SAIS ACADEMIC CREDIT INFORMATION
SAIS Course Description - The Bologna Symposium is a running interview and discussion with some 25 of the world’s best conflict managers from the UN, foreign ministries, NGOs and academia. It is focused on developing both hands-on skills and conceptual understandings not found in a regular graduate conflict management program. The four weeks are devoted to Conflict Prevention, Conflict Management, and Post-Conflict Reconciliation. Students write short analytical papers and a full-length case study, and participate in professional simulations.
Application Process – Only submit the following materials to SAIS after acceptance to the IPSI Bologna Symposium:
To be considered for the SAIS credit option, applicants must submit the following additional application materials directly to SAIS*:
- A completed Application and Registration Form
- A copy of your Bologna Symposium short essay
- A current résumé or curriculum vitae
- Official, sealed transcripts from all degree-granting institutions (if not in English, also submit the official translation of the entire transcript and an explanation of the institution’s grading system).
- An official TOEFL score for those applicants whose native language is not English and who have not studied for two or more years in a university where English is the language of instruction.
- The minimum required score is 600 paper-based, 250 computer-based or 100 Internet-based
- The SAIS ETS code for electronic score reporting is 5610
- SAIS also accepts a minimum IELTS score of 7.0
For specific questions regarding this application process, please contact SAIS Summer Programs by email at sais.summer@jhu.edu or by phone at 202.663.5671.
*SAIS current or accepted incoming degree students only need to complete the Application and Registration Form to be eligible.
Academic Credit Assignments:
- Attend and actively participate in all discussion sessions for the entire four week period.
- Complete all assigned readings for the symposium as well as supplemental readings assigned by SAIS faculty.
- Complete three short theme papers (4-5 pages each, 1200-1500 words) covering each of the first three weeks’ sessions on prevention, resolution, and reconciliation. Each paper should identify a significant problem of interest to the student arising from the sessions for each week and develop an analytical essay about the problem, utilizing materials from guest lectures, discussion sessions, and assigned readings. These papers are due on the Monday following each of the first three weeks; a hard copy should be submitted to the symposium office and by email to Professors Zartman and Hopmann.
- A term paper should be submitted following the symposium to Professors Zartman and Hopmann. This paper should be about 20 double-spaced pages in length (i.e., approximately 5,000 words) and should analyze a specific case of conflict, either inter-state or intra-state, in relation to an important analytical framework or approach covered in this symposium. The paper should begin with a definition of the problem under investigation and a brief summary of current knowledge relevant to the problem, i.e., diagnosing the nature or type of conflict under investigation. It should then present a hypothesis or argument that might explain how a violent conflict might be prevented, resolved, or how a reconciliation process may be invoked. This should be followed by a brief summary of the actual case study, utilizing resources available in the SAIS library or on-line, applying the analytical framework throughout the exposition of the case. It should conclude with an analysis regarding how well the case study supports or contradicts the initial hypothesis, concluding with lessons for future conflict management practice.