蒙特瑞国际研究学院

Prepare yourself to bring positive change to today’s critical social problems—hunger, poverty, and powerlessness.

You must transfer in 60 credits from an accredited college or university and complete a 90-credit, six-semester program at the Institute. In addition to relevant course work, students choose one of eight specializations as well as a professional practicum, in which you can apply the specific policy and development skills you’ve learned in a hands-on field opportunity. Students also take intercultural competence courses and courses taught in their chosen language of study.

Specializations

Students choose one of the following specializations. You can find out more about what each specialization involves and how it can help shape your career plans with these detailed fact sheets.

Migration, Trafficking, and Human Security

• Analyze trends and patterns in international migration, including human trafficking and associated challenges to human security
• Gain professional skills to pursue careers in international organizations, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), advocacy groups, state agencies, and research institutes dealing with migration
• Learn to develop and advocate for policies to protect migrants’ rights and improve social and economic conditions
• Understand the domestic and international regimes that manage migration flows

Global Poverty and Inequality

• Apply a range of tools from economics, international relations, data analysis, and political economy to address problems of poverty and inequality
• Design and evaluate regional and national policies, and explore issues calling for international cooperation and global governance initiatives
• Engage in serious and sustained inquiry into poverty across differing regions to develop plans to address it
• Gain professional skills to pursue careers in the private sector, government, or NGOs doing consulting, management, and research
• Study dimensions of poverty and inequality, including income, assets, gender, service access, and more

Human Rights, Gender, and Identity

• Examine topics such as women’s participation in decision making in post conflict states, sexuality and violence against women, the role of men and masculinities, girls’ access to education, and advocacy for human rights
• Gain professional skills to pursue positions as gender analysts, program officers, and trainers, as well as policy analysts and researchers at organizations promoting human rights/women’s human rights, social inclusion, and the integration of gender equity

Conflict Resolution and Social Justice

• Explore how conflict interveners aim to minimize the destructive effects of conflict while using it as a vehicle to transform relationships and oppressive structures
• Gain professional skills to pursue jobs at the grassroots level (community organizations, NGOs), the institutional level (international NGOs, research organizations, think tanks), and policy institutions (UN, World Bank, other major international organizations)
• Learn to integrate theory, research, and practice through critical analysis, simulations, case studies, and internships
• Reflect on personal ethics when dealing with social challenges such as migration, refugees, poverty, insecurity, discrimination, human rights violations, and environmental crisis
• Strengthen conflict resolution skills, such as communication, listening, negotiation, mediation, and dialogue

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Design

• Explore the analytical function of transforming information into data, and data into actionable knowledge
• Gain professional skills to work