Academic Divisions and Departments

Global Communications and Film

 

Departments:

• Film Studies

• Global Communications

 

True to the University’s liberal arts tradition, the Division of Global Communications and Film trains students both to think critically and produce creatively as engaged global citizens and committed professionals. Students study film, communications, media, and culture from comparative and cross-cultural perspectives, drawing upon both theory and practice. The Division encourages teamwork, imaginative thinking, and creative problem solving. Students receive a rigorous intellectual training in different aspects of the communications and film sectors. Areas covered include new media, cinema, branding, and journalism, both print and audio-visual. Students engage with politics, development, ethics, human rights, and the environment from a communications perspective. The curriculum allows them to combine practical classes with the study of contemporary theory and pre-professional courses with rigorous academic research. Active participation in the University’s student media, print, video, film, and web is encouraged.

 

Division faculty teach and research in three disciplines: film studies, communications, and anthropology. The focus of faculty research is on the global circulation of cultural forms and meanings in discourse, image, and practice in a world transformed by digital communications technologies.

 

The Division has strong partnerships with universities and research centers around the world. Notably, AUP partners with the Department of Media, Culture and Communications at NYU with whom the Division mounts an annual graduate summer school. Actively participating in the scholarly life of its disciplines through research, publication, and conference-participation, Division faculty has developed an innovative and exciting curriculum.

 

The Division offers a Master of Arts in Global Communications as well as undergraduate majors.

 

International Politics, Economics, and Public Policy

 

Departments:

• International and Comparative Politics

• Economics

 

The mission of the Division of International Politics, Economics and Public Policy is to educate informed citizens who will actively participate in the international and domestic arenas as critical thinkers and committed proponents of social justice, seeking creative solutions to political and economic problems.

 

As a cornerstone of the social sciences curriculum at AUP, the Division encourages students to learn in an interdisciplinary manner. IPEPP is situated at the heart of today’s intellectual and policy debates on issues as diverse as the definition of democracy, the role of government in the economy, questions of human and environmental security, or the impact of international political and economic systems of governance and law in the domestic policy space. Its faculty is dedicated to sharing their research and publications in the classroom, where students master the basics of the disciplines of politics and economics and then apply that knowledge to a range of real-life situations.

 

The Division’s programs with Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and Oxford University, as well as its strong cooperation with international institutions, UN agencies, and the non-governmental sector, creates an exciting crossroads for intellectual exploration. IPEPP students are engaged global citizens, confident in their ability to effect positive change in today’s world.

 

The Master of Arts in International Affairs, Conflict Resolution and Civil Society Development and the MA in Public Policy and International Affairs are housed in IPEPP. An MA in Public Policy and International Law, in collaboration with Oxford University’s summer certificate program in International Human Rights Law, was launched in September 2010.

 

International Business Administration

 

Department:

• International Business Administration

 

Approximately one-quarter of AUP’s majors are served by the Division of International Business Administration. Its mission is to provide students with the tools necessary for success in a dynamic and globally interconnected world. Supporting the mission of AUP, the Division provides a global perspective within all the business programs.

 

The Division offers a BA in International Business Administration that addresses all the functional areas of business within an international context. The program includes a unique capstone course in which business students review and integrate their knowledge of the discipline through participation in a global business simulation and complex case analysis. The Division offers a BS in International Finance that provides students with the skills necessary to work in a financial firm or investment bank, through an extensive series of finance courses. A BA in Entrepreneurship is also offered for those students interested in creating or working in a small business. Students majoring in another AUP division can minor in International Business Administration.

 

While most alumni of the Division live in either Europe or the US, IBA graduates can also be found in Africa, Asia, and throughout the Americas. They hold responsible positions in major corporations such as Microsoft, Google, and General Mills, and in banks throughout the world, including Deutsche Bank, Citicorp, HSBC, and Crédit Lyonnais. Business graduates have opted for careers in consulting (e.g., Ernst & Young and Booz Allen Hamilton) as well as with international organizations such as the WTO, the World Bank, and the International Olympic Committee.

 

The Division offers a Master of Arts in Cross-Cultural and Sustainable Business Management.