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  Switzerland

Term: Summer 
Dates: May 27- July 27

Description: This program is designed to provide graduate students in International Relations, and related fields, with a pragmatic introduction to the workings of specific international organizations. Interns usually perform tasks such as library research, editing, translating, writing reports, designing newsletters, and computer programming. Every effort will be made to place interns with organizations whose activities match their interests although these matches cannot be guaranteed.

Highlights: Courses

Students successfully completing the nine-week program will earn six graduate credits in international relations from Syracuse University.

Practicum in International Organizations
(IRP, 711, 6 credits, graduate)

The course involves a five-day-per-week internship in one of the many international organizations located in Geneva. The internship is intended to provide students with exposure to the day-to-day problems and challenges faced by a particular international organization.

The internship is augmented by a weekly evening seminar that consists of guest lectures by international scholars and practitioners, and of group presentations by students on topics related to their area of work. Receptions and group meals provide the opportunity to extend discussions beyond the seminar room. In addition to the group presentation, students use the summer to develop a topic for an independent research paper due at the end of August. The students are evaluated on the basis of participation in the seminar, the group presentation, their internship performance, and the research paper.

Qualifications / Skills Needed: Any student who has been accepted into a graduate degree program in a field related to international relations is eligible to apply. (ie-international relations, political science, history, sociology, law, communications, geography, etc.) A basic knowledge of French is desirable.

Intern Types: Communications, History, Interdisciplinary, International Relations, Law, Political Science/Politics, Public Admin, Public Pol, Govt, Social Sciences and Sociology

Language: English

Experience Required: no

Participants Travel to Switzerland Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently