What Is the Point of a Political Science Degree?

Autor/in	Marineau, Josiah Franklin
Titel	What Is the Point of a Political Science Degree?
Quelle	In: Journal of Political Science Education, 16 (2020) 1, S.101-107 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Marineau, Josiah Franklin)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-2169
DOI	10.1080/15512169.2019.1612756
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Majors (Students); Political Science; Role of Education; Research; Activism; Leadership; Ethics; Conflict Resolution; Careers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatslehre; Politikwissenschaft; Politische Wissenschaft; Bildungsauftrag; Forschung; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Führung; Führungsposition; Ethik; Conflict solving; Konfliktlösung; Konfliktregelung; Career; Karriere
Abstract	Political science majors are down nation-wide as a proportion of all degrees and as a proportion of social science degrees. To explain to undergraduate students why they ought to major in political science, we should emphasize what they can do with the degree rather than reflecting from our own past experience or the wide range of careers one can get with such a degree. I argue for three models of political science education that focus on what students can do with the degree, including the researcher, activist, and leader models. I posit that the third, which should involve instruction in career preparation, ethics, and conflict resolution, is the most flexible and useful and should be emphasized in political science curricula. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01