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Political ScienceMS-B1805Hamline University1536 Hewitt AvenueSaint Paul, MN 55104
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Joseph PeschekDepartment Chair651-523-2260jpeschek@hamline.edu
Hamline’s political science major is grouped into two programs: the standard major and public service major. A major oriented toward public service is designed for students who wish to prepare for careers in public administration or management; government service at various levels; or city, urban, and regional planning. The public service major prepares the student for respected graduate programs of public administration, planning, or policy analysis.
The public service major requires 10 courses as follows:
One of the following three courses in political thought or political theory:
One course chosen from:
A course in statistics:
One other political science elective
One course from the Comparative Politics/International Politics courses list below
Students are encouraged to undertake an internship or independent study. These, however, do not count as any of the 10 required courses. Other courses recommended, but not required are:
Two Hamline Class of 2013 graduates, Angela Lesnak and Carly Braun, have been selected to receive one of twenty highly selective Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) foundation scholarships.
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