Political Science Overview & Goals

The study of Politics at Bethany College offers students a wide range of curricular options and vital skills that will prepare you for both graduate study and the workplace. Our department offers courses in American politics and constitutional government, international relations and foreign affairs, security policy, leadership, political thought, and parties and elections. Political Science students develop research and critical thinking skills, explore how both qualitative and quantitative methodologies can answer important questions, and refine both written and oral argument strategies that will prepare them for a wide range of careers.

Graduates in Political Science from Bethany have gone on to earn advanced degrees in many fields and hold impressive positions in government, law, public policy, diplomacy and foreign affairs, academia, and business.