Political Science

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Jewish Studies, Minor

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Jewish Studies, Minor

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Immerse yourself in Jewish culture, history, politics and philosophy with the interdisciplinary Jewish Studies minor.

Sophia Mihic

Uma Patel — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 19:03:04 +0000

Sophia Mihic

Uma Patel Thu, 01/05/2017 - 13:03

Sophia

Mihic

Coordinator; Professor

Expertise

Political Theory, Anglo-Analytic and Continental Philosophy, Feminist Theory, “Race,” Class, and the Politics of the Legal Order, The History of Political Thought

Courses Taught

ZHON 193 – Honors Introduction to the Social Sciences

PSCI 216 – American National Government

PSCI/PHIL 390 – Classical Political Theory

PSCI/PHIL 390 Modern Political Theory

PSCI 392 – WIP: Contemporary Political Theory

PHIL 345 – Social and Political Philosophy

PSCI 382/PHIL 382 – Marx Seminar

PHIL 389 – Foucault Seminar

PHIL 387 – Arendt Seminar

PSCI 401 – Classics of Political Science

PSCI 491 – Arendt Seminar

Research Interests

Dr. Mihic’s research and teaching focuses on the philosophy of interpretive inquiry in the social sciences, the work of Hannah Arendt, and the structural grounds of order and identity politics in 20th and now 21st century democracies. She also teaches and writes on the history of political thought, literature and political theory and the politics of the legal order. She was a fellow at the Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy, Rutgers University—where she was awarded a grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation—and a fellow at the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, University of Illinois at Urbana.

Education

Ph.D., Political Science, Johns Hopkins University, 2000

M.A., Political Science, Johns Hopkins University, 1993

B.A., Political Science, University of Florida 1982

Selected Publications

“‘the end was in the beginning’: Melville, Ellison and the Democratic Death of Progress in Typee,” Jason Frank, ed. The Political Companion to Herman Melville, University of Kentucky Press, January 2014

“Interpretation, Political Theory, and the Hegemony of Normative Theorizing,” Becoming Plural: The Political Thought of William E. Connolly, Alan Finlayson, ed., Routledge, October 2009

“Facts, Values and ‘Real’ Numbers: Making Sense In and Of Political Science,” with Stephen G. Engelmann and Elizabeth Rose Wingrove, The Politics of Method in the Human Sciences: Positivism and Its Epistemological Others, George Steinmetz, ed., Duke University Press, 2005

“Neoliberalism and the Jurisprudence of Privacy: An Experiment in Feminist Theorizing,” Feminist Theory, 9(2), August 2008

S-Mihic@neiu.edu

Office Hours

TBA

Curriculum Vitae

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What is Political Science

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Course Name	Course Number	Section	Credits	Schedule
Political Science	POL101	2	3	Mondays and Wednesdays 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
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Public Administration, Minor

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Public Administration, Minor

The Public Administration minor will be of interest to students who would like to broaden the career opportunities available to them, students interested in public affairs and administration and students in nontraditional programs.

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Undergraduate Minor

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Public Administration, Minor

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Public Administration, Minor

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The Public Administration minor focuses on public affairs and administration, and introduces the fundamentals of various government processes behind public policy and politics.

Political Science, Minor

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Political Science, Minor

A minor in Political Science may be structured to complement a student’s major in another department or to develop an area of interest.

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Undergraduate Minor

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Take a closer look at the minor in Political Science and the courses offered toward the program.

Political Science, Minor

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Political Science, Minor

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Navigate the systems of government and politics.
Indispensable for any well-educated person, Political Science is central to an understanding of all basic social issues.

Political Science, M.A.

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Political Science, M.A.

Political Science is central to an understanding of all basic social issues; therefore, an understanding of political life is indispensable for any well-educated person. The department currently offers an undergraduate major, a minor in political science, a minor in public administration, and a graduate program leading to the master's degree.

Areas of political science in which courses are offered include:

American Politics and Public Affairs
International Relations and Comparative Politics
Political Theory

Within each area, major themes are explored (e.g., public policy and administration, political values and change, elite-mass relationships, and political parties and groups).

Credit hours required: 36

ADMISSION INFORMATION

The program admits students for the fall and spring semesters.

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Department

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Graduate Program

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The M.A. in Political Science opens up career options in areas such as:

teaching/instructing (community college levels)
federal and other government agencies
public administration
non-profit organizations
doctoral studies and research
community development
international organizations and foreign services

For more detailed career information, visit the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Take a closer look at the Master of Arts in Political Science and the courses offered toward the degree.

Political Science, M.A.

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