Bachelor of Arts, Political Science Major - Learning outcomes

By the end of the program, students will be able to

• Apply the intellectual, information literacy, and critical thinking skills required to study politics and government.
• Distinguish between the different concepts and methodologies used in political science and its various sub-disciplines.
• Summarize the major issues and debates that have emerged in these sub-disciplines.
• Analyze the probable causes of political events and the impacts of those events upon subsequent and future political behaviour, especially as concerns conflict, conflict resolution, and conflict management.
• Explain the roles of states, state structures, individuals and societal institutions in political phenomena.
• Combine the methodologies and ideas of political science and other social science and humanities disciplines to investigate and explain political phenomena.
• Evaluate different ideas, theories, explanations and predictions about political phenomena on the basis of reason, evidence and analysis.

Possible career options

• elected official
• campaign manager or pollster
• public servant
• local government administrator
• policy analyst
• research specialist
• lawyer
• journalist
• public relations specialist
• teacher
• academic