政治科学

• All students complete a capstone seminar that channels the knowledge they’ve accumulated into a discipline-specific project under close faculty guidance. Chatham is one of the few universities across the country that offers such an independent and student-driven program.
• 研究生 with an advanced degree through one of our partnerships, including the Accelerated 研究生 Program in Public Policy and Management at 卡耐基梅隆大学, 迪肯大学法学院的3/3项目和早期保证计划 公共与国际事务研究生院 在 匹兹堡大学.
• 波胆网站是 公共领导教育网络 which offers week-long seminars and summer internships in Washington, D.C. The seminars include sessions with people on Capitol Hill, 以及关于公共政策的专题, 法律系的, 科学政策, 国会中的女性, 以及妇女参与国际政策.
• Chatham is home to the 宾夕法尼亚妇女与政治中心, which offers a variety of ways for students to become involved in programming and other efforts.

竞选和选举

是什么让应聘者成功? How do you win in local, state, and 国家al politics today? 本课程将提供现代美国教育趋势的概览.S. 政治运动和选举, 包括政党的影响, 利益集团, 媒体, 竞选资金, 选举法, 个人候选人. Special emphasis will be placed on the impact of gender on electoral success. Students will follow one current campaign in detail, comparing it to the literature on campaigning. 

妇女与政治

性别对政治有影响吗? Are women different from men in their political behavior? Do women contribute different norms, rules, and outcomes within political institutions? 学生熟悉了有关的文献, 并在特定方面进行研究项目, 妇女参与政治. 

种族冲突

This course is designed to introduce students to theories about 国家alist and ethnic conflict and strategies that have been used to manage them. 在课程的第一部分, we examine sources of ethnic identity and how governments have attempted to reinforce or deemphasize those identities. Second, we examine how domestic factors have and have not worked to suppress ethnic conflict. 最后, we examine how the inter国家al community or other third parties have attempted to bring about the peaceful resolution of conflicts.

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