Practicum in International Affairs

  • NINT 5961 - Practicum in International Affairs (Spring 2010)

Section A/CRN 6120

Section B/CRN 6121

Section C/CRN 6122

Section D/CRN 6123

Section E/CRN 6124

Section G/CRN 6126

Section H/CRN 6127

Section J/CRN 6129

Note: PIA is the second of two courses in the Practice Option.  To be eligible to register for PIA, students must have completed Program Development and Project Management/PDPM (NINT 5004).  In addition, PIA must be taken in the final semester of the program. 

The Practicum in International Affairs (PIA) is a capstone course for students who have chosen the practice option that provides students with the opportunity to apply what they have learned from their course work, internships, summer programs, and past experience to consulting assignments with a wide range of organizations, as clients, in international affairs.  Organized into teams of 4-6 people, as young professionals, students will work on discrete assignments of several months duration for client organizations from the not-for-profit, public and private sector, and multilateral agencies (e.g. UN).

PIA will be a faculty-supervised and client-driven learning process.  To the extent possible, PIA will simulate the professional context, including its emphasis on deadlines and professional standards for work products, as well as the imperative to make decisions and recommendations based on imperfect information.   It will recognize the importance of working closely with teammates and being responsive to clients in achieving the desired objectives of their assignments.