Jordan

Internship and Seminar – syllabus
(ITRN3000 / 4 credits)

This seminar consists of a 5-week internship with a local community organization, health institution, or international NGO. The internship enables students to gain valuable internship experience and enhance their skills in a professional, international environment. SIT internships are hands-on and reflective. In addition to completing the internship, students will submit a paper processing their learning experience on the job and analyzing an issue important to the organization they interned with, and/or they will design a socially responsible solution to a problem identified by the organization.

Sample internships include:

• Providing relief to Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanians
• Working with farmers, women, and refugees living in poverty
• Promoting health awareness
• Assisting humanitarian responses to Syrian refugees and Jordanian host communities
• Monitoring and evaluating healthcare services provided to refugees
• Writing proposals for funding vulnerable communities’ economic empowerment projects

Contextual Studies in Counseling and Humanitarian Action – syllabus
(MDES3000 / 3 credits)

This seminar is focused on the study of humanitarian aid and counseling in Jordan. Over decades, Jordan has become home to millions of refugees and displaced populations from Palestine, Iraq, Syria, and other countries. The seminar provides first-hand exposure to the humanitarian response of various aid organizations, during the emergency, post-emergency, and resettlement phases, in collaboration with the host government. The seminar addresses the common principles, rights, and duties governing humanitarian action as set out in the humanitarian charter, as well as the priority humanitarian interventions and minimum standards across the various sectors of humanitarian work, with special emphasis on the health sector.