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Recent political science alums--Max Smith ('06), Anton Swanson ('06), and Michael Henderson ('06) await news of their military deployment assignments.
Katie Hayes is a lesson in contrasts. Her petite frame belies an ornery toughness that gets her through some very difficult days. Her soliloquies on the big, beautiful ideas such as educational success and empowerment are tempered by the realities of going into a classroom every day in order to “erase the achievement gap” in rural Arkansas. Read more.
Think Globally, Act Globally
Politics matter on a local, national and international level. Our students know that, and they know they can make a difference through politics.
Some of our students make this difference by working in public policy, some pursue law degrees, and others immerse themselves in international relations.
Program highlights
- CSB/SJU has had seven political science graduates in the past seven years admitted to Harvard Law School.
- Our Mock Trial team landed in the top 20 in the National Championship Tournament in 2002 and returned to the tournament in 2003.
- 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)
Overview of Program
- 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
Contact information:
Gary Prevost
Department Chair
Simons 166 - SJU
320-363-2725
College of Saint Benedict
Main 426A
St. Joseph, MN 56374
Phone: 320-363-5161
Fax: 320-363-6099
Saint John's University
Simons 152
Collegeville, MN 56321
Phone: 320-363-2731
Fax: 320-363-3298