Department of Political Science

Our world is constantly changing. Political science provides students with an opportunity to study how the United States government and governments around the world make decisions that affect everyone on our planet.

At its core, we examine how decisions are made in government, who makes these decisions, and who benefits (and loses) from government policies. A degree in political science will provide students with critical thinking and writing skills necessary to navigate, understand, and even control the political world around us.

Other Political Science graduates have chosen to pursue graduate school or law school. Our former students have been accepted to graduate and law schools such as Widener University, Penn State University, Penn State Dickinson School of Law, Drexel University, Drexel University Law School, Ohio University, Temple University, Roger Williams Law School, Northeastern, Duquesne, Texas A&M University, and Hamline University School of Law, among others. Our five permanent faculty members bring a wide-range of expertise and teaching excellence to our programs. Our faculty have specializations in American Politics, Constitutional Law, African Politics, Public Policy, European Politics, Asian Politics, Immigration, Information Technology and Politics, Political Theory, Human Rights, the United Nations, and Feminist Political Theory. We offer students the opportunity to specialize in the study of law and in public administration management. There are also many opportunities for students to learn through academic internships at the local, state, and national levels.

The Department of Political Science sponsors the Political Science Student Association (POSSA), Pi Sigma Alpha (The Political Science Honor Society), and the Bloomsburg University Forensics (Speech and Debate) Team for valuable experiences outside the classroom.

We invite you to join us in the study of politics and government.

  — Neil Strine, associate professor and department chair