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Political Science

An informed electorate combined with trust in institutional foundations are essential ingredients of a successful democracy - as we saw in the 2004 presidential election. It is the aim of political science to develop a keen understanding of the history, structure and function of governments, as well as their relationships with the governed.

FOUR MAJOR TRACKS: Politics, Global Politics, Law and Politics, Business and Politics

THE MARQUETTE ADVANTAGE

FOLLOW YOUR INTEREST. Concentrate your studies in one of four major tracks: Global Politics (focusing on players and issues of global significance), Law and Politics (focusing on domestic and international law), and Politics (broadening your expertise across American politics, comparative politics, international politics and political philosophy) or business and politics (understanding capitalist democracies).

The Student Perspective

STUDY GOVERNMENT WHERE IT HAPPENS. Live, learn and work for a semester in the nation's capital through Marquette's very own Les Aspin Center for Government, located a mere five blocks from the Capitol.

LEARN FROM THE BEST. All poli-sci courses are taught by professors, who are experts in areas such as constitutional and international law, world security, presidential politics, the death penalty, transnational crime, urban politics, and the politics of race, ethnicity and gender, to name only a few. These are the same professors who, as a department, were named among the nation's top 30 in an article in PS, published by the American Political Science Association.

WORK ON CAMPAIGNS. From helping the home offices of Wisconsin's representatives and senators to lending a hand with state, county and city election races, Milwaukee offers plenty of opportunities to learn politics firsthand.

Armed with sharp analytical minds and solid understanding of the purpose of government and the law, nearly a third of Marquette's political science majors go on to law school. Another 10 percent pursue graduate studies in political science.

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Suggested curriculum

Your major courses blue.

Freshman

American Politics
Comparative Politics
Rhetoric and Composition I & II
Growth of Western Civilization I or II
Science and Nature Elective
Introduction to Theology
Foreign Language I & II
History Elective

Sophomore

International Politics
Justice and Power
Two Literature Electives
Mathematical Reasoning Elective
Philosophy of Human Nature
Foreign Language III & IV
Math, Logic or Computer Science Elective
Natural Science Elective

Junior

Four Political Science Electives
Diverse Cultures Elective
Theory of Ethics
Two Theology Electives
Philosophy Elective

Senior

Three Political Science Electives
Senior Experience
Electives

WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH IT

Marquette political science graduates work in a variety of fields:

law
federal, state and local government
public and private interest groups
business (consider a business minor)
political journalism and broadcast communication (consider a double major or minors in broadcast & electronic communication or journalism)
secondary education (consider education certification)
graduate study in political science