A complex maze of challenges faces our world today, and most of the problems—economic, environmental, social, or health-related, just to name a few—are interconnected. Although many of the scientific, financial, and technical solutions to these problems already exist, the barriers to fixing them are often political.
Studying political science opens up the whole world to you, giving you the tools you need to understand—and move—those barriers, and effect real change in the world.
Why Political Science at URI?
Study With Top Scholars
Our faculty are winners of prestigious research and teaching awards, national fellowships, and leading researchers in areas ranging from post-Cold War Russian relations and technology’s impact on political campaigns to global human rights. Just imagine what they can teach you.
Prep For Grad School
Political science continues to be the most popular major for students pursuing a degree in law, and we offer a customized pre-law program if that’s your path. Our curriculum focuses on building advanced research skills, giving you a big advantage with grad programs. Our department also offers two Accelerated Bachelors to Masters (ABM) program options to either our M.A. in Int’l Relations or our accelerated online Master of Public Administration graduate programs.
Beef Up Your Resume
Unlike most majors, experiential learning is a required part of our undergraduate curriculum. We also offer a number of internships in RI Government—and if international politics is your thing, we strongly encourage you to study abroad or apply for a research internship in our U.S. Naval War College Internship Program, which is located in Newport, RI.