In their senior year, students join the semester-long Global Affairs Taskforce (GLBL 400). Students will engage directly with practitioners who will draw on their own experience in government, industry, and advocacy, to issue a set of realistic or real global policy challenges. In close consultation with these practitioners and Global Affairs faculty, students will work in teams to deliver a work product that meets the standards of their client. By completing challenges in different global affairs sectors during a single semester, students will be able to reflect on their preferred professional path as engaged global citizens.
While research will be a central component of global policy challenge, they will differ along two dimensions, depending on arena: (a) work product (e.g. policy brief, fundraising campaign, or congressional testimony); and (b) conditions of impact (e.g. peer review, public opinion, or bureaucratic approval). Students will present their work to clients throughout the semester and compose individual testimonials to reflect on how their capstone experience will inform their future professional goals.