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JCU Department of Political Science
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The Department of Political Science seeks to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge about politics and to enhance intellectual skills that encourage critical analysis and evaluation of that knowledge. Political science is a social science discipline in the tradition of liberal arts and sciences. Its subject matter embraces political institutions of government, political behavior, and political theory.

Careers for Students in Political Science

Government ~ Politics ~ Law
Education ~ Business ~ Journalism

 

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3 Different Minors

United States Politics
Foreign Affairs
General Political Science

Internships

The department participates in 3 Internship Programs

Political Science Departmental Internship Program
Washington Center Internship Program
Washington Semester Internship

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The Mu Upsilon Chapter of

Pi Sigma Alpha

The National Political

Science Honorary Society

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The Political Science
Association

Provides students with the opportunity to participate in activities such as the Model UN Program.

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STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED

RALPH BUNCH * FULBRIGHT * TRUMAN

RALPH BUNCH: Taneisha Means spent the summer of 2008 in Durham, NC, in the prestigious and highly competitive Ralph Bunch Summer Institute at Duke University.

FULBRIGHT: Dina Baky will spend nine months in the Bordeaux Region of France, teaching students ages 8-11. Baky will begin her Fulbright teaching assistantship in October.

FULBRIGHT: Joshua Marcin will pursue independent research in El Salvador, for approximately one year. His Fulbright fellowship provides a grant to study the banking and financial education options for families in El Salvador who are receiving money from relatives working abroad (remittances).

TRUMAN: Joshua Marcin won this highly prestigious scholarship in 2008.

 

STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Law School

Joshua Marcin - Harvard Law School (Fall 2010)
Bevlynn Sledge - Cornell University Law School (Fall 2009)
Mary Santez - Cleveland Marshall College of Law (Fall 2009)
Brandon Keller - Duquesne Law School (Fall 2009)
Marissa Palumbo - Cleveland Marshall College of Law (Fall 2009)
Emily Jackson - Capital University Law School (Fall 2009)

Graduate School

Taneisha Means - Duke University - Ph.D. in Political Science (Fall 2009)
Julie Bastianini - Pitt University - Masters of Public Administration (MPA) (Fall 2009)
Caitlin Huey-Burns - Georgetown Univ. in Washington, D.C. - Masters in Journalism (Fall, 2009)
Dominic Marchionda - Ohio State University - John Glenn School of Public Affairs

Public Service

Joshua Marcin - Internship in the White House as a Policy Analyst for the summer.
Annie Schaeffing - Teaching in Phoenix, Arizona for Teach For America
Matthew Wooters - Jesuit Volunteers International - 2 Yrs. of Service in Punta Gorda, Belize


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