Graduates of the Political Science program at Universidad de Las Américas are competent and entrepreneurial professionals with a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and critical academic formation in the theoretical and practical dimensions of political science and international relations. Grounded in a robust understanding of national and international realities, graduates contribute to developing solutions to public challenges faced by Ecuadorian society. In addition, graduates contribute to the country’s strategic integration into the Latin American region and the global arena, while also supporting the strengthening of democratic institutions.
Furthermore, graduates develop their own informed perspectives on political and international phenomena through critical engagement with diverse theoretical approaches. Graduates also conduct basic and applied research projects on national and international issues of academic and social relevance. Additionally, graduates formulate solutions in both public and private contexts, addressing complex challenges at the national and international levels. Graduates are prepared to analyze the importance of democratic values, pluralism, institutional frameworks, and human rights in contemporary societies. Graduates also apply multidisciplinary strategies and tools, maintaining a critical perspective of context, to design and evaluate public policies, government plans, and political campaigns. Moreover, graduates assess political processes through the analysis of power relations among the state, individuals, political parties, and social organizations. Graduates are expected to act responsibly and critically, both as professionals and as citizens, guided by ethical principles and a commitment to community service. Graduates apply their capacity for innovation to monitoring political situations and pursuing practical solutions, grounded in a democratic culture that fosters pluralism and tolerance.
Finally, graduates foster respect for diverse perspectives and capacities, promote intercultural understanding, and advocate for environmental sustainability, freedom, justice, and human rights. Through this commitment, graduates contribute to the common good and foster cooperation within Ecuadorian society and among nations.
Demographic Data - provides information about student enrollment disaggregated by gender and ethnicity, offering insight into the demographic diversity within the program.
Student Completion - provides information about retention and graduation rates calculated through the 2021–2022 academic year, based on cohorts of new, first-time students entering the program in the fall semester, regardless of enrollment in the daytime or evening instructional delivery (if applicable). These calculations exclude incoming transfer students. Specifically, retention rates are reported at one-year and two-year intervals.
In addition, graduation rates are calculated according to each program’s duration length (100%) and within 150% of the normal time for a bachelor’s degree. Gender-based graduation data reflects only the distribution of actual graduates within each cohort and does not consider the original gender composition of the entering group.
Scholarship Information - provides information about student financial support, with data disaggregated by the type of scholarship awarded.
Geographic Data - provides information about the geographic composition of students enrolled in the program, based on place of origin.
Additional Demographic Data - provides information about students’ marital status, disability status, and first-generation college attendance.
All programs utilize the Brightspace platform to collect and assess student work and to compile data and evidence of student achievement. The resulting outcomes and their analysis, which focus on identifying areas for improvement, are presented in the program’s assessment report. In the graphic below, the most recent assessment period for each Program Learning Outcome (PLO) is indicated, along with the percentage representing the level of achievement of the expected performance standard for that PLO, based on the rubric used to evaluate student work.