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Political science students examine governing systems: their development, purpose, structures, societal roles, transformations, and leadership. This field explores political dynamics: citizen-government interactions, public influence on policy, and governmental efforts to shape public opinion and actions. Additionally, it's crucial to recognize how cultural heritage, historical contexts, and economic factors impact governmental development and collective political engagement. As a major within the College of Liberal Arts, political science offers extensive study options. Following foundational coursework, students specialize by selecting upper-level classes across diverse concentrations such as U.S. government, constitutional law, philosophical foundations of politics, global affairs, and cross-national political analysis.