The Department of Political Science in the College of Arts and Sciences is the only full-service department of political science in the state of South Carolina. It is an intellectual community committed to the advancement of theoretical and practice knowledge about politics through the conduct and dissemination of research and through teaching within and beyond the classroom.
The following courses fulfill some of the requirements for a major in international studies:
- Controversies in the Politics of Global Regions
- Controversies in World Politics
- International Relations
- Comparative Politics