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• New Programs in International Relations, Public Administration
• Albright Signs Partnerships with Two Pennsylvania Colleges

New Programs in International Relations,
Public Administration

International relations and public administration & policy analysis, two new programs housed within the Political Science Department, are being offered at Albright College.

International relations is a seven-course combinable concentration designed to be paired with another concentration such as economics, Spanish or history. Students are also required to complete an internship or partake in a study abroad program, and will be encouraged to develop facility in languages other than their mother tongues beyond basic language requirements.

Thomas C. Brogan, chair and professor of political science, said of the international relations program, “The faculty in the department realized, even before September 11, 2001, that the outside world is inextricably bound up with affairs of daily life in the United States. Sensitive to this interconnectedness, the department developed this new concentration.”

Public administration & policy analysis is a program of five elective courses that can be added to any major. “Within the next five years, the expectation is that a sizable portion of the federal, state and local career service professionals will retire as the post-war baby boom generation departs public service,” said Brogan. “The College is anticipating this growing labor demand, and reacting with a program that prepares students for public service.” This program also requires an internship component, and students will be encouraged to participate in service learning opportunities.

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Albright Signs Partnerships
with Two Pennsylvania Colleges

Albright president Henry A. Zimon signed dual admissions agreements with Bucks County Community College (BCCC) in Newtown, Pa. and Lackawanna College in Scranton, Pa. linking the BCCC and Lackawanna associate degrees to the Albright bachelor’s degree. Albright has signed 10 partnership agreements to date with Lackawanna College being the first private, two-year college.

The agreements guarantee admission to Albright for all BCCC and Lackawanna associate degree graduates and ensures that all credits will transfer to Albright provided that they meet the minimum requirements. BCCC and Lackawanna graduates will have a choice of completing a bachelor’s degree in a traditional program or through Albright’s Accelerated Degree Completion Program (DCP).

A special partnership scholarship award of $2,500 will be made to all BCCC and Lackawanna graduates transferring into the Accelerated Degree Completion Program. Students transferring into the day program will also be eligible for scholarships ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 depending on their grade point average.

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