International Studies majors receive solid undergraduate preparation that leads to exciting internships, careers, and post-graduate studies at many prestigious universities.
The OWU Connection and Career Connection teams will guide you and prepare you as you create your personalized OWU Connection program from a portfolio of guaranteed Connection experiences. Your pathway can include interdisciplinary learning, travel, research, creative projects, and internships, all proven to prepare you for the causes, careers, and graduate school opportunities you want to pursue.
Internship opportunities include:
American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC)
Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs (CCEIA)
Center for Advanced Defense Studies
Center for International Policy
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Committee to Protect Journalists
Ethics and Public Policy Center
Foreign Policy Research Institute
Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Inc.
The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)
The Dialogue Leadership for the Americas (IAD)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Public Policy Institute of California
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Ohio Wesleyan graduates have worked with the United Nations, the State Department in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Agency for International Development in the Middle East, and with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the World Bank, the National Defense University, the Peace Corps, the intelligence agencies and the military. They have worked for and interned at institutes and foundations concerned with international topics, for example, the Institute for Policy Studies, Brookings Institution, the National Democratic Institute, and the Ford Foundation. A number have worked for advocacy or lobbying groups, such as the Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights or Planetary Citizens. Other graduates have gone on to positions in banks such as Chase Manhattan and in major international corporations.
Ohio Wesleyan students have gone on to study at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, New York University, London School of Economics, Syracuse University, University of Denver, George Washington University, University of Chicago, Colombia University School of International Affairs, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, American University, and many other fine institutions of higher learning.
Alliant International University
San Francisco, CA
Program in International Relations
American University
Washington, DC
School of International Service
Angelo State University
San Angelo, TX
Department of Government
Baylor University
Waco, TX
Department of Political Science
Boston University
Boston, MA
Department of International Relations
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
International Business School
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
The David M. Kennedy Center for International and Area Studies
California State University, Fresno
Fresno, CA
Program in International Relations
The Catholic University of America
Washington, DC
Program in International Affairs
California State University, Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
International Affairs Graduate Program
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT
Program in International Area Studies
City College of the City University of New York
New York, NY
Program in International Relations, Program in Political Science
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, CA
Department of Politics and Policy
Clark Atlanta University
Atlanta, GA
School of International Affairs and Development
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Field of Government
Creighton University
Omaha, NE
Program in International Relations
Columbia University
New York, NY
Program in International Affairs
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
Program in Liberal Studies
DePaul University
Chicago, IL
Program in International Studies
Duke University
Durham, NC
Program in International Development
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Program in International Studies
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Metropolitan Campus
Teaneck, NJ
Program in International Studies
Florida International University
Miami, FL
Department of International Relations
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
Program in International Affairs
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
Program in International Commerce and Policy
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
McCourt School of Public Policy, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
The George Washington University
Washington, DC
Elliott School of International Affairs
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Department of Government
Johns Hopkins University
Washington, DC
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
Program in Political Science
Kent State University
Kent, OH
Department of Political Science
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL
Department of Political Science
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI
Department of Political Science/International Affairs
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
International Studies Graduate Programs
Monterey Institute of International Studies
Monterey, CA
Graduate Programs in International Studies, Program in International Environmental Policy and Management, International Policy and Development, International Trade
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
Department of World Languages and International Studies
New School University
New York, NY
Program in International Affairs
New York University
New York, NY
Program in Public Administration, Public Policy
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
Program in International Studies
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
Department of Political Science
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
Program in Global Studies
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA
Programs in International Studies
Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA
School of Public Policy
Salve Regina University
Newport, RI
Program in International Relations & Justice
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
Department of International Relations
School for International Training
Brattleboro, VT
Master's Programs in Intercultural Service, Leadership, and Management
Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ
Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, IL
Department of Political Science
Southwest Missouri State University
Springfield, MO
Program in Defense and Strategic Studies
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Global Studies
St. Mary's University of San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Interdisciplinary Program in International Relations
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
Program in International Relations
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
Program in International Affairs, George Bush School of Government and Public Service
Texas State University-San Marcos
San Marcos, TX
Program in International Studies
The Institute of World Politics
Washington, DC
Graduate Programs in Statecraft and National Security Affairs
Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management
Glendale, AZ
Program in International Management–Asia
Troy University
Troy, AL
Program in International Relations
Tufts University
Medford, MA
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Global Studies MA
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Department of Political Science, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
Program in Latin American & Latino Studies (Ph.D.)
University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OK
Graduate Studies Center
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO
Department of Political Science
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Field of International Studies
University of Delaware
Newark, DE
Department of Political Science and International Relations
University of Denver
Denver, CO
Graduate School of International Studies
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Program in International Relations
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Program in International Studies
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Graduate Programs
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Department of International Studies
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus
Minneapolis, MN
Program in Public Affairs
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE
Department of Political Science
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
Graduate Programs
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Department of Political Science
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Program in Global Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Fels Center of Government
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Doctoral Program in Public and International Affairs
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI
Department of Political Science
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Program in International Studies
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Program in Political Science and International Relations
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY
Program in International Studies
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA
School of Public and International Affairs
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
Department of Political Science
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Graduate Program in International Relations