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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.
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
Canadian
Postsecondary Education provides links to most Canadian colleges
and universities.
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
U.S.
News Online: Colleges & Careers
Yahoo! - Colleges
and Universities
Maclean's Magazine has a useful annual
review of Canadian 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 College
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 AND OTHER FINANCING
TEACHERS' RESOURCES
Blackboard.Com
provides a wealth of resources for teachers, including free sites to
Web sites for courses.
Political
Science Cyberclasses - on-line syllabuses and other materials
from political science classes that have Web pages
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
Teaching
Politics Techniques & Technologies - a wide variety of links
for political science instructors
Technology
and Curriculum - a central site from the Northwest Territories
for information about using technological innovations in teaching
World
Lecture Hall Political Science links to a number of classes with
Web support.
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