Whither the Political Science Major? Curricular Design and Program Learning Outcomes at 110 US Colleges and Universities

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-367
Author(s):  
Maureen Feeley ◽  
Renée Van Vechten
2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (02) ◽  
pp. 238-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin C. Cassese ◽  
Angela L. Bos ◽  
Lauren E. Duncan

The New Research on Gender in Political Psychology Conference brought together new and experienced teachers with interests in gender politics. The conference session “Teaching Gender throughout the Curriculum” generated a great deal of discussion concerning the pedagogical practice of gender mainstreaming. Gender mainstreaming—the integration of gendered content into courses required for a major—was recognized as one of 11 recommendations for reforming the undergraduate political science curriculum in the 1991 APSA report “Liberal Learning an The Political Science Major: A Report to the Profession” (popularly referred to as the Wahlke Report). Little information is available on the prevalence of gender courses in the undergraduate curriculum, but the data that does exist suggest such courses are uncommon (Brandes et al. 2001). We found virtually no data on the practice of gender mainstreaming in political science and little data in the way of assessing the impact of gendered content when students are exposed to it. This absence of data suggests gender mainstreaming has not emerged as a serious priority for curricular reform.


1957 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 1178-1182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert Garfinkel ◽  
James F. Tierney

1986 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 6-7
Author(s):  
Stephen G. Salkever ◽  
Bryn Mawr

The political science major requirements at Bryn Mawr are characterized by a great deal of flexibility. This is at first glance a good thing, but on second thought we may begin to feel a bit guilty about our relative lack of structure, as though we were getting away with something—especially in the context of the Bryn Mawr ethos in which rigidity and departmental insularity are generally taken to be the surest signs of academic excellence. (The really best, most respectable, majors are the toughest—i.e., the ones that require students to take the most courses within the department.) Is the political science major at Bryn Mawr respectable? Or does this department treat its students as the pastry cooks in Plato's Gorgias treat children, stuffing them with the yummies they foolishly desire, and so easily defeating the heroic attempts of good doctors to persuade the young to take the salutary medicine their health requires?


1988 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-26
Author(s):  
Guy C. Colarulli ◽  
Victor F. D'Lugin

1988 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-19
Author(s):  
Guy C. Colarulli ◽  
Victor F. D'Lugin

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (02) ◽  
pp. 320-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Gibbs Knotts ◽  
Claire B. Wofford

ABSTRACTPolitical science is one of the most popular majors for law school applicants, and studies show that political science majors have high rates of law school admission. In addition, many political science departments have a pre-law advisor. However, little is known about the status of pre-law advising on college campuses or the views of pre-law advisors on political science. This article presents the results of a February 2015 survey of 313 college pre-law advisors from across the United States. The authors discovered that the majority of pre-law advisors hold faculty appointments and serve as pre-law advisors without additional compensation or course releases. Pre-law advisors also rate political science as the second-best major, among 14 popular majors, for preparing students for both admission to and academic success in law school. These findings should be of interest to political scientists as well as other faculty and administrators who are concerned with pre-law advising.


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