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Political Science, Department of

614-292-2880
polisci@osu.edu

2140 Derby Hall
154 North Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210

Chair/Director
Marcus Kurtz

The Ohio State University Department of Political Science studies governments, public policies and political processes, systems, and political behavior. Are you interested in American politics? International affairs? Strategies of war and peace? Political theories of freedom? Gun control, immigration, the environment, civil rights? If so, you belong in political science where you will learn to think critically and globally and acquire the skills necessary to be successful in the world.