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Welcome to the Department of Political Science

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

  • American Politics
  • Public Policy
  • Public Law
  • Environmental Politics
  • 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).

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 eighth year.  This degree program is housed jointly in the Departments of 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.