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Education and Careers
There are many opportunities to study political science in Canada and a lot of resources on the Internet to help with your
studies and your career employment search. Jump to the education links below to find out more about
where to study and the journalism, law, and public administration
degrees that would be useful to do after a B.A. in Political Science.
Need help writing a research paper? Connect
to reference resources for essay writing - essay-writing help sites, on-line dictionaries, grammar
aids, quotations, and a thesaurus.
Connect to sites that provide information about scholarships
and ways of funding your education.
Many job opportunities are open to students with a political science
degree. This section of the political science site will provide you with links to job postings, job-search advice, places
help you write your résumé. Jump to the career links below to find out more.
Read Statistics
Canada's report on
University
Education: Recent Trends in Participation, Accessibility and Returns for an idea about employment rates and average salaries
for a range of degree graduates.
Visit links to job-hunting resources on the Internet - even on-line job postings
and applications!
There are also a number of teachers' resource sites on the Internet
that are designed for political science instructors and provide support for teaching in general.
CAREER LINKS
A wide variety of policy and administration
positions in the provincial and federal civil service - or international organizations
- might suit you.
In addition, policy analysis for nonprofit organizations and interest groups
requires the knowledge of government structures and processes that a political
science degree should give you.
Similarly, some graduates take up careers in journalism, where their knowledge
of politics is invaluable. Many other political science students take a law
degree and work either for government or in the private sector.
The Chronicle of Higher Education hosts The
Career Network, which provides a wide range of resources to help those interested
in academic careers in colleges and universities - including hundreds of job
announcements.
For a detailed review of career options, connect to Leslie Pal’s Career
Guide for Political Scientists, prepared for the Canadian Political Science
Association.
Find Employment with Canadian Governments
Canadian Employment Sites
U.S. & International Sites
Résumés
An important part of preparing for your job hunt is getting your résumé in order. Several sites on the Internet provide guidelines
on what to say and how to organize it:
EDUCATION LINKS
Political science can be matched up as a minor or major subject with many others,
including: business, communications, criminology, economics, geography, history,
sociology, and international languages. With a degree in political science,
you can take more specialized degrees in journalism, law, or public administration
that can open the doors to many different careers.
Links to Universities and Colleges
On the Internet, you can connect to
universities and colleges
in Canada and around the world. These sites will provide information about
the programs you can study there as well as admission requirements and procedures.
There are many general sites for finding links to universities world-wide:
CampusAccess
provides a wide range of information and support to those wanting to study at
Canadian colleges and universities.
Campus
Tours: Virtual College Tours
Christina DeMello's list of over 3000 Colleges
and Universities
CollegeKey has
links to U.S. and Canadian universities and scholarship information.
Peterson's:
U.S. Colleges and Universities
Pol-Cy Guide to US
and Other
International Political Science Departments
U.S.
College Admissions from About.com
Yahoo! - Colleges
and Universities
Ontario
In Ontario, students should connect to the
Ontario Universities' Application Centre for the centralized procedure of
applying for admission to an Ontario university. See also the Ontario
College Application Service for admission to community colleges.
British Columbia
You can now submit
applications for admission to many of the universities and colleges in British
Columbia over the Web.
CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES
Links to Political Science Graduate Programs
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Community Colleges
RELATED PROFESSIONAL DEGREES
Journalism
Law
Master of Public Administration
Note: the information about graduate programs was taken from the universities'
Web sites and is current to September 15, 1997.
SCHOLARSHIPS, INTERNSHIPS,
AND OTHER FINANCING
TEACHERS'
RESOURCES
Blackboard.Com
provides a wealth of resources for teachers, including free sites to Web sites
for courses.
Poly-Cy Guide to Teaching Resources
links to a range of material including syllabuses to assist instructors of political science classes.
The
Teachers' Lounge - general support for teaching
World
Lecture Hall Political Science links to a number of classes with Web support.
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