Awards & Honors

Awards for Excellence

Honors and awards are bestowed annually by the School for Politics and International Affairs upon students who perform well in a variety of academic and political pursuits.


Departmental Honors in Political Science

Presented to a B.A. candidate for outstanding scholarly achievement in political science.

Online Learning

Where you receive your degree matters.  The University of Ãå±±½ûµØ at Springfield is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.  We have received numerous awards for excellence in online education, and we provide our online students with the same dynamic learning experience as our on-campus students.  Students in our online program are taught by the same Political Science Faculty who teach in our on-campus program, and our online students are supported both by faculty advisors and an online c

Career Planning

What You Can Do With This Degree

A degree from the University of Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield in political science, public policy or global studies offers students the opportunity to pursue a career in broad range of fields, including: politics and government (both in the US and internationally), law, public policy, advocacy, education, healthcare, non-profit management, social justice, and public relations.

University of Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield Associate Professor and chair of the Department of Political Science Sibel Oktay, Ph.D., has been named a nonresident senior fellow of public opinion and foreign policy at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. She joins the ranks of scholars from prominent universities across the United States.

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Internationally recognized scholar , associate professor of