Message-ID: <UPMAIL05.199701100218490838@msn.com> Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 02:10:55 UT From: John Kim <mailto:Kim_John@MSN.COM> Subject: Re: Desire to learn .... but what? To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
Dear Mr. Martin Sieg:Happy New Year and best wishes in your future life here in Washington, DC!
I'm happy to say that there are a number of graduate degree programs in the Washington, DC area. Your choice may be influenced by whether you wish to go full-time or part-time though. Not to worry though, being in Washington, you'll find a number of academic institutions offering advanced/graduate degrees which cater to people who also have/maintain full-time careers. Education can be expensive here, so many people try to continue to work while going to school part-time is possible.
If you're interested in your "standard" career degrees, Georgetown, George Washington University, and American University each offer quite respectable J.D. and M.B.A. programs, some combine them into the joint J.D./M.B.A. degree program. Each such degree can have an international component/flavour, depending on your interests and how you mould your specific law or business degree program.
Although not necessarily a "career" degree, Georgetown University has a unique M.A. in Liberal Studies (M.A.L.S.) degree with concentrations in (i) International Affairs; (ii) Social/Public Policy; (iii) Religious Studies; (iv) American Studies; or (v) Humanities (since you already have a liberal studies degree, this might interest you).
On the "international front", Georgetown also has a School of Foreign Service where you might earn an M.S.F.S. degree. American University has a School of International Studies/Service where you could earn an international Master's degree as well, while George Washington University has a School for Public and International Affairs. Finally, Johns Hopkins University, although considered a "Baltimore, Maryland" school, has a campus in Washington, DC which harbours their highly respected School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS). I would note that Johns Hopkins has reached beyond the Baltimore (about 45 minutes away from DC) boundaries and opened their Montgomery County Centre in Shady Grove, Maryland (in the Maryland suburbs of DC). Hopkins offers various other different part-time graduate programs in DC and Shady Grove as well (you'd be surprised!).
Actually, I currently work in the public health service and find it remarkably satisfying. I help to transfer technology such that the public health benefits. It is a rather strange education/career match in that it uniquely combines my patent law background with my international business and marketing background and my biotechnology background and my social/public policy interests. A rather long and odd path to take I admit, but it has proven to be worthwhile in the long run.
If you have any questions about any of the schools in Washington, please let me know and I'll give you what information I can. Also, you can do a search on the Net at Peterson's Education Centre at "www.petersons.com"; it can prove quite helpful to research that site.
Best regards, John-Peter Kim, J.D.,M.B.A.,M.Sc. mailto:Kim_John@Msn.Com "Bringing Life to Technology and Technology to Lives"
---------- From: Technology Transfer in International Development on behalf of Martin Sieg Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 1997 11:40 AM To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L Subject: Desire to learn .... but what?
Friends,
I need advice and help, if you have a moment.
I have a degree in English Lit. and Liberal Studies. I have been involved in the collection and spread of information related to in ternational development and human rights efforts (mostly Burma).
I am now planning to go to grad.-school with my future wife in Washington D.C.
I need to find a Masters-level program in which I can combine my love for lite rature, my desire to further human rights/development, and the necessity of ga ining the qualifications required for a good career.
I define "good career" as a satisfying one in which I can help many people whi le having the opportunity to continually learn and improve myself. Of course i t would also have to pay well enough for me to support a family, but that amou nt varies, depending on which country we live in.
Naturally I have a few of my own ideas - some practical, others improbable - b ut I would like to know what you suggest. If any of you care to tell me your own stories, of how you personally arrive w here you are now, and your future plans, I will be glad to hear them.
I am still at the beginning of life, and the beginning of my education. I now have to decide my future - although I will always keep my options open a s much as practical.
Thank you for your time.
Martin Sieg PD Burma - Japan WUSC-Brock Student Committee Alumnus Dedicated Student of Life, For Life