Welcome

Few universities have a school concentrating on international relations and USC is one of the few.  Welcome to its web site.  This School is part of the USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and it awards the BA in international relations and, jointly with other departments, offers MA and Ph.D. degrees.

We are proud of our strong commitment to undergraduate education. Our professors are noted across the campus for their teaching awards.  IR is one of the most popular majors in our College, currently serving some 800 students, who are laying foundations for graduate education and careers in business, government and nonprofit organizations.  

We offer the Masters in Public Diplomacy jointly with the USC Annenberg School for Communication. We also continue to recruit excellent students into the Political Science and International Relations Ph.D. program, a selective program offered jointly with USC's Department of Political Science. 

The faculty are engaged in cutting-edge theoretical and practical research.  They share their ideas in public debates over current issues and serve as leaders in their profession.

SIR alumni are found in many lands, applying the knowledge and analytical tools that they developed at USC in a variety of lines of work.

I invite you to explore this site to learn more about these educational programs, faculty expertise and publications, faculty vacancies, and alumni news.  Please also consider public meetings scheduled at related centers like the Center for International Studies.  We look forward to seeing you on campus.

Sincerely,

John Odell

Director, USC School of International Relations