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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What does it mean to get China right? On December 6-7, more than 50 professors of Chinese politics from nearly 40 institutions convened at Duke University to consider this question.
As China has... Read more »
The Polarization Lab at Duke brings together scholars from the social sciences, statistics, and computer science to develop new technology to bridge America’s partisan divide. Before their first team... Read more »
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 »
