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Even though both Political Science and Public Administration are closely related, the career options for each of them can be very different. To know more about the available career options for Political Science and Public Administration, find information below:

Career Options for Political Science

Here is the list of top career options in Political Science if you have made up your mind to pursue a course in Political Science :

• Project officer

• Communications Officer with a government organization

• Non-government organizations (NGO’s)

• Researcher in private companies

• Political Figure

• Political representative/worker of a party

• City planner

Pol Science covers a large number of specialisations hence students with a Bachelors degree in Pol science can go for Law (https://www.collegedekho.com/law-humanities/law-colleges-in-india/) , Legal studies, Public Administration, Policy-Making and other related disciplines for their Masters.

Career Options for Public Administration

Here is the list of popular career choices for students pursuing Public Administration:

• International aid/development worker

• Public Administration Consultant

• Budget analyst

• Tax examiner

• Civil Servant

• Social Work

• NGO

Political Science or Public Administration: What to Choose?

As explained above, both disciplines are closely related to one another in many ways. Political Science is a much diverse and complicated field in comparison to Public Administration.

Public Administration is a more specific discipline which would enable you to solve issues related to policymaking and execution. Many students pursuing a Public Administration course can go for the UPSE civil service examination (https://www.collegedekho.com/exam/upsc-civil-services) as the job requires the practical use of the subject, it is one of the most popular optional choices among the Civil Services Aspirants.

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Political science deals with working of the state and government at national as well as international levels. It basically focuses on analysis of the previous political events/policies and then draw conclusions from them for the betterment of citizens.

Public Administration require operations such as planning, directing, organising and controlling of the government and its policies. These both fields are closely relaed as both focus on the betterment of the society but career options might vary. Political science is a complicated field than PA but PS has more career options. After PA most of the students choose to apply for UPSC exam as the job requires the practical use of the subject.

In a nutshell, both courses gives a diversity of career options and opportunities. So, it depends on your interest to choose one of these.

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