Hey I'm Heather! I'm a political science
major at West Liberty University and I'm
going to show you what it's like to be a
student in the program
Now we're gonna head to criminal law
with Dr. Barney
My aunt was the one that actually
suggested that I go into political
science because I'm thinking about going
to law school and she said a lot of
applicants are in pre-law and criminal
justice. I chose West Liberty because
it's closer to home it's a lot more
affordable I'm a Presidential Scholar
and I got the promise scholarship
because my GPA was so high when I
graduated high school and that combined
with my ACT score, it was pretty obvious
I was gonna go here
Now we're heading
into ethics of criminal justice with
professor Walters.
So did anyone see that they are starting to come out with different victims saying that
they fabricated their stories? Yes. So what are your thoughts on that?
Generally it's a lot
of lecture based classes but it's a
really laid-back setting so if you have
a question
halfway through the lecture you just ask
it. They make the classes a lot more
interesting because they throw in a lot
of humor depending on the material.
Now we're gonna head to my independent study
with Professor Fitzpatrick.
Remember a concept is just a broad idea like an idea
of a chair an idea of size of economy an
idea of unemployment....
Right now I'm taking an independent study with
Professor Fitzpatrick and we're learning
about methods and research techniques I
am working on a research paper where I
have to pick a topic. The topic that I
chose for it I chose human trafficking
and my whole hypothesis is
human trafficking is more likely to
happen in an autocratic country than it
would be in a democracy. So that's all
frequency distribution is...
I like to go to
Jazzmine's cafe and get a coffee and study
Can I get a small caramel delight?
When I first came to West Liberty I
thought it was gonna be a much bigger
place than it actually is
I thought it was gonna be a lot harder
to find places I thought professors were
gonna be straightforward they don't
really have time for your problems but
they've actually been really helpful
It's a small campus atmosphere so
everyone knows pretty much who you are
and they all they're all interested in
what you're doing.
Now we're heading into
political science fiction with Professor
Fitzpatrick.
Alright so today we are going to talk about The Handmade's Tale
Last class we didn't talk about it that much so today we're going to really get into the text of it
so professor Fitzpatrick
chose different books that we have to
read a lot of it is kind of futuristic
government based so we'll read books
like that we just finished reading The
Handmaid's Tale we'll talk about them
and he'll relate it back to real-world
situations
Hopefully this game you will look at what
it's like to be a political science
major at West Liberty for more
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