FASS Orientation31 July 2007

Political ScienceDr Reuben Wong

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1. What is “Politics”?

2. Modules offered by PS Dept

3. Other Dept activities

4. PS Dept staff

5. Alumni and Career prospects

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1. What’s Politics?

“who gets what, when and how”

“Authoritative allocation of values”

“Art of the possible”

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2. What is Political Science?

Study of political phenomena and relations: Within states/political societies

(Comparative politics) Between states & international organisations,

(International Relations) through ideas and ideology

(Political Theory) In governments and bureaucracy

(Public administration)

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2. Modules Offered (weblink)

4 groups:

1. Comparative Politics

2. International Relations

3. Political Theory

4. Public Administration

3. The PS Dept in NUS

Started in May 1961PS Society (weblink), founded 1967 Student Internship Programme (SIP)

started in 1993; between PS Dept and Public Service Division

Alumni Association (weblink), launched 1998

PS Peers (web link), 2003

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4. Modules

Sample PS2000 modules

Political Inquiry: An IntroductionForeign Policy and DiplomacyPublic Administration in SingaporeGovernment and Politics of Southeast AsiaGlobalisation and Politics South Asia: Politics and Foreign Policy Contemporary Chinese Politics Government and Politics of Singapore

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In addition, you can:

Go on student exchange programmes (SEP) abroad

Do a joint degree with the University of North Carolina (UNC-Chapel Hill) (weblink)

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4. PS Dept staff

An international teaching faculty (US, China, S.Korea, Europe, South Asia, S’pore) – weblink

Professors who’ve earned their PhDs from top universities around the world

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5. What do political science graduates do?

MediaAcademia

Diplomacy

Entertainment

Politics

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Career paths for PS graduates

Government Ministries and Statutory Boards Media Teaching & Academia Arts/Culture – Theatre and drama groups,

media, etc International Organisations, NGOs Voluntary organisations, eg. SIF, SIIA, Nature

Society Service industries, eg. Sales, restaurants,

hotels

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