At a professional school, courses need to reflect a mix of both knowledge acquisition and professional skills development. For students in the MAIEP degree, there is a level of flexibility and focus that suits every interest, background, experience level and passion.
This sample of courses taught in the past illustrate the range of topics covered at GSIPS:
- Introductory courses focus on the mastery of fundamental knowledge and skills.
- Intermediate level courses add professional depth.
- Advanced courses require students to apply what they have learned to real-world situations. Typically, courses meet twice a week for two hours.
- Seminars meet only once a week and involve independent research projects.
- Weekend workshops meet Friday evening, and all day Saturday and Sunday for one weekend, and provide students with an "intro approach" to a critical policy issue or skill. The majority of weekend workshops are taught by visiting practitioners; many offer a "hands-on" approach, incorporating team projects, group presentations and other activities.
Students complete the required core courses, and then round out their educational experience in the MAIEP with a number of elective course options. Electives are selected from courses offered in GSIPS, and with permission, from courses in the Fisher Graduate School of International Business. Required and elective courses in advanced language studies are offered by the Language Studies faculty of the Graduate School of Language and Educational Linguistics.
Supplemental Study Programs with Local Area UniversitiesThe MAIEP faculty maintains active supplemental study opportunities with the California State University at Monterey Bay (CSUMB), where IEP students can elect to take advanced science and technology courses and apply them toward their degree. The most popular such course at CSUMB has been GIS (Geographic Information Systems), which combines relational database technology with computer mapping technology. Students who take this course also learn GPS (Global Positioning Systems), and acquire a "Certificate" in these areas, which is increasingly attractive to prospective employers of IEP graduates. The GIS course at CSUMB is taken by about 10-20% of the IEP students.
Students may also transfer in a limited number of credits from other internationally focused, graduate-level programs at the Naval Postgraduate School. Through the Naval Postgraduate School agreement with GSIPS, students may select from a limited number of courses each semester. Additional information on this opportunity is available at the GSIPS Dean’s Office.
For additional information, please contact:
GSIPS Dean’s Office
dean.gsips@miis.edu
831-647-4155
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