Sadegh Zibakalam with his daughter

How Political Science is Taught in Academia 

Before jumping into the steps, I’d like to cover how it’s taught in the academic world. This insight might give you some helpful context.  Political science as an academic discipline is typically broken up into three branches —  comparative politics, political theory, and international relations — although many colleges offer scholarship in others, such as American politics (always offered in the US), methodology, political economy, public policy, and even thematic categories like “justice”, “civil war politics”, or “foreign policy.”  Based on the syllabi I’ve looked into, and conversations with my friend Jackson (a gov major) , political science undergrads tend to take one introductory course for each of the different branches, and then some thematic courses as well, like Justice or Civil Resistance.