Student Learning Outcomes
The Department strives to give students a broad understanding of the political process within the United States, within other political systems and between countries and other international actors. We also develop the independent research skills of students, through research methods courses and our Senior Seminar.
The success of the program is measured by the large number of students who go into outstanding professional and graduate schools. Additionally, we use the Major Field Exam to evaluate our program. All students write a Senior Thesis in the Senior Seminar. That thesis is presented to the rest of the department and defended before them.