Political Science Department

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The Department of Political Science offers a full complement of undergraduate courses designed for midshipmen to learn how to study governments, public policies, political processes and behaviors. Midshipmen select from one of three concentrations, International Relations, Comparative Politics and American Government and Law. The department also offers an Honors' track. These concentrations expose midshipmen to the discipline's various subfields which include regional studies (Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Africa and Europe), political theory, law, political institutions and behavior. Required courses include American Government, International Relations or Comparative Politics and Research Methods.

The major is enhanced with distributional requirements particularly foreign languages and it is built on a foundation of rigorous social science methodology. Summer internship programs in the Washington D.C. area are identified and directed by a faculty advisor. Exchange programs and the possibility of graduate work in national security studies expand the educational program. The Political Science faculty represent significant research accomplishment and teaching excellence and are dedicated to a curriculum designed to expose midshipmen to a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Midshipmen graduating with bachelor of science degree in Political Science gain an important understanding of their domestic and global environment along with the necessary technical competence to excel in the United States Navy and beyond.

Contact Information

United States Naval Academy
Political Science Department
589 McNair Road
Annapolis, Maryland 21402-5030

Telephone: 410-293-6850 (DSN: 281-6850)
Fax: 410-293-6876 (DSN: 281-6876)
e-mail: polisci@usna.edu
Yard mail: Stop 10e

 

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