Learning objectives that UAlbany students are expected to attain through their course of study within their academic program.
- The student understands the content and significance of political ideas and the role of formal and informal institutions, power, and authority the operation of society.
- The student grasps the range of intellectual perspectives constituting political science and the formal study of politics.
- The student develops and utilizes the techniques of critical thought.
- The student develops and uses evidence-based reasoning and argumentation skills in political science.