The Department of Political Science is a dynamic, research-driven unit with a focus on the political challenges which South Africa and the broader African continent must face in a globalising world.  Through comprehensive research programmes, the department has developed expertise in a wide spectrum of international, African and domestic politics.  Pressing issues such as poverty, development, globalisation and inequality are addressed at the under- and postgraduate levels. The department provides high-level theoretical and analytical training in a variety of specialised subfields of Political Science, and experts from practice and international universities are frequently involved in the presentation of modules.