Course Requirements for Students of the Graduate Certificate in International Studies
Course Title: Capstone in International Studies (3 Credit Hours)
Offered each semester
Course Instructor: Dr. Anita Nahal
Requirements:
Students have to do 50 hours of an internship in a private organization, government organization or a Non-Governmental organization.
Steps:
- Identify the organization where you wish to intern
- Have the person who will supervise the internship complete the Internship Agency Contract Form [download]. Submit the form to the course instructor.
- Upon completion of your internship, the internship supervisor at your agency must complete the Agency Evaluation Form [download] and submit it to the course instructor. The internee must also complete the Student Self-Evaluation Form [download] and submit it to the course instructor.
Evaluation:
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60% Written Paper on the Internship experience. The paper is to address the following
- Description of the organization where you interned
- The nature of your internship work
- The relationship of the internship with international issues/affairs
- What did you learn or gain from the internship in relation to your understanding of international issues/affairs?
- Was the internship experience a worthwhile one in relation to your expectations from it?
- The inter-connectedness of the internship with the Graduate Certificate in International Studies. Was it well suited internship for you as a student of the Certificate program?
- What did you as a person give to/take to the internship agency in relation to your interests and ideas on international issues?
- The written paper covering the above aspects is to be 15 pages in length--typed in double space. The seminar presentation is not to be more than 20 minutes each. Please submit the written paper on the day of the seminar presentation.
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40% Seminar Presentation on the Internship experience. Could be a Power Point presentation.
Please direct all inquiries to: Dr. Anita Nahal at 202-806-7887 or
anahal@howard.edu
