SIT Graduate Institute Intensive Field Courses

Winter/spring 2013 field courses: Barbados, Turkey, Liberia, and Washington, DC

Designed and led by SIT core faculty, SIT Graduate Institute’s intensive field courses provide students with experiential learning opportunities—in the US and abroad—through interaction with practitioners in the field, organization and project site visits, and professional networking. Field courses offer students rich onsite learning environments, and students often take advantage of this opportunity to explore possibilities for internships, conduct field research, and increase language proficiency.

To deliver diverse course offerings in locations around the world, SIT Graduate Institute collaborates with its partners throughout the larger SIT/World Learning network, which includes SIT Study Abroad, International Development and Exchange Programs (IDEP), and The Experiment in International Living.

Many of SIT’s field intensive courses have pre-departure sessions for students to develop a common conceptual framework in preparation for their field experience. Students who are unable to attend these on-campus sessions may join the sessions through remote conferencing.

Winter/spring 2013 field courses:

Intercultural Communication in Practice (2 credits)
Istanbul, Turkey
January 13–25, 2013
Professor: Linda Drake Gobbo
Turkish language intensive from January 7–11, 2013 in Brattleboro (optional)

Leadership, Community, and Coalition-Building (3 credits)
Bridgetown, Barbados
January 20–February 9, 2013
Professor: Ken Williams

Issues in Sustainable Development: Societal Change Post-War (3 credits)
Liberia: Monrovia; Gbarnga, Bong County; and Sanleipie, Nimba County
January 21–February 8, 2013
Professor: Charles Curry-Smithson

International Policy and Citizen Advocacy: Combating Human Trafficking (1 credit)
Washington, DC
February 11-15, 2013
Professor: Rebecca Bell

International Policy and Citizen Advocacy: Disability Rights (1 credit)
Washington, DC
April 1–5, 2013
Professor: Charles Curry-Smithson

To register for one of these courses, please email registrar@sit.edu or call 802-258-3283. There are a limited number of spaces for professionals and non-matriculated SIT students to apply for a field intensive course and earn graduate credit, continuing education units (CEUs), or to gain field exposure and expand their competencies.

Participation in an SIT field course is optional. Additional program fees apply.

Note: There are limited spaces for professionals and non-matriculated SIT students to apply for a field intensive course and earn graduate credit, continuing education units (CEUs), or to gain field exposure and expand their competencies.

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