Allegheny Political Science Students Put Learning Into Action
As a Political Science student, you can expand your interests and gain valuable experience through a wide range of opportunities on the Allegheny campus and beyond.
The Center for Political Participation
The Center for Political Participation (CPP) works to address issues that students care about — and gives them the tools to be politically active. The CPP plans and supports events encouraging political participation, such as:
- Town hall meetings
- Short courses
- Debate and election watch parties
- Local candidate forums
- Get-out-the-vote efforts
Students from any major can apply to be a CPP Student Fellow; this leadership group helps to plan and advance the center’s initiatives.
Concentration in Law & Policy
In this professional development program, you can combine your academic goals with opportunities in international or domestic law and policy, including:
- Career education
- Internships
- Studying away
- Civic learning
- Community programming.
Robert H. Jackson Center Affiliation
Allegheny’s affiliation with the Robert H. Jackson Center allows students to intern, conduct research, participate in enriching programming, and extend their professional network.
The center advances the legacy of Robert H. Jackson, who served as solicitor general, attorney general, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal.
Get Involved in Clubs and Organizations
Political Science students can pursue their passions in a wide range of student-led organizations, including:
- Andrew Goodman Foundation Student Ambassadors
- Allegheny Student Government
- College Democrats
- College Republicans
- Mock Trial
- Women of Color in Politics
- Amnesty International
- Model UN
- Pre-Law Club
- Allegheny College Socialists
- Student Alliance for Prison Reform
- Student Coalition for Labor
- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Recent Internships
Center for American Progress
U.S. domestic politics & policy
Erie County Department of Human Services
U.S. domestic politics & policy
U.S. Department of State
Foreign policy
Department of Homeland Security
Security & intelligence
International Institute of Erie
Human rights & refugee issues
Conservation International
Environmental policy & protection
Studying in China
Students travel to China to study culture, history, and political economy.
Meeting with Renowned Leaders
Students meet war crimes prosecutors at the Humanitarian Law Dialogs in New York State.
Studying in the Middle East
Students learn about Middle Eastern politics and the environment in Israel/Palestine and Jordan.
Studying in Europe
Students explore the politics of immigration and urban space in Europe.
Recent Senior Comps
The Senior Comp is the culmination of four years of experience, imagination, and study. It is the moment when you demonstrate what you’ve learned by teaching us something new.
Police Corruption: Assessing the Role of Institutional Structure on Police Corruption in Mexico and Chile
Black Women’s Journey: The Bridge Back to Us
Populist Executives: Catalyst to Democratic Backsliding
The Women’s March: An Analysis of Social Movement Outcomes
It Takes a Church? Using Religion to Explain Cross-National Differences in Family Policy
Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship
Embassy of Egypt
City of Rochester
White House
Cooperative Policy Program with Carnegie Mellon
Many Political Science majors participate in a cooperative program with Carnegie Mellon University in the area of Public Policy. Students spend three years taking courses at Allegheny and two years at CMU, resulting in a combined B.A./Master’s in less time than is usually required to earn both degrees.
