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Type
  
Public

Location
  
Athens, Georgia, USA

Dean
  
Dean Stefanie Lindquist

Dean
  
Stefanie A. Lindquist

Established
  
2001

Total enrollment
  
1,760 (2010)

Founded
  
2001

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Website
  
http://www.uga.edu/spia

Headquarters
  
Athens, Georgia, United States

Similar
  
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The School of Public and International Affairs, also referred to as SPIA, is a political science, international affairs and public policy school within The University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia, United States. It is the fourth ranked public affairs school in the United States.

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History

The School became a standalone entity in 2001 when the department of political science separated from the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences which had been founded in 1801. Since then, the School has added two additional departments (international affairs and public administration and policy). The Master of Public Administration program of SPIA which began in 1966 in Franklin College is currently ranked fourth in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, surpassing Princeton University with which it was previously tied. The school boasts 50 full-time faculty members and has produced 11,000 alumni since its founding. Most notably, it produced two Rhodes Scholars in 2008.

Departments and centers

The following departments are part of the School:

  • Department of International Affairs
  • Department of Political Science
  • Department of Public Administration and Policy

    • The following centers are part of the School:

  • The Center for International Trade and Security (CITS)
  • The Center for the Study of Global Issues (GLOBIS)

    • Undergraduate degrees

    The following undergraduate degrees are offered by the School:

  • Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) in Political Science
  • Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) in International Affairs
  • Joint Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) in Criminal Justice Studies (with Franklin College of Arts and Sciences)

    • Graduate degrees

    The following graduate degrees are offered by the School:

  • Master of Arts (M.A.) in Political Science
  • Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.)
  • Master of International Policy (M.I.P.)
  • Ph.D. in Public Administration
  • Ph.D. in Political Science

    • References

    University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs Wikipedia
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