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Political Science & International Studies
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Faculty:
Department Chairperson:
Robert Rodgers
Office: Martin 220
Phone: 508-565-1173
rrodgers@stonehill.edu
Professor:
A. Ohanyan
Associate Professors:
B. Scholz
Assistant Professors:
K. Buckman
A. Mhajne
R. Rodgers
G. Caballero
Housed in the May School of Arts and Sciences , the Department of Political Science and International Studies offers a major and minor in Political Science & International Studies along with a minor in Public Administration & Public Policy.
Departmental Mission
The Department of Political Science & International Studies empowers students to become effective and socially responsible citizens of a diverse democracy so that they may think, act and lead with courage toward a more just and compassionate world. Through the department’s courses, research opportunities, and mentoring, students gain an understanding of the principles and practices of political life and the impact of power and privilege on political and social experiences. Students develop the skills needed for meaningful engagement in democratic self-governance as well as success in their own individual career path. These skills include critical and creative thinking, close reading, clear writing, public speaking, and the skills needed to conduct research. The department’s curriculum provides students with the background and tools to meet with success in graduate school and careers in law, government service, business, elective office, journalism, international affairs, education, and related fields.
Learning Goals
Majors in Political Science & International Studies achieve the following learning outcomes:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding with each of the four major subfields within the discipline: American politics, comparative politics, international relations, and political theory.
- Engage in political science and international studies research.
- Use critical reading and critical thinking to synthesize, analyze, and evaluate major arguments, theories, and data in the discipline.
- Formulate and express, orally and in writing, well-organized, original arguments supported by evidence, including primary, secondary and theoretical materials.
- Articulate information needs, find the resources to meet them, and use that data ethically to create new knowledge.
- Develop personal and social responsibility and understand equity, diversity, inclusivity, and the impact of power and privilege, through the study of ethical principles and reasoning, the application of civic knowledge, and interaction with diverse and global cultures.
- Demonstrate continuing engagement in public affairs - local, national and global - by applying knowledge and skills to think, act, and lead with courage toward the creation of a more just and compassionate world.
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