2019/02/07 by Rasmus Broms, Jenny de Fine Licht
Social Sciences · #Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy #Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences #Political Science Research and Education
paper · doi:10.1177/0263395719828651
openalex publication_date 2019/02/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
Higher education is increasingly expected not only to provide students with disciplinary knowledge and skills but also to prepare them for a future career. As political science is a diverse discipline and does not train students for a certain profession, its students often feel uncertain of the career paths available to them and how their expertise can be used in a future career. In this article, we present and discuss the course ‘The Professional Political Scientist’, given at the bachelor’s level at the Department of Political Science at University of Gothenburg, Sweden, which is an attempt to fill this gap. We present the preparatory work, the design, the pedagogy behind the themes and exercises included in the curriculum, as well as the experiences and evaluations of the first three rounds of the course. Finally, we provide suggestions for teachers interested in developing similar courses.