Most Common Reasons for Choosing the MSFS Program

Every year the admitted class is surveyed to learn why they chose to enroll in the MSFS Program.  Of the students who returned the survey for the entering class of 2004, the following percentage of repondees specified:

Curriculum: 33%

Location: 32%

Reputation: 12%

Faculty: 11%

Academics: 9%

Financial Aid: 6%

Size: 5%

MSFS in Profile

Rachel Spitzer

JD/MSFS '09

"The courses at MSFS focus on developing skills that you actually use when analyzing or proposing foreign policy."

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MSFS News

Gen. Wesley Clark Addresses MSFS Graduates During 2009 Commencement Ceremonies
Retired Army General Wesley Clark, the featured speaker at the 2009 MSFS Award and Diploma Ceremony, advised graduates to heed several time-tested lessons as they move forward into their careers.
MSFS Alum, Erica Alini, Featured on National Public Radio
Erica Alini recently commented on a potential source of state revenue on National Public Radio
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GU International Headlines

Newsmakers
Newsmakers highlights the innovative research, published materials and accolades of faculty and staff at Georgetown University. Catch a glimpse of who's listed this week.
Conference Marks Milestone in U.S.-China Exchange
Georgetown celebrates 30 years of American relations with China at a conference advocating more scholarly exchanges between the two nations.

SFS Faculty Publications

John McNeill. Mosquito Empires: Ecology and War in the Greater Caribbean, 1640-1914. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Catherine Langlois, Jean-Pierre Langlois. "Does Attrition Behavior Help Explain the Duration of Interstate Wars? A Game Theoretic and Empirical Analysis." International Studies Quarterly (2009).