We aim to build knowledge that contributes to society's understanding of politics and governance, to engage students in the generation of knowledge, and to develop research programs linking theory with real world problems and issues. You will find that the ASU Political Science Department is both locally and globally connected, focusing its teaching, research, and public service on the Valley, the Southwest, and across the globe. The department is home to the internationally recognized Consortium for Qualitative Research Methods, and to the successful popular Capital Scholars Program in Washington, D.C. Our students have easy access to ASU's Institute for Social Science Research, the Computer Commons, and ASU's many research and study libraries. The department is a member of the Inter-University Consortium for Political Science Research and its wealth of databases. The department also provides large, modern carols for graduate students, and has rooms available for undergraduate collaboration and study.

         Our graduates have gone to some of the country's most prestigious graduate schools and programs, such as Harvard and Duke Law schools, and have been admitted to doctoral programs at Columbia, UCLA, Duke, Oxford, the University of Chicago, the University of Minnesota, and UCSD, to name a few. Graduating seniors find a range of employment opportunities in the fields of law, politics, education, journalism, communications, and public service. For example, some of our graduating seniors have been hired to work at the Federal Reserve, the Arizona Governor's office, and local and national newspapers. Other department alumni have reached high-level positions at major multinational corporations such as Nike and Goodyear. Others have attained high rank in state government and the judicial system. Of the nine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences alumni who have been inducted into the College's Hall of Fame, three are graduates of the Political Science Department. Many of our majors go on to law school, and a sizable number go on to get MBAs.