{"id":3814,"date":"2012-08-12T11:48:16","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T16:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/?page_id=3814"},"modified":"2022-07-07T20:30:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T20:30:12","slug":"politicalscience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Study Political Science?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_50076\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50076\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2012\/08\/River_Sem_banner-e1456787781589.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50076 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2012\/08\/River_Sem_banner-e1456787781589-300x155.jpg\" alt=\"Students in canoes on the Mississippi River.\" width=\"350\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2012\/08\/River_Sem_banner-e1456787781589-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2012\/08\/River_Sem_banner-e1456787781589-1024x530.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2012\/08\/River_Sem_banner-e1456787781589.jpg 1193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students on the Mississippi River during the Fall 2015 River Semester, led by Professor Joe Underhill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Why study political science at Augsburg\u00a0University? In part because we bring the world to our students and our students out into the world. \u00a0Our students examine\u00a0a wide range of important issues\u00a0such as war and peace,\u00a0immigration, gender, race and ethnicity, the internet, and the environment and the Mississippi River. These and more topics are brought to life for our students through direct engagement and experiential learning.<\/p>\n<p>Augsburg Political Science students learn through the use of simulations in the classroom;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/augsburgabroad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study abroad<\/a>; internships in government or the private sector; other off-campus experiences, such as a semester learning from Twin Cities community organizations;\u00a0participating in Model UN conferences, or a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/river\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">course which takes students out\u00a0on the Mississippi River<\/a> to learn about environmental issues. \u00a0Your advisor can explain how you can take advantage of these opportunities, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strommen Center for Meaningful Work<\/a>\u00a0offers additional assistance with the many\u00a0hands-on learning possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>Our students study politics to learn how to become more effective at changing the world, and our graduates have gone on to demonstrate\u00a0that\u2014in fields such as law, the foreign service, healthcare, education, and non-profit issue advocacy. Check out our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/testimonials\/potential-careers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Careers<\/a> page\u00a0for a few examples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why study political science at Augsburg\u00a0University? In part because we bring the world to our students and our students out into the world. \u00a0Our students examine\u00a0a wide range of important issues\u00a0such as war and peace,\u00a0immigration, gender, race and ethnicity, the internet, and the environment and the Mississippi River. These and more topics are brought to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3814","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3814"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50488,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3814\/revisions\/50488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}