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Department of Political Science

The Department of Political Science offers course work in several fields including:

  • American Politics
  • Public Policy
  • Public Law
  • Public Administration
  • Political Theory
  • State and Local Government
  • International Relations
  • Comparative Politics

An Undergraduate Political Science Major and Minor are available at the Corvallis campus. Many courses are also available through Ecampus, see PS Distance Education. A Graduate Political Science Minor is available, in addition to the Master of Public Policy program and the Master of Arts in Interdiciplinary Studies (MAIS).

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First row (left to right): Hua-Yu Li, Brent Steel, Rorie Solberg, and Sarah Henderson
Second row (left to right): Bill Lunch, Richard Clinton, David Bernell, Andrew Valls, Robert Sahr, and Kelly Erickson

Announcements

Sarah Henderson is recipient of the 2009 OSU Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, an honor bestowed on one OSU faculty annually! The award recognizes exceptional effort to ensure quality of... Read More

Published: Jun 22nd, 2009

The annual Political Science Student Recognition Event was held May 28.
See "News & Events" link for names of our outstanding students, or Read More

Published: May 29th, 2009
September 26, 2009
LSAT pre-law exam will be offered in Corvallis!
If you have already registered to take the exam elsewhere,
contact... Read More
Published: May 15th, 2009

Either directly, or after graduate study, political science graduates pursue degrees in law, foreign service, public management (all levels of government), policy analysis, international organizations, journalism, university teaching, research, political office and -- as with many other liberal arts graduates -- in business.

Our Master of Public Policy program is now in its sixth year.  This degree program is housed jointly in the departments of Agricultural Resources & Economics, Economics, Political Science and Sociology. Students can also design programs of study with faculty in such colleges as Education, Forestry, Health and Human Sciences, Liberal Arts and Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences.  Graduates have found policy analyst, research and program manager positions in federal, state and local government as well as the nonprofit sector.