Department of Political Science
Careers
The most common careers associated with a political science major include work in government at the local, state, national or international levels; the law; politics; teaching at the college or high school level; journalism; work in the military or intelligence-related fields; business, public relations or other administrative positions such as high school principals, hospital or hotel management, or work with interest groups or non-profit organizations.
Our graduates include former congressmen, members of the state legislature and city councils, the head of the St. Lawrence Seaway project, dozens of lawyers, university professors, officials in the United Nations, former ambassadors, a vice-president for Columbia Records, actors, business executives, a U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education, a Deputy Director of the U.S. Treasury Department, and, most recently, an individual who will be heading up the program in Afghanistan to improve their legal and judicial systems.
