Political Science Department

• Our program begins with important groundwork in U.S. politics, international relations, political theory, and political life
• It continues with higher level courses in political institutions, public policy, law and courts, and comparative politics
• It is completed during the senior research seminar, a project that will incorporate all the student has learned over the course of study

CSB/SJU Political Science Department vs. Other MIAC Schools

• CSB/SJU ranks second to Carleton College out of 12 total MIAC schools in the number of full-time political science faculty.
• CSB/SJU currently has ten full-time political science faculty members.
  CSB/SJU – 10 full-time faculty members
  St. Thomas – 5 full-time faculty members
  Hamline University – 4 full-time faculty members
  Concordia College – 5 full-time faculty members
  Gustavus – 7 full-time faculty members

Program Highlights

• Satisfy your IC requirement! Prepare for the GLOBAL Century!
  The Common Curriculum requires completion of a course with an Intercultural Course designation. POLS 121-Intro to International Relations will satisfy that requirement. Sections of this course are offered both fall and spring semesters.
• Recent CSB/SJU political science graduates have attended Harvard Law School, Stanford Law School, Duke Law School, University of California-Berkeley, New York University Law School, University of Michigan Law School, University of Minnesota Law School, University of Notre Dame Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, as well as many others.
• Our Mock Trial team is very active and has landed in the top 20 in the National Championship Tournament several times in recent years.
• The Washington D.C. Summer Study program takes up to a dozen students to Washington, D.C. for an eight-week, eight-credit internship working in various governmental organizations (including Congress)