GSPIA
ANNOUNCES NEW ACADEMIC PROGRAM IN
HUMAN
SECURITY
The
most destructive threats to human security emanate
from the conditions that give rise to genocide, civil
war, human rights deprivations, global epidemics,
environmental degradation, forced labor, and malnutrition.
These threats often primarily endanger civilians rather
than the integrity of states.
The
University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public
and International Affairs (GSPIA) has taken a bold
step in creating a program of study in Human Security,
a new major that responds to the breadth of threats
that pose continuing, intractable, and sometimes overwhelming
problems for governments, international organizations,
and nongovernmental organizations responsible for
coping with them. It is among the first such programs
to be offered in schools of public and international
affairs in the USA.
The
goal of the major in Human Security is to prepare
students for roles as analysts and practitioners with
the skills to work as policymakers in governments,
nongovernmental organizations, think-tanks, the United
Nations, and other international affairs organizations.
They will focus on developing peacekeeping and peace
building skills, an area that has seen a growth in
demand over the last five years.
Students
majoring in Human Security will have opportunities
to pursue their research interests through GSPIA's
Ford Institute for Human Security; the Institute
is currently conducting research projects on genocide;
slave and forced labor; corporate social responsibility;
intrastate conflict and human rights; internal displacement,
forced migration, and refugees; environmental security;
and public health.
The
major in Human Security builds on GSPIA's reputation
for preparing students to make substantive contributions
to society through careers as managers, advisors,
and policy nalysts in government and nonprofit organizations
in a multitude of geographic locations throughout
the world.
The
new major is available this fall to students in the
school's Master of Public and International Affairs
program and students in the Master of International
Development program. Students in the Master of Public
Policy and Management
degree program may select a specialization in Human
Security. All students may select a minor in Human
Security.
For
more information or to enroll, contact the Office
of Student Services, 412-648-7640 or gspia@pitt.edu
.
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