<p>so any suggestions?
and if i'm also interested in other areas like communitcation, journalism, and poli sci, are liberal arts colleges still a good choice for me?</p>
<p>American U. is excellent in every area you named.</p>
<p>Macalester</p>
<p>If you want journalism then liberal arts are out of the question. You will only find a j-school at a big university.</p>
<p>Communications, International Relations and Journalism are professional fields. As such, LACs are probably not your best bet. Still, Claremont McKenna and Macalester have excellent IR departments and excellent English departments. As such, you can definitely work on your Journalistic writing skills and get a very solid foundation in IR at those colleges.</p>
<p>I want to second the American U recommendation. They have a special program called CLEG (Communications, Legal Institutions, Economics, and Government) that you may want to check out, as well as journalism.</p>
<p>American U isn’t an LAC is it?</p>
<p>No - for reasons already stated. LACs rarely offer significant direct preparation for professional fields (that’s why they are called “liberal arts colleges”).</p>
<p>I know that Foreign Policy magazine listed Swat and Williams in the top 20 undergrad programs. I second or third Claremont Mckenna…also Pomona and Bowdoin are supposed to be strong in those areas.</p>
<p>You might consider the following:</p>
<p>Carleton (International Relations)
Colby (International Studies)
Connecticut College (international Relations)
Grinnell (Global Development Studies)
Haverford (Peace & Conflict Studies)
Kenyon (International Studies)
Macalester (International Studies
McKenna (International Relations)
Middlebury (International Politics & Economics)
Oberlin (International Studies)
Pomona (International Relations)
Swarthmore (Peace & Conflict Studies)
Trinity (International Studies)
Vassar (International Studies)
Wesleyan (International Relations)
Williams (Political Economy)</p>
<p>Foreign Policy Magazine Top 20 IR Schools
These rankings were published in the March/April 2007 Issue of Foreign Policy Magazine.</p>
<p>Top 20 Undergraduate Programs</p>
<ol>
<li>Harvard University 48%</li>
<li>Princeton University 46%</li>
<li>Stanford University 30%</li>
<li>Georgetown University 28%</li>
<li>Columbia University 28%</li>
<li>Yale University 23%</li>
<li>University of Chicago 21%</li>
<li>University of California-Berkeley 12%</li>
<li>Dartmouth College 11%</li>
<li>George Washington University 10%</li>
<li>American University 10%</li>
<li>University of Michigan 9%</li>
<li>Tufts University 8%</li>
<li>Swarthmore College 8%</li>
<li>University of California-San Diego 8%</li>
<li>Cornell University 6%</li>
<li>Brown University 6%</li>
<li>Williams College 5%</li>
<li>Duke University 5%</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University 5%</li>
</ol>
<p>In addition to its exceptional interdepartmental International Studies major, Macalester offers a major in Humanities, Media, and Cultural Studies with the option of minoring in Media Studies. Concentrations in Human Rights and Humanitarianism, Global Citizenship, and Community and Global Health are available as well.</p>