School of International Service
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| Established | 1957 |
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| Official name | The School of International Service (SIS) |
| University | The American University |
| School type | Private |
| Dean | Louis W. Goodman |
| Location | Washington, D.C., USA |
| Enrollment | 892 graduate |
The School of International Service (SIS) is American University's school of advanced international study in the areas of international security, communications, development, economics, peace & conflict resolution, and American foreign policy.
SIS is the largest and most applied-to school of international relations in the United States, enrolling 2,500 students from over 150 countries. Home to some of the most respected researchers and educators in the field of international relations, the school makes extensive use of the valuable academic and governmental resources offered by the university's location in Washington, D.C. Students are offered a myriad of opportunities by the thousands of public and international organizations located in Washington, D.C., and around the world.
The strength of SIS made AU the 2005 recipient of the prestigious Institute of International Education's Andrew Haskell Award for exceptional quality and reach of international relations programs. SIS is consistently ranked in conjunction with American University's School of Public Affairs as the top ten such programs in the country by US News & World Report's college and university rankings.
SIS is a member of The Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs, an organization of the 29 most highly regarded graduate degree granting institutions across the globe dedicated to the advanced study of international relations.
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[edit] History
The founding of SIS was urged by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower during the height of the Cold War. President Eisenhower's initiative called together thirteen University presidents, including AU's Hurst Anderson, encouraging them to create academic programs dedicated to preparing policy practioners for the U.S.–Soviet rivalry.
SIS was created with the following mission in mind: to establish a school predicated on service to the global community. In 1957, ground was broken by Eisenhower and in 1958 SIS admitted its first full-time class, thus replacing AU's Department of International Relations. The first matriculating class of SIS consisted of 85 students representing 36 countries.
In 1967, SIS added its International Communications program—the first such program offered by an American university. Constantly adapting to the demands of the changing international system, in 1981 SIS inaugurated the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies to address concerns that American universities lacked an appropriate venue for exploring the greater Muslim-Western understanding.
In the 1990s, SIS established dual degree programs with Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan and Korea University in Seoul, Korea in recognition of the importance of education that embraces varied cultures. In 1991, SIS added the Center for the Global South to raise awareness and devise solutions for the problems affecting the most impoverished regions of the world. This was followed in 1995 by the addition of the Mohammed Sa'eed Farsee Chair in Islamic Peace, and in 2000 with a joint program on National Resources and Sustainable Development with the United Nations University for Peace.
In 2004, plans were initiated for the building of a new academic building on the quad of AU's campus, and construction is slated to commence in 2007.[1] [2]
[edit] Departments, Centers & Programs
- Department of Comparative & Regional Studies
- Department of Global Environmental Politics
- Department of International Communication
- Department of International Development
- Department of International Economic Relations
- Department of International Peace & Conflict Resolution
- Department of International Politics
- Department of U.S. Foreign Policy
- Americas Program
- Center for Asian Studies
- Center for Global Peace
- Center for the Global South
- Council on Comparative Studies
- Transnational Crime & Corruption Center
- Intercultural Management Institute
- Public International Law and Policy Program
- Human Rights in the 21st Century
- Peacebuilding & Development Institute
- North American Studies Institute
[edit] Professors and Alumni
Main article: List of American University people
[edit] Official Websites
| Colleges and Universities in the District of Columbia |
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| American • Catholic • Corcoran • Gallaudet • George Washington • Georgetown • Howard • National Defense • SAIS • Southeastern • Strayer • Trinity • UDC |
