International Studies is for students who care about the world, want to grow professionally and personally by engaging our big and diverse world, and who seek a whole range of exciting careers.

It is a great major if you are interested in topics such as migration, development, culture, security, or the environment and how they play out across the world. The major allows you to look at these topics through many different classes such as political science, global communications, history, sociology, anthropology, and religious studies. You also get to travel the world as part of your degree!

Degrees

Graduate Undergraduate Major Minor Associate Certificate

International Studies

Undergraduate Major Minor

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Global Peacebuilding

Undergraduate Certificate

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News

Peacebuilding Student Spotlight

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Get Involved

Gain professional experience and broaden your understanding of international affairs by joining clubs and studying abroad.

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Aggies Geopolitical Observatory (Aggies GO!)

Aggies GO! is a news site staffed by students of international studies who help readers make sense of complicated and ever-changing global situations.

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Internships

Gain professional, international experience and build your skillset in global settings.

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Model UN

USU's Model United Nations is an educational simulation that encourages extensive research into international relations, the inner workings of the United Nations as well as specific countries' backgrounds.

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Study Abroad

Study languages and cultures in their native contexts in order to gain an understanding of populations of other countries and the origins of many different facets of modern society.

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USUSA International Studies

The USUSA International Studies Club gives students the opportunity to analyze and debate ongoing foreign affairs.