Domestic and International Practitioners (or Non-AU Graduate Students)

To register for courses, please fill out the application form and send it to us at pdi@american.edu. You will receive confirmation of your form's submission in 3-5 business days.

Summer 2012 Application

Registration Fees: $735 per weeklong course, $400 for the weekend course

The staff at the Peacebuilding & Development Institute is aware that it is difficult for many of its international participants to raise funds to attend the Summer Professional Training Program. Therefore, PDI has not raised tuition rates in more than eight years and makes every effort to equip its applicants with the tools necessary to acquire funding. If you feel that you may not be able to attend the summer institute for financial reasons, please consider filling out our Scholarship application below. Please visit our International Applicants page for further information.

Scholarship Application

AU Students

If you are an AU student taking this course for academic credit, the normal credit-hours rates apply. There are no registration fees. Contact your academic advisor to see how this course will fit with your requirements. If you do not want to take the courses for credit, please contact PDI to enroll.

Why take our training course:

• Apply your degree in a diverse setting
• Obtain practical skills to complement the theory you have learned in your graduate programs at AU
• Receive international experience without paying to leave the US through interactions with practitioners and hands-on field training
• Engage in networking opportunities that lead to paid internships and jobs
  
• Work alongside practitioners from over 30 countries
• All AU Graduate Students can take our courses
  

Course Information:

The courses are listed under SIS-619 and are two credits each
Note: The weekend course on Monitoring and Evaluation is only 1 credit. Also note that there are two courses which may be taken for an additional credit: Religion and Culture in Conflict Zones and Human Rights Advocacy & Peacebuilding. If you are interested in obtaining the extra credit, please contact the instructor for more information.

Our courses are ideal for fulfilling elective and skills requirements. Contact your academic advisor on how participation in PDI's courses may fit into your degree requirements.

There are no additional registration fees required if you are taking the course for academic credit.

How to Register:

Summer Registration begin March 25. To register log into myau.american.edu and register for your selected courses as you would for all of your classes.

This year's summer courses are listed under SIS-051 (Non-credit), SIS-319 (Undergrad), and SIS-619 (Grad):

• Religion & Culture in Conflict Zones
• Human Rights Advocacy & Peacebuilding
• Monitoring & Evaluation
• Designing and Implementing Inclusive Peacebuilding Programs
  
• Managing Humanitarian Operations in Conflict Zones