<p>is it better to study government in the college or the sfs?</p>
<p>That depends what you mean by government. If you're looking for political sciences about domestic American politics and trends, constitutional law, and public policy, then the college is probably for you. If you're looking for political sciences about comparing foreign governments and analyzing international relations, then SFS is probably for you. It's such a thin line; many of these things can be done on either side.</p>
<p>can someone in the college take some courses offered by the SFS? if not, does that mean that the IR courses offered to a Gov major are subpar?</p>
<p>anyone can take almost all courses that the SFS offers. Most courses that SFS people take are actually taught by the College (e.g. econ, intro IR, US Political systems).</p>
<p>SFS kids and Government majors in the College both take most of their courses in the College's Government department. The only real difference between SFS kids and Government majors in the College is the former have many more requirements (I think their Core has 12 classes or so, plus fluency -- not proficiency -- in a foreign language). An SFS is basically a Government major who has taken it upon himself to declare a very challenging schedule.</p>
<p>"An SFS is basically a Government major who has taken it upon himself to declare a very challenging schedule."</p>
<p>...actually, this is not true. A Government major can be just as challenging. </p>
<p>The difference is, the level of domestic politics an SFS major receives is in US foreign policymaking. SFS majors are also required to take a lot of economics and be fluent in a foreign language. Goverment majors don't need to be fluent, but a lot of them are anyway. </p>
<p>I recommend visiting
<a href="http://college.georgetown.edu%5B/url%5D">http://college.georgetown.edu</a> and <a href="http://www.georgetown.edu/sfs%5B/url%5D">http://www.georgetown.edu/sfs</a>
and look at the majors, the course listings for the majors, and the descriptions and just choose which sounds better.</p>