Political Science - Rochester Institute of Technology

Political Science from Rochester Institute of Technology is a Campus Bachelor Public Administration degree that prepares you for a Human Services career. Program Overview The bachelor of science degree in political science tightly integrates the traditional fields of American government and international relations in order to prepare students for a life and a career in an increasingly globalized world. Moreover, the program includes tracks of courses in three areas: politics and life sciences , digital politics and the information age, and political institutions. Through these tracks students can study the influence of recent advances in biology and biotechnology on how we understand ourselves as human beings and citizens or the use of information technology for political organization and communication. There are few undergraduate political science programs in the country that so fully incorporate both these fields into their curricula, including the opportunity to take courses from the biology and information technology departments as part of their program requirements. Career opportunities A degree in political science will prepare undergraduate students for careers in law; local, state, and national government; foreign service; business; government relations; and other areas of the private and public sector in which knowledge of the political process and the strengths and limitations of modern democracy and modern society is appropriate. In addition, students are well-prepared for graduate study in a variety of fields, ranging from business and law to political science and public policy. Program tracks The overarching goal of the political science program is to prepare undergraduates for the challenges of life and a career in a world that is increasingly globalized, where the application of biotechnology and biomedicine will become common, and where social computing will shape and influence democratic government and the wider community. Students are required to choose one track so that they can study in depth the political impact of modern biology and biotechnology, the changing role of political institutions in a globalized world, or develop technical skills drawn from RIT?s business school and information technology program to give them firsthand experience in the technologies that increasingly influence political organization and communication. Politics and the life sciences Choose four of the following courses (16 credits): 1001-421 Genetics 1001-311 Cell Biology 1001-365 Evolutionary Biology 1001-359 Evolution, Creationism and Intelligent Design 0508-484 Environmental Policy 0509-473 Technology and Embodiment 0513-427 Evolutionary International Relations 0513-428 Evolution and Law 0513-429 Primate Politics Digital politics and the information age Choose four courses of the following courses (16 credits): 0112-340 Database Management Systems 0112-440 Database Systems Development 0509-217 Ethics and the Information Age 0513-454 Political Parties and Voting 0535-410 Computer Mediated Communication 4002-320 Introduction to Multimedia: Internet and the Web 4002-310 Digital Video for the WWW 4002-360 Introduction to Database and Data Modeling 4002-409 Web Site Design and Implementation 4002-535 Network-based Multimedia 4002-484 Fundamentals of Database Client/Server Connectivity Political institutions Choose four courses of the following courses (16 credits): 0513-451 Legislative Process 0513-452 The American Presidency 0513-456 Judicial Process 0513-487 International Law and Organizations 0513-461 Introduction to Comparative Politics 0513-490 International Political Economy View more details on Rochester Institute of Technology . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Public Administration courses.