Political Science and Public Administration
All programs offered by the
Department of Political Science
and Public Administration aim to
enable students to engage in
critical thinking and analysis of
social, political and policy
problems and issues important to
our nation and the world. The
programs prepare professionally
qualified persons to serve as
generalists and specialists in
administrative CAREERS in
government, public service
agencies and related areas.
The department offers a pre-law
concentration, which prepares
students for law-school.
The graduate level program in
pubic administration, which offers
concentrations in Public
Management, State and Local
Government, Human Resource
Management, and Health Services
Administration, prepares
individuals from diverse and
multicultural backgrounds for
administrative CAREERS in
federal, state, and local
government services and other
public and non-profit
organizations.
The department sponsors many
co-curricular activities for
Political PS majors, including the
Political Science Association
and Kappa Theta Chapter of Pi
Sigma Alpha—the National
Political Science Honor Society.
Sociology and Psychology
Programs in the Department of
Sociology and Psychology prepare
students for graduate study and
CAREERS in the community and
social services sector as
counselors, mental health
workers, psychiatric aides, and
case managers; in social science
research; or in criminal
justice/forensic psychology as
correctional and police officers,
parole and probation officers and
interviewers
for various
criminal
justice
agencies;
and in
closely
related
fields.
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Visual and Performing Arts
The Department of Visual and
Performing Arts, includes Theatre,
Art and Dance. These areas of
concentration inform, enlighten,
inspire and entertain. Visual and
Performing Arts has produced
artists, movie writers, novelists,
Grammy winners, movie stars,
choreographers, designers, as well
as educators and social and
political leaders.
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