Career Opportunities

A major in political science is valuable preparation for a wide variety of career fields and further academic pursuits.  These include law; business and corporate positions in environmental protection, consumer affairs, and public affairs; journalism; federal and state government employment in such areas as environmental protection, criminal justice, public health and welfare, and transportation; local management and general administration in planning, zoning, housing, human resource management, law enforcement, budgeting and finance; secondary-level teaching of social studies; positions with nonprofit research and advocacy organizations; management of domestic or international grass-roots development or refugee assistance organizations; and educational administration.

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