In this year of politics, it has just occurred to me that I don't know what the field of political science is. What would I study? What career would I have? I find these career options: business administrator, consumer advocate, corporate trainer, executive assistant, foreign correspondent, foreign service officer, fundraise, historical researcher. It seems to me that the jobs are policy analysts, legislative administrators/assistants, political consultants, political campaign staff, government public relations specialists. One guide said that intelligence analysts come from political science graduates.
And what about politicians? Who among them have political science degrees? Guess what? A lot of the U.S. senior politicians have them. It would lead one to assume that these people planned for a career in politics:
Joe Biden. Biden went to law school at the Syracuse University College of Law and proceeded to receive his J.D. in 1968. Before becoming a lawyer, Biden majored in both History and Political science at the University of Delaware.
Condoleezza Rice In 1974, at age 19, Rice was awarded a B.A., cum laude, in political science by the University of Denver. She obtained a master's degree in political science from the University of Notre Dame in 1975. In 1981, at the age of 26, she received her Ph.D. in political science from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.
Hillary Rodham Clinton majored in Political Science at Wellesley College.
Barack Obama he majored in Political Science with a specialty in international relations at Columbia University in New York City in 1981.
Taking a reverse look - through contemporary U.S. Politicians, their degrees are listed in this article HERE. They vary a bit more.
It is easy to find articles on U.S. topics, so I had to do more looking for a comparison with Canadian figures. More Canadian Prime Ministers seem to have law degrees than political science degrees. But that could be the case in the U.S. - the Wikipedia entry for the U.S. Presidents lists the schools attended rather than the degree.
This is orchard is at the corner of Lincoln Ave and the South Service Road. Some of these ancient trees are gone now - cherries and peaches have a shorter life than apples, maybe 20 - 30 productive years. I took this picture ins 2016.
