Career Guidance

Below are examples of jobs that political science graduates from the Department of Political Science at Western Michigan University have attained. Local

City and village managers
Legal profession
Nonprofit organizations such as Red Cross, Loaves and Fishes, and Ministry with Community
Airport administrator
Secondary education teachers
Community college instructors
Journalists
Planning departments
Personnel departments
Assessors
Various businesses

State

Lobbyists such as Persuasion Inc. and Weiner Associates
Staffers in State Representative and State Senate offices
Senate Majority Policy Office
Michigan Association of School Boards
University professors
Chief Counsel Senate Judiciary Committee
Peace Corps


National

Defenders of Wildlife
Office of the Inspector General
House Commerce Committee
Chief of staff for Congressman Tom Feeney of Florida
SCM Associates (fundraising consulting firm)
Association of Flight Attendants (AFL-CIO)
Computer Sciences Corporation Federal Sector (FCC programming services contract)
Berkshire Mortgage Finance (vice president and loan originator)
Department of State (foreign service)
Congressman Buck McKeon
Senator Christopher Dodd (deputy press secretary)
American Jewish Committee
U.S. Department of Agriculture (in the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India)
Gerontological Society of America
Department of Justice


International

Foreign Service positions in Colombia, Thailand and India
Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe
Numerous development non-government organizations in developing countries

Other

In political science, a large number of students continue on to law school. Alumni have attended many different law schools. Many students continue to work toward graduate degrees once they complete their undergraduate requirements. For example, a number of students continue on to:

Study for a master's degree or enter the M.A./Ph.D. program.
Enter the Master's of International Development Administration Peace Corps option.
Continue studies for a graduate degree at another university.