Covenant's political science program is, by design, one part of the department of history, politics, and international studies. Our political scientists and historians work together closely, and sometimes team teach courses across our fields. We find that crossing disciplinary boundaries, and even the boundaries between the social sciences and humanities, serves to enrich our work and the delight we take in it.

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非专业人士可以辅修政治学。

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Students who are interested in teaching political science for grades 6-12 should complete the political science major or the history major and then enroll in the one-year Master of 艺术s in Teaching at 威尼斯人平台.

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Prospective law students need a broad educational background that provides the critical reading, thinking and writing skills that law schools expect. Students interested in attending law school are encouraged to consider a major that they both enjoy and that will foster these skills. Majors traditionally included, but are not limited to, history, political science, philosophy, 英语, or business at a liberal arts institution.

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The history, politics, and international studies department sponsors the pre-law society, a student organization designed to assist students with law school preparation, evaluation, and application.

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• 政治理论史
• POL 210国际关系
• POL 310公众舆论
• POL 320拉丁美洲政治
• 宪法1：公民权利和自由

• “Polity and Development: Its Impact on Forced and Coerced Sterilization in South, Southeast, and Northeast Asia”
• 北大西洋蓝鳍金枪鱼法规的比较研究
• “分析获取途径：堕胎诊所与妇女健康的关系”
• 《国家意识形态政策对国家寄养制度成功的影响》
• 《传统宗教信仰、州婚姻法与同性婚姻合法化》

指导顶点要求

Most undergraduate political science programs have little to no opportunities for students to be trained in empirical research methods, yet political science is an empirical discipline, meaning research skills are the tools of our craft and we can't do our work without them.

Our students start out with an overview research course that explores how the scientific method of inquiry is applied to the study of political phenomena through experimental, qualitative, and statistical techniques. Students then take a course in statistics, followed by opportunities to take upper-division coursework in quantitative and qualitative methods, and to further hone these skills through research practicums, internships, and workshops. The hard skills students acquire through this training is just one way our graduates stand apart.

Students with an interest in academic research may have opportunities to collaborate with program faculty on research in their field. Some students have worked with faculty designing experiments to test the ability of generative artificial intelligence algorithms to forecast coup events in Sub-Saharan Africa while others have researched the patterns of misconduct by peacekeepers against civilian populations in United Nations peacekeeping operations.

Political science majors have earned co-authorship credit on a number of academic conference papers and in highly ranked scholarly journals reporting the results of these studies.