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B.A. in Political Science

Mission

Basing itself on the University’s Mission, the Bachelor of Arts Program in Political Science provides students with a high quality education that covers the main fields of political science, namely: Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political theory, as well as the methodology of political analysis. The Bachelor of Arts Program prepares students for Graduate studies, and/or a variety of professional careers.

Educational Objectives

The purpose of the Bachelor of Arts in Political Science is to:

1. Prepare students for the job market, locally and abroad, with business, industry, or government, and non-governmental institutions.
2. Enable the students to seek careers in higher education, the government bureaucracy, journalism, international organizations, legal profession, research, advertising agencies, and any of the business enterprises and proliferating organizations that maintain political and economic activities
3. Enhance the students’ knowledge of the nature of governmental processes, the functions of political systems, the structures and roles of institutions and constitutions, and the mechanism of the decision-making process at the local, national, and international levels.
4. Enhance research, and to foster a spirit of discovery, as well as to prepare students for Graduate study.
5. Introduce outreach and engagement by allowing faculty and students to contribute to the community at large.
6. Enhance cultural, social, legal, and ethical issues inherent in the discipline of political science, and international affairs, in the Undergraduate education.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates in the Bachelor of Arts Program in Political Science will:

1. Be able to comprehend the nature of government processes, the functions of political systems, the structures and roles of institutions and constitutions, the political economy of Third World countries, international relations and foreign policy, and the challenges of globalization.
2. Acquire the necessary theoretical, and methodological, tools that are essential for high-level intellectual pursuits.
3. Be encouraged to think creatively about the major issues pertaining to this field of study, and to identify problems, conceptualize ideas, and communicate solutions, in various situations that emerge at the working place.

Students majoring in Political Science should take the General University requirements, all courses in the Major, and the three courses listed under “Other Requirements.” They need 51 credits for the Major (42 credits for the Major, and 9 credits for the Other Requirements).

Major requirements: 42 credits

Other requirements: 9 credits