Politics deals with "who gets what," and political science is the study of that process of getting and maintaining power. It is an attempt to define and analyze the processes by which individuals define their interests and interact to promote those interests. At the same time it is the study of the moral ends to which power is used. The six officially defined areas of specialty within political science are American Politics, Political Theory, Public Policy, Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Research Methodology.
In addition to courses that enable undergraduate students to build knowledge and develop a concentration of study in these areas, two graduate degrees, the Masters of Public Administration (MPA) and Masters of Public Policy (MPP), are also available through political science.