Practicum in International Affairs
- NINT 5166 - Practicum in International Affairs (Fall 2008)
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.