Overview

Key Features

Whether by bullets or ballots, by violent struggle or elections, politics is about who rules or governs, for what purposes, and under what constraints. Politics influences the duties of rulers and the ruled, the rights of citizens, whether or not people live in fear, the generosity of welfare systems, and many other aspects of how people conduct their day-to-day lives. Politics includes people acquiring and using power, cooperatively or non-cooperatively, for creative or destructive purposes. It encompasses the forging of collective symbols and the crafting (and recrafting) of compelling narratives about mutual identities and social goals. Through political action, some people demand recognition and justice, (re)defining what it means to be political. Others expend energy and resources to maintain existing structures. Through politics, people may focus attention on collective problems or try to prevent such a focus. Politics also affects the distribution as well as the redistribution of economic resources – which is one reason why politics can be terribly contentious.

Political science is the rigorous intellectual quest to identify and analyze such phenomena. Political scientists build on the foundational ideas of social and political theorists, from the ancient world to the Enlightenment to the present day. As political scientists, we develop logical and parsimonious theoretical arguments to better understand and explain important social and political phenomena, and even sometimes predict future developments. Political scientists develop and test their arguments through a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis, including archival research, interviews, surveys, statistical analysis, and experiments.

The Political Science program is offered at Swarthmore College.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

American Politics (Ap)

Politics Across The World (Cp)

International Relations (Ir)

Ancient Political Thought (Th)

Constitutional Law & Politics I: Institutional Powers (Ap)

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-04 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Swarthmore, United States

Disciplines

Political Science View 1422 other Bachelors in Political Science in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Common Application or QuestBridge Application

Swarthmore College Short Answer

$60 application fee or fee waiver

School report

School counselor recommendation

High school transcript

Midyear grades: If your school does not have midyear grades, please provide a midyear progress report from your teachers.

Two academic-subject teacher recommendations/evaluations

Tuition Fees

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68766 USD / year

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68766 USD / year

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68766 USD / year

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Living costs

Swarthmore

United States

1000 - 1500 USD / month

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