- POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AT VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY
The Department of Political Science offers a wide range of courses in American politics such as the American presidency, Congress, state and local government, the courts, and Constitutional law. Students can also study comparative and international politics and take courses focusing on international relations and international law, foreign policy, industrialized countries, developing states, Latin America, East Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Courses are also offered in public policy and public administration. In addition, students can learn through community based learning projects and internships.
A major in Political Science leads to career opportunities in government, law, business, education, politics, policy analysis, campaign management, not for profit organizations, and working for private interest groups. Approximately 80% of our graduates do some type of graduate study either in law, Political Science or a related area.
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The department has developed a number of options for the major and the minor that allow students to pursue their own interests and vocational goals. Concentrations are defined for interest in international relations and comparative politics, legal studies, public policy and public administration, as well as general political science.
The Department of Political Science at Valparaiso University officially opened the Community Research and Service Center (CRSC) in the fall of 1995. The primary goals of the CRSC are to provide research assistance and other services to government, not-for-profit organizations, and in some instances businesses in Northwest Indiana while simultaneously providing opportunities for undergraduate students to act in integral ways in the process of developing and executing applied research projects.
For many years the Political Science Department has been sending students to Washington D.C. and to the United Nations. These programs have proved to be very beneficial through the years; there is no better place to learn about Politics than in D.C. or the United Nations. Programs are also available in China, Africa, Spain, France, Mexico, Germany, and England.