<p>As fireflyscout detailed, the Poli Sci/IR offerings/faculty at Carleton are very strong and deep. The major is also understandably quite popular (2nd only to psychology among sophomores declaring last year). IR and general graduation requirements are both easily fulfilled and not, as Mom90 points out, at all problematic even if off campus for a year.</p>
<p>In fact, about 70% of Carls study abroad, one of the largest percentage-wise of any school in the US. 1, 2, or 3 trimesters are all easily arranged and encouraged by the school. Most popular are usually either a fall program or an entire year away. Summer programs exist as well. Carleton sponsors unusually large numbers of its own “in-house” programs in countries as varied as Australia, Spain, England, China, Mali, Germany, Peru, Kenya, Costa Rica … in addition to being very flexible about offerings beyond its purview.</p>
<p>[Carleton</a> College: Off Campus Studies: Carleton Programs](<a href=“http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ocs/programs/carleton/]Carleton”>http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ocs/programs/carleton/)</p>