School of Government and International Affairs

Welcome to the School of Government and International Affairs at Kennesaw State University. We offer Bachelor's degrees in Political Science and International Affairs, a Master of Public Administration, and a Master of Science in International Policy Management. We also offer several Minors and Certificate programs.

 

Your Pathway to Success Starts Here: Explore Our Undergraduate Programs

Our undergraduate programs offer comprehensive education in government, public policy, diplomacy, and global issues. With experienced faculty, hands-on learning opportunities, and vibrant student organizations like Model UN, Model NATO, Model African Union, and Mocking Owls, our programs open doors to careers that make a real difference in our communities and around the world. 

• BS in Political Science

• BA in International Affairs

 

Power Up Your Career with One of Our Graduate Programs

Our graduate programs are designed for aspiring leaders passionate about public service, policy development, and global affairs. Our graduate programs feature a flexible curriculum, experienced faculty, and a collaborative learning environment, empowering you to lead with impact—locally and globally. 

• Master of Public Administration

• MS in International Policy Management

 

SGIA News 

• Dr. Jennifer Purcell Represents Georgia at the 2025 American Council on Education Women's Network Leadership Conference
• KSU Model NATO Team Shines at International Model NATO Conference in D.C.
• Alumni Spotlight: Alex Almodovar's Journey from Student to City Leader
• Dr. Aarika Forney Joins KSU's MPA Faculty, Bringing Passion for Representation and Student Engagement
• Student Spotlight: MPA Student Dacey Ngo is Building Connections to Create Change
• Cambria Ney Wins 2025 Outstanding Senior for Political Science Award
• Julyana Ayache Wins 2025 Outstanding Senior for International Affairs Award
• Congratulations to Our 2025 SGIA Faculty Award Winners!
• KSU Model UN Team Excelled at the Southeastern Regional Model United Nations Conference
• Mocking Owls Hosts Owl Classic Mock Trial Competition at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
• SGIA Professors Unpacked 2024 Election Results
• Italian television journalist Francesco Costa interviews Dr. Kerwin Swint
• Dr. Jennifer W. Purcell and Colleagues Publish Guest Edited Special Issue on Boundary Spanning in Higher Education Community Engagement
• Dr. Misty Grayer and Dr. Jennifer W. Purcell Lead Innovative Session on Team Coaching at 2024 USG Staff Council Conference
• SGIA Welcomes Graduate Recruitment Officials from Columbia, Tufts, Johns Hopkins and Georgetown
• Dr. Heather Pincock's Talk Explored Key Political Differences between Canada and the US
• US Diplomat Andrei Cotton Visits SGIA to Speak with Students in Careers in International Affairs Class
• SGIA Hosted Constitution Week Panel on Presidential Succession
• Dr. Aarika Forney Joins SGIA as Assistant Professor of Public Administration
• Ramazan Kilinc, Ph. D., and Professor of Political Science Named Director of School of Government & International Affairs
• Mocking Owls Finish Season with a Strong Final Performance
• KSU Mock Trial Team, the Mocking Owls, Win!
• SGIA Undergrad, Madison DeLille, Secures Job with Goodman Campaigns.
• Dr. Sarah Young Announced as New Co-Editor of the Journal of Public Affairs Education
• Georgia Legislative Internship Program (GLIP) Info Session, September 11th
• Madinah F. Hamidullah, Ph.D., Named Professor and Director of the Master of Public Administration Program in the School of Government & International Affairs
• SGIA Awards Tigerlily Harrington $500 Scholarship
• Jose Lugo Scholarship Award
• Instant Run-Off Voting: The Special Case of Georgia
• Constitution Week Panel: "West Virginia v. EPA: Environmental Policy, Bureaucratic Rules, and the US Supreme Court."
• SGIA Research Guide Now Available
• Sarah Hinkel-Young to Receive Award for 2022 JPAE Outstanding Article
• Political Futures Podcast: New Campaign 22
• New Political Futures Podcast, The 2022 Election Kickoff
• Dr. Swint's New Podcast on the Ukraine Crisis
• KSU Mocking Owls Tournament Results
• APSA Announced New JPSE Team
• Recipients Named for SGIA Scholarship Awards
• Job Opportunities with the Georgia State Legislature
• Kennesaw State professor receives national Distinguished Teaching Award
• SGIA Alumni, Lisa Hardt, has been offered a position at the Georgia Governor's Office of Planning and Budget.
• Georgia Legislative Internship Program Information Session
• Undergraduate Teaching Assistants Needed for Fall 2021
• Political science professor looking at Russian economic expansion in the Arctic
• Kennesaw State students work hands-on to augment State Department peacekeeping operations
• Scholarship to honor memory of Kennesaw State student
• RCHSS Announces 2021 Outstanding Students
• Political Science major Madison Potts was honored by the NAACP at their 52nd Annual NAACP Image Awards
• KSU Graduate Accepted to University of Chicago Master's Program in Security Studies & International Political Economy
• Political science professor explores advocacy in politics
• Latest 'Political Futures' podcast features Director of Georgia Elections
• Political Futures Podcast: Interview with Director of Georgia Elections Gabriel Sterling
• RCHSS Dean Shawn Long remembered for commitment to students, scholarship
• Political Futures Podcast: China Awaits
• KSU Mocking Owls finished 4th place at Mock Hogs Invitational Mock Trial Tournament
• Online Political Science Degree Ranked Top 10 by Bachelor Degree Center
• Pre-Election Super Podcast
• Political Futures Podcast with Patrick Basham of the Democracy Institute
• Latest 'Political Futures' Podcast Features GA House Minority Leader
• Podcast with the GA House Minority Leader Robert Trammell
• Podcast: The Dirtiest Campaigns in American History
• Interview with U.S. Congressman Barry Loudermilk
• Political Futures Podcast: State of the Race
• Latest 'Political Futures' Podcast Features U.S. Congressman
• Student Design Contest Now Open
• Dr. Rotnem's Webinar on Russia's Endeavors and Investments in the Arctic
• Showing CARE: Political Science alumnus establishes scholarship fund
• KSU students benefit from UN internships
• Latest 'Political Futures' podcast features recent DC Owl, Eric Barnard
• Political Futures Podcast with "DC Owl" Eric Barnard
• Lifelong learner earns KSU degree at 71
• Latest 'Political Futures' podcast features KSU professor Dr. Andy Pieper
• SGIA Podcast Focusing on the 2020 Presidential Election
• SGIA Student Award Winners
• Latest 'Political Futures' podcast features KSU professor with April Johnson about the political psychology of the Covid 19 crisis
• Podcast: Political Psychology of the Covid 19 Crisis
• Rep. Scot Turner by Political Futures Podcast with Kerwin Swint o A podcast on Anchor
• Latest 'Political Futures' podcast features KSU alum, political consultant
• SGIA Political Futures Podcast with Kerwin Swint
• POLS Online Degree One of Top Rated Programs on GetEducated.com
• D.C. OWL - NEWS
• Authors Discuss Conflict Management Textbooks and Offer Advice on Tenure, Publishing, and Time Management
• Dr. Ben Taylor 2020-2021 CHSS Scholarship Support Grant Award
• New Conflict Management Textbooks from KSU Faculty Released
• KSU Commemorates 30th Anniversary of Fall of Berlin Wall
• Political Science Club Event - Know Your Legal Rights
• New Book Announcement: The Handbook of Cross-Border Ethnic and Religious Affinities
• "D.C. Owls" Interns take flight at the Capitol
• KSU NATO team wins at conference in Washington, D.C.
• KSU's Steven Ellis named one of Georgia Trend's 2018 40 Under 40
• Kennesaw State's Model NATO Team Wins at Model NATO Conference in Washington, DC
• Congratulations to KSU International Affairs student Caitlin O'Kelley
• New School of Government and International Affairs created at KSU
• CIFAL Atlanta Internships for Spring 2018
• CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS!
• KSU's Model UN Team Wins Awards
• 8th Annual Owl Classic Tournament-Another Successful One
• New Research by Dr. Thomas Nisley, You Can't Force a Friendship?, An Analysis of US/Argentine Relations
• Congratulations to Dr. Stephen Collins
• Lt. General In-Bum Chun's Lecture 
• Dr. Charity Butcher's "Civil War and Terrorism: A Call for Further Theory Building" Published
• Washington Semester Internship Program - REMINDER
• Publication in Journal of Information Technology & Politics by Dr. April Johnson & Dr. Rebecca LeFebvre
• Kennesaw Alumni selected as Vice President Pence's Chief of Staff
• KSU Announces launch of "Washington Semester" Intern Program
• International Affairs student wins Honors College Award
• Kennesaw State Online Political Science Degree recognized for Online Learning Excellence
• POLS Student Awards & Recognition
• New Course Requirement Effective Fall 2017
• POLS & IA FACULTY AWARD WINNERS!
• Georgia Legislative Internship Program:  Application Deadline for submission to the General Assembly, Friday, October 20, 2017.
• Kennesaw State Delegation to Japan
• Model NATO Team wins Outstanding Delegation Award
• KSU Mocking Owls Tournament Results
• Hallie Huskins recipient of first Political Science and International Affairs Student Scholarship
• KSU POLS Alum, Nels Peterson, named to the Georgia Supreme Court
• COURSE FORECAST UPDATED!!!!
• Congratulations to the Kennesaw Mocking Owls!
• CONGRATULATIONS to Patrick Gruber!
• Dr. Tom Rotnem Assumes Duties as Assistant Chair
• Dr. Maia Hallward & Graduate RA, Cortney Stewart, awarded Strategic Internationalization Grant
• Kennesaw State Alum Plamen Mavrov wins prestigious Rangel Fellowship
• 2016 CHSS Faculty and Staff Awards
• Model Arab League Team Member Receives Award
• Lessons from Mutual Mentoring - Tips for Anyone (and Everyone) in Academia
• Durham Regional Mock Trial Tournament Results & Other Mock Trial News
• Global Student Simulation Competition
• Democracy in Action: Dr. Kerwin Swint gives foreign Fulbright students a presidential election primer
• The Impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership: The Asian Studies Lecture Series
• KSU's Model European Union Team enjoys History Making Win
• Congratualtions to William (Gus) Todd
• 6th Annual Owl Classic Invitational Mock Trial Tournament Results
• 5 Tips for your Fulbright Application
• Dr. Stephen Collins writes about the consequences if Congress votes to reject the Iran nuclear deal
• Kennesaw State Political Science Major selected as Newman Civic Fellow for 2015
• KSU Model NATO Team Competition Results
• KSU Mock Trial Team has a great weekend at the Atlanta Regional Tournament.
• "Does Putin Have a Point?:  Russians & Ukraine"
• Kennesaw State University acquires U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey's official records
• Dr. Andy Pieper's Truth Test course receives national attention!
• Dr. David Shock awarded the 2014 Betty L. Siegel Award
• KSU Political Science students fact-checking the 2014 Georgia election
• Welcome Dr. Adam Williams
• POLITICS & FACT-CHECKING COURSE FOR FALL 2014
• Model African Union Results
• KSU Model NATO Team
• Atlanta Regional Mock Trial Tournament
• Conflict Management workshops on "Humanitarian Assistance, Refugees, & Peacebuilding" receive United States Institute of Peace grant support
• MSCM program featured in Atlanta Journal-Constitution article
• Comitium: The Kennesaw Journal of Politics Volume 1 Issue 1 August 2013
• Ramatouloye Siby recipient of 2013 Outstanding Graduate Award in the Master of Public Administration Program
• Kennesaw State's Mock Trial Team to Go to National Championship Tournament in Washington, DC
• Implementing Immigration Policy
• Dr. Richard Vengroff to speak at Carleton University on Implementing Immigration Policy: Provinces and States in Comparative Perspective
• Special Topics Course Offerings for Spring 2013
• Spring Semester 2013 Important Dates
• HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!
• KSU Political Science Students Find a Laboratory at 2012 Conventions
• Dr. Ewoh gives lecture on "Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in the United States"
• Dr. Ewoh speaks on Public and Nonprofit Marketing and Tax Allocation Districts
• KSU students headed to GOP convention
• Dr. Richard Vengroff has been named Fulbright Visiting Research Chair at Carleton University
• Dr. Robert H. "Robin" Dorff featured speaker at 14th annual Senior Leaders Seminar and keynote speaker at the 2012 Global Education Program for Educators
• Dr. Andrew Ewoh invited to participate as speaker at 11th Annual Social Equity Leadership Conference
• Lindsay Saripkin recipient of 2012 Outstanding Graduate Award in the Master of Public Administration Program.
• Dr. Ewoh selected as Fulbright Scholar to South Africa
• KSU Model UN wins at Southern Regionals
• Kimberly Holland recipient of 2011 Outstanding Graduate Award in the Master of Public Administration Program
• Rhonda Nikki Hill recipient of 2010 Outstanding Graduate Award in the Master of Public Administration Program
• MPA Program Graduates New Cohort of Public Officials from South China
• Dean's Forum on Current Events in Libya
• New Chair Selected for Department
• Kennesaw State University continues dominance in Model UN and Model Arab League competitions
• MSIPM Now Participates in Peace Corps Fellows/USA Program
• KSU Political Science graduate shaking up Washington
• Dr. Akinyemi leads KSU Model African Union to another award winning performance
• KSU Political Science graduate named CAO and Associate Vice Chancellor for University System of Georgia
• Marietta Daily Journal elicits opinion of Dr. Zebich-Knos in article about ClimateGate scandal, summit and EPA
• Dr. Moran publishes new book about terrorism called The Solution of the Fist
• Kennesaw State to launch dual M.B.A.-M.P.A. program this Fall
• KSU Model African Union team has award winning showing at Nationals
• Master of Science in International Policy Management approved by Regents
• Post-election politics on display at Election 2008 Postmortem
• GPSA Conference Presentation - Impact of Georgia's Runoff Election

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