ACADEMIC OVERVIEW Coursework and Credits First semester courses establish the groundwork for the six-week internship. Second semester courses build on the practical experience acquired in the field. During the second semester, students expand upon the field study, placing observed events in a global perspective. Semesters are fourteen weeks in duration and offer a pre-established synergy of five core courses complemented by a series of guest speakers and/or short term seminars. Coursework credits total 50 ECTS for the full year of study. Thesis Drawing together both on-site experience and academic research, ISHA students produce a Master's Thesis (or mémoire) of approximately 40 pages for a minimum of 10 ECTS, required for the completion of the degree. COURSE OFFERINGS Philosophy G512/G522 Applied Philosophy: Origin and Evolution of Humanitarian Action 5 semester credits This one-semester course will analyse the comparative intellectual, cultural, religious, social, and political origins of humanitarian action and their evolution toward "modernity," defined as the acceptance of the co-existence of a wide range of differing ways of life. Students will explore, beyond prejudice and idealisation, historical and philosophical factors that motivate and inform humanitarian efforts. Core instructor: Raphael Liogier Professeur des Universités à l'IEP, directeur de l'Observatoire du Religieux, directeur du Master Religion et Société Political Science G514/G524 Geopolitics: Crises in Context 10 semester credits This two-semester course analyzes the principal global, continental, and national repercussions linked to localized conflicts, with particular attention to humanitarian and ecological risks. Territorial conflicts (Israel-Palestine, Darfur, Colombia, etc.) will be studied, as well as major transversal issues such as water, food, health, and migration. Action taken by states, international organizations, and NGO's, as well as the links (complementarity/opposition) between these actors will be analyzed and contextualized. Core instructor: Daniel Van Eeuven Professeur des Universités à l'IEP, directeur délégué de l'IEP, directeur du Centre de Recherches sur l'Amérique Latine et les Caraïbes Management G516/G526 NGO Design, Finance, Law, and Management 10 semester credits This comprehensive two-semester course will call upon a series of experts in the fields of international law, finance, and management for the contextual examination of a series of case studies highlighting the major practical considerations related to the implementation and management of NGO's. Guest Instructor Series Anthropology G517/G527 Culture and Humanitarian Action 10 semester credits An extensive study of societal structures prevalent in the developing world, this course examines gender roles and hierarchies, values and beliefs, fears, superstitions, and ethnocentric prejudices that provide both the context of crisis and the framework for its solution. Lectures and case studies explore the importance of discerning and operating within existing lines of power and influence, values and beliefs in the interest of sustainable humanitarian and/or environmental efforts. Core instructors: First semester: Franck Frégosi, Chargé de recherche au CNRS, responsable de l'encadrement scientifique de l'Observatoire du Religieux et du Master Religion et Société en Europe et en Méditerranée Second semester: Daniel-Louis Sieler, Professeur des Universités à l'IEP; directeur du Master Politique Comparée et du Centre de Science Politique Comparative Communication G515 Intercultural Communication/Mediation 10 semester credits Cornerstone of the ISHA program, this full year course begins with the first-week orientation seminar and continues with weekly meetings and periodic workshops. In preparation for the internship module and its subsequent debrief, this highly interactive course guides students toward ethnorelativism and a greater awareness of the process of observation and interpretation as influenced by personal world view constructs. Targeting intercultural competence, the course explores strategies for adaptation and the multiple dimensions of communication, both verbal and non-verbal, within diverse cultural contexts. Core instructor: Lilli Engle Guest instructor: Milton Bennett, Former Peace Corps Volunteer; Ph.D. in Intercultural Communication, University of Minnesota; director of the Intercultural Communication Institute, Portland, Oregon. Journalism G518/G528 Intercultural Journalism 5 semester credits Organized in a forty-five hour series of meetings and workshops spanning both semesters, this course will explore the limits of objective reporting and develop interview and writing techniques appropriate to intercultural journalism. Second semester course sessions will be devoted to the mastery of narrative reporting and story-telling for the effective communication of an empathetic perspective on contexted events. Participants will complete background research and prepare their NGO case study for publication. Core instructor: Guy Drouot, Professeur des Universités à l'IEP, directeur du Master Communication et Journalisme