Our major prepares students very well for graduate and professional school, but our goals extend beyond the academic realm. Our classes work to cultivate analytical tools that prepare students for local, national, and global citizenship, while also developing skills for critical engagement with many different kinds of power structures. 

The discipline relies on multiple levels of analysis, moving from specific issues or problems faced by individuals or groups in different parts of the world, to theoretical analyses of the overarching political ideologies, theories, and structures that shape everyday life.