Politics and International Relations (B.A.) with Political Studies Concentration

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates from Messiah’s Politics program can:

  1. Explain foundational content, practices and philosophical and ethical assumptions of political science.
  2. Explain the empirical and normative approaches of political science inquiry.
  3. Demonstrate commitment to democratic values for meaningful participation in the political process.
  4. Explain the impact of global interactions and identify the significance of different cultural and political structures.
  5. Demonstrate writing, information search methods, and forms of documentation appropriate to the discipline of Political Science and the procedures for pursuing research in the discipline of Political Science.
  6. Demonstrate proficiency in the field of political science sufficient to pursue a career and/or continue education at the graduate level.
  7. Identify options for employment, voluntary service, and/or graduate education in the field of Political Science and identify one’s sense of vocation in this field.
  8. Articulate how faith connects to the field of Political Science and to potential career options in the field of Political Science.

 

Major Requirements

Nine credits is the maximum number of internship/practica credits that can apply toward the Politics major. This maximum includes any courses or experiential credit earned as a part of a semester-long off-campus program.

Complete the following for your major:

POLI 113American Government

3

POLI 204History of Political Thought

3

POLI 212International Politics

3

POLI 213Comparative Politics

3

POLI 243Political Research Methods

3

POLI 494Politics Seminar

3

POLI 494: Fulfills Writing Enriched course requirement for major.

Political Studies Concentration (27)

POLI xxx
Twenty-seven (27) credits of POLI xxx electives

27

QuEST Requirements

Experiential Learning requirement 0
QuEST requirements Credits
First Year Seminar 3
Oral Communication 3
Created and Called for Community (W) 3
Mathematical Sciences 3 or 4
Laboratory Science 3 or 4
Science, Technology & the World 3
Social Science (POLI 113) met/major
European or United States History 3
Literature 3
Philosophy and Religion 3
Arts 3
First Semester of Language 3
Second Semester of Language 3
3rd Semester of Language or Cross Cultural 3
Non-Western Studies 2-3
Bible 3
Christian Beliefs 3
Wellness course 1
Ethics, World Views or Pluralism 3
QuEST requirements 51-54
Major requirements 45
Free electives 27-24
Total credits 123