims and assertions by political actors Skill in recognizing and responding to diverse ideological perspectives Ability to locate political issues and controversies within their relevant institutional and historical contexts Familiarity with the institutional processes of politics in numerous global and domestic political arenas Confidence in expressing opinions and presenting analyses of political problems and their solutions. Potential Occupations The political science major, like all studies in the liberal arts, provides students with a broad academic background that is serviceable across a broad spectrum of employment in the public and private sectors. Political science majors are trained to be independent and critical thinkers; to be discerning and active observers and listeners; to communicate persuasively; to constructively engage and solve intellectual and practical problems; to adapt and function effectively in a number of distinct occupational and institutional settings; to function comfortably in a multiethnic, multiracial, and globalizing society. The employment profiles of departmental alumni attest to the breadth of possibilities for today's graduates: public and non-profit organization managers; prosecutors; public policy analysts and consultants; federal law enforcement agents; legislators and legislative analysts; foreign service officers; private attorneys; demographers; criminal investigators; advertising specialists; urban/regional planners; environmental policy analysts; state budget analysts; public relations representatives; market researchers; elementary and high school teachers; international businessmen and businesswomen; lobbyists; novelists; construction industry managers; insurance agents and managers; financiers; and real estate brokers. Some graduate join professions following advanced study in law, international relations, area studies, public administration, public policy analysis, and business management. View more details on Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Public Administration courses.