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Leadership Programs and Special Opportunities

Accelerated Masters Program
American Humanics
Honors Program
International Programs
Undergraduate Teaching Intern
Washington Leadership Program

Accelerated Masters Program

The Accelerated Master's Program (AMP) is a competitive program for outstanding SPEA students. Students may apply to the Master of Public Affairs (MPA), the Master of Health Administration (MHA) or the Master of Science in Environmental Science MSES early in their junior year.

Participation in this program allows the student to fulfill some graduate program requirements during their senior year. Graduate courses count for both graduate and undergraduate degree requirements. Before starting the graduate program, students must have satisfied all general education and core requirements, with a minimum of 96 credit hours completed toward their bachelor's degree (90 credit hours for students seeking the MHA degree). For additional information, students should contact the appropriate program director.

Admission

The program admits a very few students from among the top 10% of the School's undergraduate majors. To be considered:

The student must have completed 96 credit hours (including all general education and core requirements) for their undergraduate degree.
The student applies for the Master of Public Affairs (MPA), the Master of Science in Environmental Science (MSES) or the Master of Health Administration (MHA, at IUPUI only) degree programs via the School's master's programs admission and financial aid application.
The applicant must have at least three letters of recommendation from faculty memebers.
A positive evaluation by the Undergraduate Programs director leads to consideration by the regular admissions committee of the professional master's programs.

Financial Aid

Second-year accelerated Master's students may be eligible for graduate financial aid and assistantships on the same merit basis as other Master's students.

For more information about the Accelerated Master's Program contact:

Undergraduate Advising Office
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
SPEA 240
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
812-855-0635
speainfo@indiana.edu

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American Humanics Program

Mission: To prepare and certify future nonprofit professionals to work with America's youth and families.

The American Humanics program is a certificate developed through the School of Public and Environmental Affairs to attract, prepare and place students for entry-level positions in the non-profit youth and human service agencies. The certificate will prepare students for the non-profit sector, which is the fastest growing field of employment!

Benefits of the American Humanics Program:

Certification in entry-level nonprofit employer competencies
Course-work grounding in the foundations and practices of nonprofit management
Tested practices and principles through experiential learning
One-to-one support, career development and mentoring
Networking with prospective employers
Opportunity to test skills and various nonprofit roles through internships, and through co-curricular and community service activities
Potential for references and referrals from agency executive directors, advisory board members, and community leaders
Exposure to national nonprofit network of partners and career options
Inclusion in resume book sent to all partnering nonprofit agencies
Increased sense of being connected and belonging to the community
Opportunity to meet other AH students throughout the country
Scholarships

If you are ready to make a difference in your community, contact the American Humanics Campus Executive Director for IUB:

Peg Stice, pstice@indiana.edu

Kristin Centanni, Graduate Assistant, kcentann@indiana.edu
Erin Snell, Graduate Assistant, ebsnell@indiana.edu

American Humanics Requirements and Course Descriptions

American Humanics National Homepage

In partnership with:

American Red Cross
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Boy Scouts of America
Boys and Girls Club of America
Camp Fire Boys and Girls
Catholic Charities USA
Girls Incorporated
Girl Scouts of USA
Habitat for Humanity International
Junior Achievement Inc.
National Network for Youth
United Way of America
Volunteers of America
YMCA of the USA
YWCA of the USA

Collaborating Professional Organizations:

Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Associations (ARNOVA)
Hispanic Association of College and Universities (HACU)
National Center for Nonprofit Boards (NCNB)
National Society of Fund Raising Executives (NSFRE)
Nonprofit Risk Management Center (NRMC)
The Peter F. Drucker Foundation
The Society for Nonprofit Organizations (and the Learning Institute)
The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars (TWC)

International Programs

SPEA strongly encourages students to study abroad. IU offers many officially approved study-abroad programs that can, with the authorization of your Advisor, count for SPEA credit. A majority of these programs are taught in English, and financial aid that you have obtained for your studies is normally applied to these overseas experiences.

The Scholars in Global Citizenship Program
The Scholars in Global Citizenship Program (SGCP) prepares groups of high-achieving IU undergraduates to discover and learn from countries that are in the midst of major economic and political changes. Our main country of interest in 2008 is Korea. SGCP students will consider how Korea is developing governance institutions both in the public and nonprofit areas transforming context through pre-travel preparatory sessions at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA), and an intensive ten-day program overseas. Travel costs for the SGCP have been reduced thanks to a generous contribution from the IU Office of the President. For more information: http://www.iu.edu/~speaweb/academics/BA_SGCP.php.

IU at Oxford Program
An unforgettable new summer program for undergraduates hosted by SPEA is the IU at Oxford Program. Students will attend Oxford for a summer program of rigorous study, sightseeing, and much more in historic Oxford, England. Students will earn six IU credit hours by examining critical public policy issues with acclaimed Oxford scholars and IU faculty. For more information: http://classwebs.spea.indiana.edu/kenricha/Oxford/Oxford.htm.

Other International Programs
Our purpose in creating within the SPEA curriculum the flexibility to study abroad is to provide you with a unique chance to broaden your horizons, help you prepare yourself for a world that is becoming increasingly international and global, and allow you to challenge yourself by facing something new. Of course, there are opportunities to travel and socialize as well as study—and that is all part of the educational experience. There are many programs from which to choose, and students are advised to make use of the Overseas Study Information Center in Franklin Hall 303, or to visit the Office of Overseas Study website.

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Undergraduate Teaching Intern

Each semester, SPEA selects a group of students to serve as Undergraduate Teaching Interns (UTIs). These students assist professors in grading and leading discussion. Each UTI receives a stipend and may enroll in up to three hours of internship credit under V380. Note: This does not fulfill the SPEA Professional Experience requirement.

An email with detailed information about the UTI program, along with an electronic application, is sent each semester from the Undergraduate Programs and Advising Office to all SPEA students.

To be eligible, students must:

Be a SPEA Major
Be a junior or senior
Have a SPEA and cumulative minimum GPA of 3.00 or better
Have received a grade of "B" or better in the course that they wish to intern