A Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science​ with Atlantic International University is the start of an extensive transformational educational experience through collaboration and discovery about complex concepts. From the beginning of pursuing a degree, a student begins their journey into a dynamic academic environment where an exploration of human behavior, cognition, and emotions happens. AIU provides an open learning curriculum, along with the use of innovative learning styles and application of technology, that provides a sense of assurance of integrated theoretical and practical knowledge, and encourages the development of critical thinking and practical learning skills, which are essential for any aspiring career in politics.

In the first stage of a Bachelor’s in Political Science, students set the foundations with studies into the political systems, governance, and the structures of public administration. This initial experience lays the foundation of principles in political science and introduces vital areas, including the structures and functions of government, theories of political thought, and basics of political research methods.With this broad introduction, students have not only been introduced to the important aspects of political science, but they have also developed a critical analytical skill set that they can extend into more extensive explorations of their academic experiences in later parts of their studies. Foundationally, what they have experienced is a different way of thinking to understand and appreciate complex political interactions in contemporary study and research contexts.

However, the transition is more than academic learning; there is a transformation into the self and personal development. When students enter training, internships, fieldwork or an applied opportunity, they can translate their theoretical knowledge into practical situations, which is an empathetic process. Students are developing their skills in communication and awareness of cultural contexts. Their experiences in these settings present opportunities for new self-reflection by improving their abilities to connect with people in diverse and varied contexts and understand the complexity of what it means to be human.

Further, Atlantic International University’s Bachelor of Political Science programme is underpinned by a multidisciplinary approach that cuts across traditional boundaries, and allows students to use history, economics, sociology and law as they study Political Science. The programme provides students with a working environment to explore the intersections between political systems and other social aspects, which ultimately leads to becoming more fluent, critical, and nuanced understandings of both global and domestic issues. The comprehensive framework offered by the program allows students to study a wide array of disciplines which helps them form comprehensive, multifaceted understandings essential to political phenomenon and applying these interdisciplinary distinctions to their critical considerations of how to generate solutions to complex problems.

This multidisciplinary approach is broadening student horizons and diversifying their tools and skills to fit future professional contexts, enabling students to find themselves in leadership accounts of the world and its rapid shifts.The capstone phase of AIU’s Bachelor of Political Science represents the apex of the student experience and includes emphasis on applying knowledge and each of the skillsets built during their time in the program. During this pivotal phase, students develop either a comprehensive research project or thesis to address a meaningful political issue or inquiry to demonstrate their ability to  conduct independent analysis, to synthesize complex ideas, and gather this analysis in a coherent, useful way.