Government - Hamilton College Clinton

Government from Hamilton College Clinton is a Campus Bachelor Public Administration degree that prepares you for a Human Services career. The study of politics and public affairs at Hamilton includes three academic tracks: government , world politics and public policy. Students may major in any of the three, or minor in government or public policy. Government. The most general of the three, the government major provides a broad grounding in international relations, American politics, comparative politics and political theory. World Politics. Students majoring in world politics can focus on either a particular region (Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Russia and Eastern Europe, or Western Europe) or a theme (poverty and inequality, democratization, international law and organization, international security, politics of the global economy, nationalism and identity). Students focusing on a geographical region should have or plan on four semesters of language preparation. Public Policy. This interdisciplinary major directed by the Government Department also includes work in economics and philosophy. RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES The Hamilton Washington, D.C. Program offers a combination of rigorous academic study and real-world experience in national government to the 16 juniors and seniors who participate each fall. Students do research and attend seminars led by a resident member of Hamilton's Government Department while working full time in a Washington, D.C., office. In recent years, students have worked in the White House Communications Office, the Senate Judiciary Committee, the State Department and the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. Created in 1969, the provides a combination of academic study and experience in national government to the 16 juniors and seniors who participate in the program each fall. Students conduct research and attend seminars led by a resident member of the department while working full time in Congressional and/or executive offices. In recent years, students have worked in the White House Communications Office, the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, and in the State Department. THE SENIOR PROGRAM Senior majors in government complete a senior thesis and a research paper, working closely with a faculty member in the department. In the Senior Program, students draw on their accumulated skills and knowledge to produce focused, high-level scholarship on a specific topic or problem. RESOURCES Hamilton's Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center is one of the College's most active and important resources. Government majors and other students engage in the civic life of the region through the center's Community Outreach Office, service learning projects, and numerous field trips and conferences. Students and faculty members collaborate on community-based research directed by the Levitt Center, while the Levitt Scholars Program sends Hamilton students to high schools to speak on a variety of civic topics. And the center's Think Tank, a student-led discussion group, provides an informal forum for students and faculty members to discuss current issues. The department's Linowitz Professorship in International Affairs ? named for the late Sol Linowitz, a Hamilton alumnus, presidential advisor and ambassador ? brings a series of eminent diplomats to Hamilton as visiting professors. Recent Linowitz Professors include Edward S. "Ned" Walker Jr., former ambassador to Israel, former assistant secretary of state and a Hamilton alumnus; Brandon H. Grove, former ambassador to Zaire and 35-year veteran of the U.S. Foreign Service; and Bernard Kalb, former assistant secretary of state and a veteran diplomatic journalist for The New York Times, CNN, NBC and CBS. View more details on Hamilton College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Public Administration courses.