By completing an undergraduate major in political science, you will acquire a sophisticated understanding of political processes. Perhaps more importantly, our major is designed to develop critical and independent thinking, to hone your writing and communication skills, and to provide you with analytical tools. Upon graduation, our majors are highly successful and pursue careers in diverse fields, including non-governmental and public interest organizations, think tanks, consulting, journalism, communications, local, state, and federal government, polling firms, finance, and business management. Many also go on to pursue graduate study in law, political science, public administration, or business administration.
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The political headlines coming out of the United Kingdom this past week were shocking: A rebellion of Conservative Party members in Parliament threw the party into a civil war and put Prime Minister... Read more »
Over spring break 2019, the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy hosted its annual international staff ride. Led by Professor Peter Feaver, 40 Duke students, faculty, alumni and guests traveled... Read more »
Over the past 50 years, John Aldrich and David Rohde have shared many academic milestones.
They met as graduate students at the University of Rochester. Both launched their teaching careers at... Read more »
The Duke Political Oracles is a series of undergraduate portraits of political science majors in their junior and senior year. Following oracle metaphors from classical antiquity, this portrait... Read more »
Duke hosted a small conference with student presenters and faculty discussants from Duke, Rochester, and Emory. This is an opportunity for students to polish work before larger conference... Read more »
Sometimes I think Duke should have come with a warning label: WARNING: YOU ARE ENTERING A MAGICAL PLACE!
Here, beneath the spires of West Campus, on a still night, when the fog rolls in, it’s not... Read more »
After 32 years as a Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Kenan Institute, Professor Ruth Grant is stepping down and into retirement. Since its creation 23 years ago, Ruth has been... Read more »
A developing strand of sociological research studies the relationships between occupations and political outlooks and preferences, following groundbreaking work by Herbert Kitschelt and Philippe Rehm... Read more »
Kyle Beardsley, Associate Professor of Political Science recently coauthored "Mediation, Peacekeeping, and the Severity of Civil War" with David Cunningham and Peter White.
While all civil wars... Read more »
