Ifp acceptance meeting final

International Field Program Acceptance Meeting | 2012

Argentina – Balkans - Hong Kong –
South Africa - Colombia - Uganda - Brazil
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IFPers 2012 | Congratulations!

Argentina: Alberto Minujin
Brazil: Peter Lucas
Colombia: Chris London
C l bi Ch i L d
Hong Kong: Bonnie McEwan
Balkans: Anna DiLellio
Uganda: Bob Buckley, Achilles Kallergis
South Africa: Sean Jacobs

Graduate Program in International Affairs

International Field Program

IFP Goal | Transformative experience

• Knowledge/Research
Experiential • Hands-on Training
Learning
L i • Skills
• Confidence

IFP 2012 Acceptance Meeting | Agenda

1. Provisional Acceptance
2. Spring Requirements
3. Paperwork Requirements
4. Calendar
5.
5 Cost, Scholarships,
Cost Scholarships
Financial Aid
6. Q&A
7. First Country Seminar

What does “Provisional Acceptance”
mean?

Your participation i not fi l until you f lfill
Y ti i ti is t final til fulfill
all requirements.

IFP 2012 | GPIA Eligibility Requirements

No Incompletes
15 credit minimum by
end of Spring semester
A minimum GPA of 3.3

IFP | Year-Long Process

PREPARATION

SEPT-OCT
SEPT OCT NOVEMBER - MAY JUNE - AUGUST
– Rollout – Prerequisite course 9 week in-
– Application
pp – IFP Seminar: Context and country:
and Selection Skills
Skill –I t
Internship
hi
Process – Research Methods – Research
– Language – Academic
Seminar

IFP 2012 | Spring Academic Requirements

1. Spring semester
academic course; ;
assignments
should focus on
your IFP country.
2. Spring Lab
International Field
Seminar (non
credit).
credit)
3. Research Methods
for GPIA students.
4. Language course.

IFP 2012 | Balkans
Prerequisite Course: Humanitarian Intervention
Language: Albanian/Serbian Spring Course
Lab - International Field Seminar: (NINT 5900/CRN 5286)



IFP 2012 | Hong Kong
Prerequisite Course: Global Governance or Media Advocacy
in the Global Public Sphere
Language Requirement: No language requirement


IFP 2012 | Argentina
Spring Course Requirement: Evaluating Development Impact
Language requirement: High Spanish proficiency
Lab - International Field Seminar: (NINT 5900 - CRN 5286)
Seminar



IFP 2012 | African Cities (Uganda + Southern Africa)
Spring Course: Urban Development Policy in Africa
Language requirement: None
Lab International Field Seminar: (NINT 5900/CRN 5288)
L b-I t ti l Fi ld S i



IFP 2012 | South Africa
Spring Course: Contemporary Africa
Language requirement: None



IFP 2012 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Spring Course: Global Youth Media or Poetics of
Witnessing
Language requirement: Intermediate/High Portuguese



IFP 2012 | Colombia
Spring Course: Regional and Rural Development in the Americas
Language requirement: Intermediate/ High Proficiency Spanish



IFP 2012 | Concentration Credits
Country Spring Required Course Concentration
Argentina
g Evaluating Development Impact
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S. Africa Contemporary Africa MC

Hong Kong Global Governance or Media GR, MC
Advocacy in the Global Public Sphere
Kosovo
K Humanitarian I
H i i Interventions
i CS,
CS GR

Brazil Global Youth Media or Poetics of MC
Witnessing
Wit i
Colombia Regional and Rural Dev. in the DEV
Americas
Uganda Urban Dev Policy in Africa CU, DEV

IFP 2012 | What is the International Field Seminar?

Country meetings
with FCC
ith FCCs Monthly meetings with
FCCs
Skills and methods
workshops Biweekly skills
Fieldwork practice workshops

Syllabus Fieldwork practice
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Spring/Summer
Counts as 1 of 6
summer credits

IFP 2012 | When is the International Field Seminar?

Wednesdays 6pm - 8pm: Country and Skills Seminars

Some Friday 5:30-7:30: Skills Workshops and IFP-wide
meetings. Please mark your calendars:
Friday, January 27 2012
Friday, February 10 2012
Friday, February 24 2012
Friday, April 20 2012

Fieldwork Practice: Outside of class hours

IFP 2012 | Research Methods
All GPIA students are required to take Research
Methods and should take Sections A or B

Research design
preparation for the
IFP.
Practice exercises
conducted as part
p
of International
Field Seminar.

IFP 2012 | Language Registration

How to audit a language course?
GPIA-Milano
students registered
for d
f degree credits
dit
may audit language
courses without
charge.
No academic credit
and no grade, but
appear on student
transcripts as
audits.

IFP 2012 | Language Registration
1. Complete Add/Drop form and have advisor sign it.
2. Take Add/Drop form to Academic Student Services
1.
1 Complete Add/Drop form and have advisor sign it
in Dean's Office 66 W 12th St 3rd floor Room 307 it.
Dean s Office, St. floor, 307,
who will issue a "fee waiver" form.
2. Take Add/Drop form to Academic Student Services in
3. Take Office Registration St 3rdat 72 5th Avenue, who
Dean s form to
Dean's Office, 66 W 12th St. Office floor Room 307
floor, 307,
basement.
will issue a "fee waiver" form.
3. Take form to Registration Office at 72 5th Avenue,
basement.

IFP 2012 | Spring Registration Nov. 7, 9am

1. Spring Prerequisite Course (3 credits)
2. Spring Lab International Field Seminar (non-
credit)
di )
3. Language course (audit)
4.
4 Research Methods (Sections A & B)

IFP 2012 | Paperwork Requirements
1. Emergency R l
1 E Release and d
Emergency Contact Forms.
2. Enrollment and successful
2 Emergency Release Form and Emergency Contact
completion of prerequisite
Form
course.
Enrollment and successful completion of academic
3.prerequisite course
Full attendance and
successful completion of IFP
Full attendance and successful completion of IFP
Spring Seminar and Spring
Spring Seminar and Spring language classes
language classes.
4.Doctor s note
4 Doctor’s s note due first week
Doctor
Doctor’s
Language test results
Spring semeter.
5.Code of Conduct
Language proficiency
6.Travel Insurance
Travel Insurance

Students can be disqualified from
participating in IFP for:
Incompletes
Not fulfilling requirements successfully and in timely manner.
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Behavior during process that indicates unsuitability for IFP:
immaturity, lack of flexibility, initiative and independence.

IFP 2012 | Calendar

Dec 20 - Jan 23: Winter Break reading for Spring
Seminar
Jan 27 (Friday): IFP-wide Orientation Meeting
Feb
F b 1 or 8: I t
8 International Fi ld S i
ti l Field Seminar sessions
i
begin
February: Begin vaccinations.

IFP 2012 | Calendar

March – April: Buy air ticket
March – April: Buy air ticket
and travel insurance.
and travel insurance.
April: Register for Summer / Fall classes.
classes
April: Register for 6 summer
credits. vaccinations
May - Final
May: Fi Mayvaccinations
Week Final 2 - Group dinner with
M of l i ti
students, last Spring Seminar session
May 7 week: Last IFP Seminar
session y 6 – Final IFP-wide meeting
Friday, May
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Dates are subject to change
May 2: Final IFP-wide meeting

IFP 2012 | Summer Calendar

Late May: Arrival in country
June 1: First official day for
most IFPs, Orientation week
June 4: Internships begin
July 20: Internships end
July 28: IFP Evaluations due
July 31: Last official day for
most IFPs
Sept 3: First day Fall semester
Sept 14 (Friday): 2012 IFP
Conference

IFP 2012 | Decisions - Issues

$


“It’s going to cost me $10,000.
I can t afford to go ”
can’t go.
$7,860
$7 860 tuition
$
$500 fee
$1,000–$1,500 air travel fare

=$10,000
=$10 000

Type of Credit Cost

6 IFP summer credits $7,860

6 NYC summer school credits $7,860
$7 860

$3,930
$3 930
3 credits Indep Stu + 3 credits
+ $3,930
internship
$7,860

6 credits Fall semester $7,860

Expense IFP NYC
Summer
Tuition 6 credits $7,860 $7,860
IFP Program Fee
g $500 0
Air Fare $1,500 0
Rent x 2 months 0 $2,000
Living expenses
Total $9,860 $9,860


“All expenses considered together,
I have to go on the IFP!”
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“I can arrange my own summer
overseas internship.”
internship.
Internship, or an alternate internship
Guided research
Faculty supervision
New School connections to local actors
Support system
Security plan
Logistics – transport, •health facilities
Knowledge/Research
• Hands-on Training
Orientation to site • Skills
Housing • Confidence

IFP 2012 | Scholarships and Awards

For all NSPE
students, semester
scholarships apply to
all of your credits,
including summer
credits.
credits
Students without a
semester
scholarship will
receive an IFP
award to help pay
tuition.

IFP 2012 | Financial Aid for Summer

Private loans
Grants
G t
Fellowships
SFS point
person

IFP 2012 | Country Program Cancellation
Any program is subject to cancellation
due to politics, conflict and security, or
lack of interest.

Questions?
www.gpia.info/ifp

ifp@gpia.info

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