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The Department of Political Science was de-merged from the Department of Behavioural Sciences in August 2014. Before this re-structuring, its roots go as far back to its formative years established at the St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies, during the 1960s, where it was known as a Government Unit. Therefore, when the Faculty of Social Sciences was created, the Department of Government was established and operated until 1996 when it was merged with the Department of Sociology to form the Department of Behavioural Sciences. Nineteen (19) years thereafter, new sub-disciplines in Behavioural Sciences were added to the Department. Ultimately, the Department of Behavioural Sciences evolved to consist of six (6) units, namely Government, Sociology, Social Work, Psychology, Mediation and Criminology. However, as time progressed, the Government Unit, was able to put forward a compelling justification for a new department where we could develop own sub-disciplines, reflective of our unique programmes captured under the then newly created Department of Political Science (DPS) in 2014.<\/p>\n
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To promote civic partnerships and engagement for solutions in public affairs.<\/p>\n
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To facilitate the University in fulfilling its larger mission; while sustaining competitiveness through scholarship, innovation, leadership, and community service towards the transformation of Caribbean society.<\/p>\n
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The Department of Political Science is proud of its legacy of engagement and outreach via mainstream media (e.g., print and electronic) where many of our academic staff are involved and make significant contributions to public affairs at the macro and micro levels of our society and region.Similarly, DPS continues to make bold strides to offer multi-disciplinary and diverse academic programmes-i.e. public sector management, international relations, government (local, national, and regional), public policy with other disciplines (law, languages and behavioural sciences). DPS can attest to public service engagement at the local, national & regional arenas \u2013where we have representation on State & National Boards\/Commissions (e.g. E.O.C., Integrity Commission, CNMG, IRAC and in constitutional reform).Overall, the Department has a very good rapport with public sector stakeholders where we work as partners to bring solutions to unprogrammed and complex problems.The DPS has and continues to assist the human resource development and capacity building of our nation such as within the Trinidad & Tobago Public Services\/THA.\u00a0 DPS will continue to attract, interact, and produce quality graduates who have and will become local, national, regional leaders, policy makers, managers and technocrats in our nation, region and globally.<\/p>\n
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Currently, the Department\u00a0offers a range of undergraduate programmes in the areas of International Relations, Political Science, and Public Sector Management with Law for the Social Sciences. Its postgraduate programme offerings at the master\u2019s levels include two flagship degrees in Public Sector Management and Government. We have a post-graduate diploma in Public Sector Management.\u00a0 Prospective students, who are interested in pursuing more advanced research degrees, can apply to read an M.Phil. and\/or Ph.D.\u00a0 DPS academic staff members possess diverse research and teaching interests which include but are not limited to national elections, constitutional issues, civil service reforms, public policy analysis, public human resource management and comparative administration.<\/p>\n
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