DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Political Science Comprehensive Exam Study Guide
Students who complete the political science program at the University of
Arkansas at Pine Bluff upon graduation should have grounding the
following major subfields in political science.
American Government
• Federalism
• Gerrymandering
• Constitutional Amendments
• Interest Groups
• Political Parties
• Civil Liberties
• Civil Rights
• Bureaucracy
Research Methods
• Scientific Method
• Components of a Research Prospectus
• Qualitative Research
• Quantitative Research
• Theoretical Frameworks
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• Independent & Dependent Variables
Political Theory
• Niccole Machiavelli
• Plato
• John Locke
• Thomas Hobbs
• Karl Marx
• David Hume
• Kant
• Nietzsche
• Rousseau
• Saint Augustine
International Relations
• Globalization
• Realism
• Liberalism
• Theories of Trade
• Development Theories
• Interdependence
• The United Nations
• International Law
• Multinational Corporations
• Non-Government Organizations
• Social Theories
• Conflict of Ideas/Interest