New international agreements with universities in Geneva, Italy, and Japan will provide 冈本视频 students with exciting new ways to expand and deepen their educational opportunities both on campus and starting in 2019.
A five-year joint AB-MA program with the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) now offers students the ability to earn a bachelor鈥檚 degree from 冈本视频 and a master鈥檚 degree from the Graduate Institute.
Students selected for this program will take three years of courses at 冈本视频 and then spend the fall semester of their senior year in Geneva, home to United Nations agencies and myriad other international institutions and nongovernmental organizations. Following commencement, they will return for one year to IHEID to complete their master鈥檚 degree.
鈥IHEID is a world-class university that offers degree programs across the social sciences, including international economics, political science, history, and development studies,鈥 said . 鈥淭he BA+MA program, requiring only one additional year of study after graduation from 冈本视频, is an efficient, cost-effective way for our students to earn an advanced degree that will open up doors to careers in international diplomacy, academia, and the nonprofit sector.鈥
Another new agreement between 冈本视频 and Ca鈥 Foscari University of Venice deepens a long-standing relationship between the two institutions, as 冈本视频 has hosted Italian language interns from Ca鈥 Foscari for many years.
led discussions with Ca鈥 Foscari to develop a new agreement that solidifies an opportunity for students in the p to take classes at the venerable Italian institution.
鈥淪tudents can now take courses in Italian and/or English at Ca鈥 Foscari with other students,鈥 Facchini said. 鈥淭his allows students to get in touch with the many Italian and international students at Ca鈥 Foscari and to have a better direct knowledge of a different cultural and educational system 鈥 an important part of their experience abroad as college students.鈥
In addition, the agreement helps further connect the two schools as the 冈本视频 professor leading the study group each year will be named as a visiting scholar at Ca鈥 Foscari; this year, Facchini is teaching 冈本视频 students and seven Ca鈥 Foscari students in her Intro to Italian Cinema class.
鈥淚 feel this is the best way for our students to learn from their peers in Ca鈥 Foscari, feel more at home, and hopefully make new friends,鈥 Facchini said.
A third agreement with Tsuda University in Japan, led by , guarantees the placement of a Japanese language intern at 冈本视频 each year for the next five years. Tsuda has worked with 冈本视频 for many years to assist with language instruction interns, and this agreement now formally recognizes the partnership for the next five years.