The Schar School of Policy and Government, formerly known as the George Mason University School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, is the public policy school of George Mason University headquartered in Arlington, Virginia roughly 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Washington, D.C., with a satellite campus in suburban Fairfax County, Virginia. Established in 2000 as Northern Virginia's first public policy school, the constituent college offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in international relations, public policy, public administration, political science, international security (national security, security studies, intelligence studies-intelligence analysis education), and urban studies along with specialized graduate certificates, master's, and doctoral programs in fields such