In addition to taking the above courses, students will also need to enroll in one of the following two courses:
Independent Study Project
Independent Study Project – syllabus
(ISPR3000 / 4 credits)
Conducted in Rwanda in an approved location appropriate to the project. Sample topic areas: unity, justice, and reconciliation; development and reconstruction; refugees and displaced people in the Great Lakes region; approaches to nation building; transnational justice mechanisms and their role in peacebuilding; language and identity; issues surrounding collective memory and memorials; democracy and freedom of speech in post-genocide environments; indigenous mechanisms of conflict resolution.
Sample ISP topics:
- The role of the Christian church in the process of reconciliation in Rwanda
- Assessing the social empowerment of women in post-genocide Rwanda
- Language and identity building through the study of English
- Physical exercise and healing of trauma in post-genocide Rwanda
- Refugees and displaced people in the Great Lakes Region
- Approaches to nation building
- Transnational conflicts and their impact on economic and social development
- Language and identity
- Issues surrounding collective memory and memorials
- Democracy and freedom of speech in post-genocide environments
- Rwandan homegrown mechanisms of conflict management and settlement of disputes
- Gender and peacebuilding
- Management of transgenerational trauma
- The role of foreign aid in post-genocide development
Browse this program’s Independent Study Projects / undergraduate research.
OR
Internship and Seminar
Internship and Seminar – syllabus
(ITRN3000 / 4 credits)
You will gain valuable work experience and enhance your professional skillset in an international work environment, drawing on the wide network of community organizations, activists, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and academics connected to the program.
Sample internships include:
- Empowering young Rwandans to work toward sustainable peace and development at Never Again Rwanda
- Working to prevent genocide and overcome its consequences with the National Commission for the Fight against Genocide
- Supporting advocacy work for indigent and vulnerable groups at the Legal Aid Forum
- Assisting International Bridges to Justice’s work to protect the basic legal rights of individuals