The Glocal program is 18 months long. It includes 12 months of two academic semesters in the Hebrew University Campus of Mount Scopus while in the second year, students participate in a 4-month internship and a final 8-week concluding seminar.
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Classes take place two days a week, usually Mondays and Tuesdays. Additional days attendence might be required for special workshops, tours or other activities.
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Through the third semester in Glocal (starting in August or September), our students pursue their internships in local or international organizations. Internships are full-time for the duration of four months.
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Upon completion of their internships, Glocal students return to Jerusalem for an 8-week closing seminar. The graduation ceremony and the program’s annual conference takes place at the end of the seminar while the Students are expected to complete their final seminar paper by the end of the 4th semester
The Glocal program is comprised of 36-37 credits. Usually 31 credits are earned in mandatory mandatory courses and about 6 credits are given in elective courses.
Additionally, throughout the program we will offer some professional development workshops, which are not credited but are valuable professionally.
Research Track
Glocal students may apply to the Research Track, requiring the student to write a MA thesis on a subject related to International Development by the end of their 2nd academic year. This track allows interested students to later pursue PhD tracks. Application for this track is done through a request by the 2nd semester of the first academic year. Research Track can be combined with other tracks.
Optional Gender Studies track
Glocal offers a specialization track in Gender and Development. This is open to all students (research or non-research). The gender studies track requires you to complete on top of the 36/37 credits, an additional few credits (total around 42 credits) dedicated to gender studies.