Political Science (100% online)
Offered at IU East by Graduate School
About
The online Master of Arts for Teachers in Political Science combines coursework in education and political science to prepare you to be a dual-credit instructor at the high school and community college levels.
The educational component of the program teaches you how to apply the science and art of teaching to college-level instruction. Coursework covers instruction and curriculum, assessment, diversity and inclusive teaching, and research.
As a student in the political science component of the program, you study major political figures, philosophies, and movements throughout history in order to understand the political events of today. You complete coursework in subfields of political science (and the central questions they address) so that you can teach students to critically evaluate political institutions, analysis, and schools of thought. You also gain a crucial understanding of American political institutions and behaviors in comparison to political climates around the world.
Specific areas of focus include:
- Empirical theory and the scope of political science
- Political science research methods
- Political theory and political thought
- Political behavior, opinion, and identities
- Government and political institutions
- American politics in a comparative perspective