## 2010-2011 FULBRIGHT VIETNAMESE STUDENT PROGRAM ACADEMIC FIELDS OF STUDY 

*Graduate programs in the United States vary from school to school.
Additionally, some MA degrees require pre-requisite coursework and/or
experience.  We recommend that applicants use the Internet to
familiarize themselves with the various types of programs offered by
different schools, as well as to determine the field of study best
suited for their career goals and interests.\
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The Fulbright Program in Vietnam supports Master's degrees in the Social
Sciences and Humanities. This list may not include the field you wish to
study.  If that is the case, please contact the Fulbright in Vietnam to
discuss your specific interest.\
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**American Literature**---focuses on literature and literary
development, both formal and folkloric, of the United States from the
Colonial Era to the present. Includes instruction in period and genre
studies, author studies, literary criticism, and regional and oral
traditions.

**American Studies**---focuses on the history, society, politics,
culture, and economics of the United States, including the flow of
immigrants from other societies.  Programs tend to be interdisciplinary
and may also include sociology and anthropology courses.

**[Business (MBA)]{.underline}**\
Concentration areas include:

**Banking**---prepares individuals to perform a wide variety of customer
services in banks, insurance agencies, savings and loan companies, and
related enterprises. Includes instruction in communications and public
relations skills, business equipment operation, and technical skills
applicable to the methods and operations of specific financial or
insurance services.\
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**Finance**---prepares individuals to plan, manage, and analyze the
financial and monetary aspects and performance of business enterprises,
banking institutions, or other organizations. Includes instruction in
accounting; financial instruments; capital planning; funds acquisition;
asset and debt management; budgeting; financial analysis; and
investments and portfolio management.\
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**Management**---prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and
control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes
instruction in management theory, human resources management and
behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and
logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business
decision-making. \
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**Marketing**---prepares individuals to manage the process of developing
consumer audiences and moving products from producers to consumers.
Includes instruction in buyer behavior and dynamics, marketing research,
cost-volume and profit relationships, pricing theory, advertising
methods, sales operations and management, consumer relations, and
retailing. 

**[Communications]{.underline}**

**Communications** (general)---an interdisciplinary program that focuses
on the study of the creation, transmission and evaluation of messages. 
Includes instruction in communications regulation, law, and policy;
media history; media aesthetics, interpretation, and criticism; the
social and cultural effects of mass media; cultural studies; the
economics of media industries; visual and media literacy; and the
psychology and behavioral aspects of media messages, interpretation, and
utilization.\
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**Public Relations**---a program that focuses on the theories and
methods for managing the media image of a business, organization, or
individual and the communication process with stakeholders,
constituencies, audiences, and the general public. Includes instruction
in public relations theory; related principles of advertising,
marketing, and journalism; message/image design; image management;
special event management; media relations; community relations; public
affairs; and internal communications.\
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**Journalism**--- a program that focuses on the theory and practice of
gathering, processing, and delivering news and that prepares individuals
to be professional print journalists, news editors, and news managers.
Includes instruction in news writing and editing; reporting;
photojournalism; layout and graphic design; web-based media; journalism
law and policy; professional standards and ethics; research methods; and
journalism history and criticism.\
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**Community & Urban Planning**---a program that prepares individuals to
apply principles of planning, analysis, and architecture to the
development and improvement of urban areas and surrounding regions, and
to function as professional planners. Includes instruction in principles
of architecture; master plan development; service, communications, and
transportation systems design; community and commercial development;
zoning; land use planning; applied economics; policy analysis;
applicable laws and regulations; and professional responsibilities and
managerial duties.

**Economics**---the study of the production, conservation and allocation
of resources, together with the organizational frameworks related to
these processes. Includes instruction in economic theory, micro- and
macroeconomics, comparative economic systems, money and banking systems,
international economics, quantitative analytical methods, and
applications to specific industries and public policy issues.\
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**Economic Development**---the systematic study of the economic
development process and its application to the problems of specific
countries and regions. Includes instruction in economic development
theory, industrialization, land reform, infrastructural development,
investment policy, the role of governments and business in development,
international development organizations, and the study of social,
health, and environmental influences on economic development.\
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**Environmental Health**---prepares specialists to monitor environmental
health hazards and to manage environmental health programs.  Includes
instruction in environmental and genetic toxicology, biohazard research,
and testing and evaluation procedures.\
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**Environmental Studies**---the study of environment-related issues
using scientific, social scientific, or humanistic approaches or a
combination. Includes instruction in the basic principles of ecology and
environmental science and related subjects such as policy, politics,
law, economics, social aspects, planning, pollution control, natural
resources, and the interactions of human beings and nature.\
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**Educational Administration**---the study of the principles and
techniques of administering a wide variety of schools and other
educational organizations and facilities, supervising educational
personnel at the school or staff level. Includes instruction in finance,
faculty relations, student services and institutional research.\
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**Fine & Performing Arts**---prepares creative artists in the creation
and interpretation of art works and performances.  May include
instruction in the traditional fine arts (drawing, painting, sculpture,
printmaking) and/or modern media (ceramics, textiles, intermedia,
photography); theory of art; color theory; composition and perspective;
and anatomy.\
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**IT/Information Systems Management**---prepares individuals to apply
principles of information technology, computer systems management, and
business operations to the planning, management, and evaluation of
information services in organizations. Includes instruction in systems
planning and integration, information policy, information security,
contracting and purchasing, budgeting, information technology,
operations management, human resources, communications skills, and
applicable law and regulations.\
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**International Relations**---the study of international politics and
institutions, and the conduct of diplomacy and foreign policy. Includes
instruction in international relations theory, foreign policy analysis,
national security and strategic studies, international law and
organization, the comparative study of specific countries and regions,
and the theory and practice of diplomacy.

**Journalism** -- (see Communications)

**Law  (L.L.M or Master of Laws)**---a one-year degree program for
candidates who have completed their first degree in Law.  The curriculum
includes the study of a variety of legal topics in the American legal
system.  A key element is the instruction of the common/case law system
used in the U.S.  The majority of LL.M participants are international
students seeking an understanding of the theory, history and application
of laws in the U.S.  Areas of specialization include:  International
Trade, Tax, Environmental, Intellectual Property and Human Rights law.\
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**Library Science**---includes instruction in the knowledge and skills
required to develop, organize, store, retrieve, administer, and
facilitate the use of libraries and related information and record
systems, collections and facilities for research and general use.\
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**Public Administration**---prepares individuals to serve as managers in
the executive arm of local, state, and federal government; and that
focuses on the systematic study of executive organization and
management. Includes instruction in the roles, development, and
principles of public administration; the management of public policy;
executive-legislative relations; public budgetary processes and
financial management; administrative law; public personnel management;
professional ethics; and research methods.\
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**Public Policy**---prepares individuals to analyze, manage and deliver
public programs and services.  Includes instruction in the role of
economic and political factors in public decision-making and policy
formulation; microeconomic analysis of policy issues; resource
allocation and decision modeling; cost/benefit analysis and statistical
methods.\
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**Public Health**---prepares individuals to plan, manage, and evaluate
public health care services and to function as public health officers.
Includes instruction in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health
principles, preventive medicine, health policy and regulations, health
care services and related administrative functions, public health law
enforcement, health education, health economics and budgeting, public
communications, and professional standards and ethics.\
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**Social Work**---prepares individuals for social welfare administration
and counseling, and the study of organized means of providing basic
support services for vulnerable individuals and groups. Includes
instruction in social welfare policy; case work planning; social
counseling and intervention strategies; administrative procedures and
regulations; and specific applications in areas such as child welfare
and family services, probation, employment services, and disability
counseling.\
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**Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)** ---focuses
on the principles and practice of teaching English to students who are
not proficient in English or who do not speak, read or write English,
and prepares individuals to function as teachers and administrators in
such programs.\
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**Women's Studies/Gender & Development** ---focuses on the history,
sociology, politics, culture, and economics of women, and the
development of modern feminism in relation to the roles played by women
in different periods and locations in North America and the world.
Programs are often part of another disciplinary program, including
public policy, sociology, or literature.