University of Maryland Global Semester Program
Dr. Joan Burton, Director
2407 Marie Mount Hall
301-314-0261
www.globalsemesterdc.umd.edu
 
GLOBAL SEMESTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
A collaboration of the Office of Undergraduate Studies and the Office of
International Affairs

The Office of Undergraduate Studies and the Office of International
Affairs are happy to announce the launch of the new Global Semester in
Washington, D.C. program for FY2013-14. Applications are now available for
students. Please share this news with directors, professors, and advisors.

This innovative internship program combines a fall seminar taught by
expert practitioners with a spring internship in the Washington, D.C.
area. The program is open to talented undergraduate students from all
majors and will equip them with the knowledge, skills, and experience to
become leaders in an increasingly globalized society.

Classes bring students in contact with professionals who share their
knowledge, expertise, and perspectives.  The spring internship placements
are with international organizations, agencies, embassies, and more.

The Fall Seminars and Instructors:

UNIV389F: Science Diplomacy: Foreign Policy and Science, Technology, and
Innovation
Team-taught by Jonathan Margolis, Ph.D., Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Science, Space and Health; and Griffin M. Thompson, Ph.D., Senior
Climate Change Program Manager; both with the Bureau of Oceans,
Environment and Science, U.S. Department of State.
Science Diplomacy requires enhanced linkages between our scientific and
technological communities and our foreign policy makers to help ensure
that our policies are technically sound, programmatically viable and
politically feasible. This seminar will examine the growing nexus between
foreign policy and science, technology, & innovation with specific
sectoral assessments to include climate change and energy, public health,
space and innovation, and economic development.

UNIV389D: Foreign Policy and Security in the Developing World
Team-taught by Rhoda Margesson, Ph.D., Specialist in International
Humanitarian Policy in the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division;
and Bruce Vaughn, Ph.D., Acting Section Research Manager and Specialist in
Asian Affairs; both with the Congressional Research Service.

This seminar will examine foreign policy and international security issues
primarily from the perspective of the practitioner in the context of the
developing world.  Areas of policy focus may include geopolitical
dynamics, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, immigration and
refugee issues, diplomacy related to emerging trade and political
architectures, human rights, environmental and human security policy,
foreign aid, economic development, democracy promotion and good governance
initiatives.

Go to the website for more details: www.globalsemesterdc.umd.edu