Evening star., 1938-06-12
FOREIGN SERVICE
STUDY REVAMPED
Changes in Curriculum at
G. u. School viii Go i'm
Effect Next Fall.

Reorganization of the curriculum
for undergraduates In the School OF
Foreign Service at Georgetown Uni
versity, to conform more generally
with recent political and economic de-
velopments, was announced yesterday
for the 1938-39 academic year by DIR.
Edmund A. Walsh, S. j., regent of
the school.
Dr. Walsh also said the Foreign
Service School would introduce a
four-month review course next sum-
mer for college graduates who wish
to specialize in various phases of in
ternational relations. This was being
done in response to widespread de-
mand, he said, on the part Of many
graduates who wish special prepara-
ton for examinations admitting to
the foreign service of the State De-
partment and other services of the
Government.
Changes in the regular curriculum,
effective next September, are designed
to establish three special groups OF
studies.
Comprehensive Examination.
At the completion of their second
year all students will be required to
undergo comprehensive examination
embracing the entire range of subjects
covered during those years. Students
satisfactorily meeting the comprehen-
sive tests then will be assigned, ac-
cording to their choice, to one of three
specialized groups as follows:
Consular and diplomatic, with ma jor
emphasis on political science; COM
mercial, with maj jor emphasis on world
economies. and international shipping,
with major emphasis on foreign trade.
During the final semester before
graduation each prospective graduate
will be required under faculty super
vision to review the work of the entire
curriculum with view to his inte-
grating the knowledge obtained and
understanding the reciprocal bearing
and interrelation of the individual
courses.
I'm February. 1899. the School of
Foreign Service will celebrate the
twentieth anniversary of its founding.
DR.. Walsh said in an accompanying
statement. The responsible authori-
ties feel that the time is now oppor-
tune to re-examine and strengthen
the curriculum in the light of past
experience and recent developments
both economic and political.
Trends Analyzed.
Trends in student interest and pub
lie needs have been carefully analyzed
by the authorities of the school and the
revised schedules OF studies now offers
an integrated group of courses be-
lieved to furnish a solid foundation
for careers in commerce, shipping. in
teinational relations, Government de-
partments and other forms of public
service"
DR.. Walsh said a selected group OF
cultural and non-technical subjects
has been included in the revised
schedule. especially during the first
two years. The entire course covers
four to five years, depending on the
individual
During the summer session the SUBJ
jects are designed mainly to prepare
students contemplating a teaching
career in international law and foreign
relations. for those desiring to enter
the foreign service of the Govern
ment and for other graduates who are
interested in specializing in foreign
trade and world economics. In ad-
dition there will be round-table dis
cusSions
The Foreign Service School at
Georgetown is said to have been the
first of its kind founded in the United
States.