International Affairs Integrative Concentration

Summary of Requirements

• POLT 120 - Introduction to International Politics  
• One Economics Core Course
• Two Modern Foreign Language Courses
• Two International Affairs Elective Courses
• Experiential Component
• Learning Portfolio

International Affairs Integrative Concentration Course Lists

Notes:

• If a student is enrolled in or has completed a course that is not listed below, they can petition the curricular committee to apply the course toward the concentration.
• Students should be aware that some of the below listed courses have prerequisites and should plan their schedules accordingly.

Experiential Component

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Concentrators must complete one off-campus internship that deals with global affairs in any area. The minimum length for the internship is four weeks. It may also be possible for a Winter Term internship experience to count for this requirement; students interested in this option must first get the approval of their concentration advisor.

As part of the experiential component process, students are encouraged to join a relevant career community that offers them skills and expertise necessary for a career in global affairs. Concentrators may find the following career communities particularly suitable: Education; Law and Public Policy; Medical, Public, and Global Health Professions; and Non-Profit and the Public Sector. In addition, there are a number of national and international organizations with which internships may be accessible; see list below.

Organizations with Potential Internship Opportunities

• American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS), Tunisia & Morocco
• Atlantic Council, Washington, D.C.
• Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program (BGIA)
• Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Middle East Program, Washington, D.C.
• Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C.
• Foreign Policy for America
• Human Rights Watch
• International Crisis Group, Morocco
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, Washington, D.C.
• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
• United Nations
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• United Nations Women: Women, Peace, and Security agenda (WPS)
• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
• U.S. Department of State
• W.E.B. Dubois Memorial Centre for Pan African Culture, Accra, Ghana
• World Bank
• World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C

Learning Portfolio

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Students will be required to maintain a learning portfolio which will include signature course work as well as pre- and post-internship reflection. The portfolio is a means for students to draw together the theory from the curricular component with the practice from the experiential component. It also works to  support students’ appreciation of global expertise as an area of rich intellectual engagement, as well as, how to launch from college to career. Vital to this integration is the student’s understanding of how the range of skills acquired through liberal arts learning are transferable to the workplace. The integrative component will be overseen by the student’s faculty advisor for the integrative concentration.  

International Affairs Concentration Advisory Group

Zeinab Abul-Magd (History, Middle East and North Africa Studies), chair
Deanna Bergdorf (Office of Winter Term)
Jonnathan de la Fuente (International Programs, Study Away)