Political Scientists
see titles from the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, or Navy.
Foreign Area Officer (FAO); Foreign Area Officer (FAO), Airlift; Foreign Area Officer (FAO), C2ISREW; Foreign Area Officer (FAO), Fighter; Foreign Area Officer (FAO), Helicopter or EWO; Foreign Area Officer (FAO), SOUTHCOM; Foreign Area Officer (FAO), Trainer; Political-Military Affairs Strategist (PAS), Airlift; Political-Military Affairs Strategist (PAS), Fighter; Political-Military Affairs Strategist (PAS), RPA
Civil Affairs; Foreign Area Officer Immaterial; Foreign Area Officer, China; Foreign Area Officer, Middle East; Foreign Area Officer, Northeast Asia; Foreign Area Officer, Sub-Saharan Africa; Special Forces; Special Forces Assistant Operations and Intelligence Sergeant; Special Forces Engineer Sergeant; Special Forces Warrant Officer; Special Forces Weapons Sergeant
Basic Foreign Area Officer; Billet Designator-Political Military Officer; Foreign Area Officer - Europe; Foreign Area Officer - Northeast Asia; Foreign Area Officer-Eurasia; Foreign Area Officer-South Asia; Regional Affairs Officer - Africa; Regional Affairs Officer - Europe; Regional Affairs Officer - Northeast Asia; Regional Affairs Officer - Southeast Asia; Regional Affairs Officer-Latin America
CWO - Intelligence; International Affairs Officer; LDO - Intelligence; RL - Special Duty - Foreign Area Officer, Qualified; RL - Special Duty Officer - Intelligence Officer
What they do:
Study the origin, development, and operation of political systems. May study topics, such as public opinion, political decisionmaking, and ideology. May analyze the structure and operation of governments, as well as various political entities. May conduct public opinion surveys, analyze election results, or analyze public documents.
On the job, you would:
- Disseminate research results through academic publications, written reports, or public presentations.
- Teach political science.
- Develop and test theories, using information from interviews, newspapers, periodicals, case law, historical papers, polls, or statistical sources.
Safety and Government
Arts and Humanities
- English language
- history and archeology
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Math and Science
- sociology and anthropology
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Basic Skills
- reading work related information
- talking to others
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
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Verbal
- read and understand what is written
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- use rules to solve problems
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People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Analytical Thinking
- Achievement/Effort
- Independence
- Integrity
- Initiative
- Persistence
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You might use software like this on the job:
Information retrieval or search software
- JSTOR database
- ProQuest Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Analytical or scientific software
Data base user interface and query software
- Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) database
- Microsoft Access
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doctoral degree or
master's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
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