This area is designed to help students learn more about the different job opportunities that are out there for people who either hold degrees in political science or have taken coursework in it.

Please select a career area from the menu on the left and you will be provided with more information.

Careers for Students with Undergraduate Degrees

Pre-Law:  Information provided by the UIC Political Science Department

Government Service: USA Jobs - U.S. Government's official site for jobs and employment information provided by the United States Office of Personnel Management.

State of Illinois:  Central Management Services Human Resources

Foreign Service:  Information on U.S. Diplomatic Careers in the Foreign Service from the United States Department of State.  Also, a nice summary can be found on about.com.

Higher Education:  The Chronicle of Higher Education

Business and Private Agencies:  UIC Office of Career Services

Communication and Journalism:  JournalismJobs.com is operated in association with Columbia Journalism Review magazine and is a large and often visited resource for media jobs.

International Trade and Organizations:  Chicago Council on Foreign Relations

Careers for Students with Graduate Degrees

For information on career options with Master of Arts or Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Political Science, please visit the graduate program web pages.

The UIC Political Science Department is also one of a few departments in the nation to offer the "Preparing Future Faculty" initiative, a program for training graduate students to become Political Science professors that goes far beyond the standard preparation offered in most departments.

Current graduate students look at the ejobs section of the American Political Science Association website.