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The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)
and Tufts University’s Fletcher School of
Law and Diplomacy have signed a memorandum
of understanding that allows Department of
Defense civilian employees and military members
to participate in the Global
Master of Arts Program (GMAP). The Defense
Institute of Security Assistance Management
(DISAM) has been appointed by the Director, DSCA,
to serve as the executive agent for the program.
This program is open to all mid-career military
and civilian personnel serving in international
affairs who have at least 8 years of professional
experience.
The
purpose of the GMAP is to improve the quality and professionalism of
the international affairs workforce.
DoD
employees selected for the GMAP will participate with international
affairs professionals from various countries, backgrounds, and cultures.
The intent is improve the knowledge, skills, and personal networks that
will facilitate quick, effective solutions to problems of ever increasing
complexity with which international cooperation professionals will be
faced.
The
GMAP is a 12-month program that culminates in
a Master of Arts degree from the Fletcher
School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
The program combines three two-week residency
sessions with state-of-the-art internet-based
courses of study. One-year program is presented
in trimester form with three courses presented
the first and second trimesters, and two courses
plus a thesis in the third trimester. PCS travel
will not be required, as students will work from
home stations/countries. Two mandatory two-week
sessions in residence will be conducted at the
Fletcher school outside Boston, and one other
two-week residency will be conducted outside Washington,
DC.
DSCA’s
executive agent for professional training and
development is the Defense Institute of Security
Assistance Management (DISAM), who is responsible
for administering this program with Tufts University.
DISAM also has DoD oversight of the program and
will coordinate the funding and activities of
the departments and agencies wishing to participate
in this program.
Related
Websites
Air
Force:
http://www.safia.hq.af.mil/workforceinitiatives/
DISAM:
http://www.disam.dsca.mil/gmapII/gmapII.htm
Navy:
https://www.nipo.navy.mil/nipo/career/
Tufts University:
http://www.fletcher.tufts.edu/GMAP/admissionsGMAPII.shtml
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