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1. What is the value of the MAITP degree? Why do people select this degree instead of the MAIPS?
The three specialized degrees are designed for those students who have conducted significant research into a career field, and have come to recognize that they require specific skills and knowledge to be more career marketable.
For the MAITP, we have designed the curriculum to address these areas. Professionals in the trade policy community, be it public, private, or nonprofit, need to have a proven background in trade agreements, trade laws and institutions, and the key global trade issues such as agriculture, services, intellectual property and others. This foundation of core skill-based and issue-based courses are what motivates a select number of our students to choose a specialized trade degree over the MAIPS degree.
1. When do I register for classes?
Registration for new students takes place during Orientation Week (late August for students admitted in the Fall; late January for students admitted in the Spring), with the assistance of the GSIPS staff. Many of the Orientation sessions are designed to assist students in the course selection process.
1. Why does GSIPS have students work with faculty advisors?
GSIPS faculty are uniquely qualified to assist students, not only in the selection of courses, but guiding students through their career development goals and plans. Students can meet with their advisors on a regular basis, as well as during specific times (such as the pre-registration process for continuing students), to prep their study plan, work on common research topics, seek professional guidance, and a range of other topics.
2. How are advisors assigned?
Advisors are initially assigned following Orientation Week based on your anticipated degree or specialization. Once you become more familiar with the faculty and their areas of expertise, in conjunction with your own developing policy interests, you can change advisors, or even work with multiple advisors.
1. What takes place during Orientation Week?
Orientation Week is designed to introduce new students to the vast array of services available, to evaluate language levels, to meet with faculty in your specific degree, as well introduce you to the Monterey Institute community. There are a number of formal and informal meetings, as well as several social events.
1. When may I select classes? How will I know which classes to take?
All students at GSIPS take a series of required "core" courses, usually in their first semester. Upon completing the core, students will then have choices in their areas of direct interest. New students will work with the GSIPS staff during Orientation Week to select these initial classes.
1. What does the program offer? Who can participate?
The third offering of the Global Trade and Development program will be a four-week, highly concentrated certificate program, offered in July 28-August 21, 2008 to qualified upper-level undergraduate students, graduate students, and career changers.
This program will involve three weeks of intensive class and group work, followed by one week of field exposure to international trade experts working in agriculture and technology industries in Salinas, California and Silicon Valley. Student will also receive one-on-one career strategy services from the career team at the Graduate School of International Policy Studies.
This summer’s program will include fourteen international Davis United World College (UWC) fellows studying at universities throughout the United States. By combining UWC scholars and other qualified participants, the program will bring together a group of students with diverse experience, interested in building their core knowledge of global trade & development.
The cost of the program is $2,500 (not including housing). It is estimated that food and lodging costs will be between $600-$1000 for the four-week program. UWC scholars are eligible for a full fellowship including tuition, round-trip travel to and from Monterey, housing and daily stipend.
Application: Global Trade & Development Certificate Program
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Please contact Carolyn Taylor at 831.647.6417 or gtd@miis.edu for more information.
For additional information about the MAITP degree, please contact:
Enrollment Manager (GSIPS)
gsips@miis.edu
831-647-4166
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