Political Science information

swimchris
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:48:54 +0000

Hey I graduated from the Poli Sci department in 2010. I had a great time and there were a bunch of great professors. The department is pretty large (about 100 students per year). Michael Dukakis is one of the professors so that was obviously a very fun/informative class. they have been making a large number of hires so there are a lot of young and energetic professors. They are also in the process of hiring a new chair and they are hiring from outside the university so I think everyone is excited for that.

In terms of job/career aspects the Political Science department handles all of the law co-ops. It is my understanding that other majors can only apply to a certain number of law firm co-ops while PS student get free reign. Besides the law jobs a lot of kids go down to DC or work for area non profits or at the State House. It is pretty varied and people really take their own passions. I know someone who did PR for Kendall Jackson, worked for the UN, Department of Defense, or stayed in Massachusetts and did event planning at the Boston Food Bank. There were also a couple kids who used co-op to run for office (and won).

My biggest recommendation is to do an internship before you go on co-op. I really think it helps you a lot in terms of getting the co-op over other kids your year as well as opens doors later on. NU is very very good about giving an entire class credit for doing an internship. I know a lot of school are very bad at this (Boston College). That was you dont have to do an internship and a full course load. I did mine and the Joint Committee on Revenue with an NU Alum and it really set up a passion for public financing.