度 & 项目 政治科学
作为一名韦斯特蒙大学政治学专业的学生，你会在实践中学习.
You might play the part of a congressional party whip trying to reform health care; or issue a decision on 宗教 freedom as the Chief Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court in a mock trial; or you might just travel to New York as part of a Model United Nations. The political science major trains students in the theory and practice of politics in the United States and the global community, 强调国际关系, 美国政治, 比较政治学和政治哲学. Our department helps students become politically competent citizens in light of the Christian faith, 在一个以政治为特征的世界里忠实地为正义而工作, 社会, 文化, 宗教, 经济多样性.
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教师强调
与员工见面
的职业道路
- 法律
- 管理咨询
- 教学
- 公共关系
- 政府管理
- 外国服务
- 社会服务
- 军队和警察部门
- 新闻
- 基督教的部
Westmont 政治科学 has had excellent success in graduate school admissions and career launch, with 95% of alumni finding placements within the first year after graduation. Our alumni have pursued further study at institutions such as Georgetown University, 巴黎圣母院, 斯坦福大学, 以及伦敦经济学院. The major proves deeply practical in preparing students for professional success: in addition to law, 公共服务, 外国服务, 以及各个层次的教学, 我们很多专业的学生后来都在商界工作, 金融, 和咨询.
See career paths for graduates who majored or minored in political science at Westmont.
The entire Westmont delegation earned an Honorable Mention for their work on committee sessions throughout the week at the National Model United Nations conference in New York City in April of 2019. 也, Maddie Weicht and Wesley Stenzel earned an award for their Position Paper on the World Food Program. 莎拉·弗格森因其ag娱乐官网联合国儿童基金会的立场文件而获奖. Korbin Breeden and Jonah Zahnd earned Outstanding Delegate Awards for their work on the General Assembly's Third Committee.
Spring 2022: The International Organizations and 法律 class planned and prepared for a trip to New York City for the National Model United Nations conference. The students worked exceptionally hard preparing to represent Ghana in eleven different UN committees (including the Security Council). Their hard work paid off and Westmont's Model UN team was designated a "Distinguished Delegation" by the conference staff. 干得好，韦斯特蒙!
Dr. Jesse Covington co-authored an essay titled "Hopeful Realism: Renewing Evangelical 政治道德" (with Bryan McGraw of Wheaton College and Micah Watson of Calvin University) that was published in Public Discourse.
威斯蒙特泰国代表团获得荣誉奖, which was great especially as quite a few of them were working without a partner in their committee. 此外，我们的三名学生获得了意见书奖! 她们是艾玛·西尔弗、艾米丽·林德布拉德和埃拉·奥斯特玛. We are proud of their hard work and the character they displayed throughout the challenging week. 他们很好地代表了韦斯特蒙特. 在寒冷多雨的天气里，学生们玩得很开心! 他们有时间一起参观9/11纪念馆, 洛克菲勒中心, 和联合国, 拜登上台时他们就在对面, 奥巴马, 和克林顿在无线电城音乐厅. 有很多保安和车队! 干得好，韦斯特蒙!
政治学校友
吉米·维特洛克10岁 毕业于法律预科. 大学毕业后, Wittrock worked as a Field Organizer for a Senatorial campaign and then went on to earn a master’s degree from George Washington University (GWU) in Political Management. 在GWU期间, Wittrock worked as a Marketing Assistant at the Democratic National Committee, 并最终回到圣巴巴拉，为美国政府工作.S. 众议院议员洛伊斯·卡普斯. He has worked most recently as the Deputy Campaign Manager for Salud Carbajal’s successful congressional campaign.
Hannah (Cochrane) Byrnes ' 11 曾在美国国务院(D.O.S) in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs as their Policy and Regional Affairs Intern. 在乔治城大学安全研究专业获得硕士学位后, Byrnes worked as a 研究 Intern for the International Strategic 研究 Organization focusing on the U.S.对库尔德工人党在土耳其和伊拉克的立场. She is currently a Senior Consultant for Deloitte Consulting, one of the Big Four accounting firms.
After working on Capitol Hill as a Congressional intern and a John Jay Fellow in Philadelphia, 宾西法尼亚, 泰勒·卡斯尔12 曾就职于著名公共政策研究智库, 美国企业研究所, 作为他们的价值观 & 资本主义的实习生. He was then hired as a Senior Associate for their Academic 项目 and was recently promoted to Program Manager of the Values & 资本主义计划.
前学生会主席 David Dry ' 14 worked on Capitol Hill as a Congressional Intern and taught as a volunteer and camp counselor to South African youth. He has also worked internationally with nonprofits across the world in countries including Bangladesh, 和土耳其. 他还参加了约翰·杰伊研究员计划, and was hired by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) where he served for several years as Senior Finance Coordinator. 他目前居住在华盛顿特区.C.他是一名国会工作人员.
乔纳森·克罗斯，92年 lives in North Carolina and has been working for the Department of Defense since graduating from Westmont.
安德里亚·本森04届 is on staff with a mission organization called Christian Associates which does church-planting in Europe. 她正在为移居法国巴黎而争取支持.
萨曼莎(威廉姆斯)韦利05年 works for a grant consulting firm which serves local governments nation-wide. 作为一名研究分析师, she tracks federal funding appropriations and reSearches major grant programs that will benefit their clients in areas such as education, 运输, 环境, 艺术, 和正义. 萨曼莎专门从事慈善基金会研究.
帕特里克·欧德宁02年 目前是A.R.S. & Associates doing building and fire code consulting for new developments in San Francisco. His business works as the go-between for the developer and the various city agencies in San Francisco to help high rise construction projects from the entitlement phase to final completion.
Megan Shrader ' 02, is a news anchor and television host in San Antonio, Texas for the local CBS affiliate. 她主持了一个名为Great Day SA的节目.梅根还为《ag娱乐官网》商业杂志自由撰稿. “I think 政治科学 has definitely given me an edge in the news industry. I don’t just report the issues, I can understand and discuss them with folks.”
谢丽·沃伦94年 是微软的开发主管吗. “It’s not exactly using the political science degree, but politics is in every interaction we have! 我非常感谢我在韦斯特蒙的时光!”