Government
Dartmouth Alums With This Major
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(Dartmouth '78)
- HIV Policy Director, The Kaiser Family Foundation
(Dartmouth '88)
- Senior Director of College Recruiting, Gap, Inc.
(Dartmouth '92)
- FBI Agent, FBI
(TX, Dartmouth '93)
- Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, The US Department of State
(Dartmouth '84)
- [Government modified with Environmental Studies], Founder of the Worldview Change Project/ Writer/ Photographer, Self-Employed
(Dartmouth '92)
- Fashion Editorial Assistant, Time, Inc.
(NY, Dartmouth '03)
- Staff Sergeant E-6, United States Army
(MD, Dartmouth '02)
- Real Estate Investment/ Consultant, Jones Lang LaSalle
(IL, Dartmouth '03)
- Senior Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
(NJ, Dartmouth '04)
- Ombudsman, International Broadcasting Bureau
(VA, Dartmouth '72)
- Producer, ABC News
(CA, Dartmouth '69)
- Health Policy Advisor, United States Senate
(DC, Dartmouth '96)
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Major Description
The department focuses on the study of the collective identities, beliefs and institutions that make communities possible, and that are in turn shaped by communities, and is also attentive to failures at community building, and to the divisions, conflicts, and wars to which such failures give rise. The department offers students a variety of courses in American politics, comparative politics, international relations, political theory and methodology.
Skills Acquired
What is this?
- Critical and Analytical Thinking
- Writing and Presentation skills
- Social responsibility and respect for diversity
- Team work and collaboration
Possible Career Paths
- Government
- Law
- Politics
- Nonprofit
- Business
- Journalism
- Broadcasting
- Education
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