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DESIGNING YOUR PITCH (GPP5003)

Please note that this workshop is exclusively for AUP Master’s students.
Professionals use strong personal pitches as the foundation for strong applications and interviews. The process of developing a strong personal pitch demands that students think critically about what exactly they bring to the table. This process ultimately empowers them with a clear vision of who they are and the ability to sell that vision. This Designing Your Pitch workshop is available exclusively for current graduate students at AUP.
During the course of the Designing Your Pitch (DYP) workshop, students will articulate a clear and specific short-term objective, they will learn some easy and effective techniques to identify their most relevant experience and to present those experiences with compelling ease, and they will develop and get feedback on a personal pitch. Students who participate in this workshop will be invited to present at the Graduate Pitch Soiree (held periodically), where their peers, faculty and staff will come to offer support and feedback. The DYP workshop and Graduate Pitch Soiree gives students the confidence and tools needed to be successful in their post-AUP lives.

DESIGN YOUR AUP (GPS1000)

Designing Your AUP (DYA)
Design thinking is about solving problems. It began as a tool used by engineers, but is now recognized as a useful method for tackling all sorts of problems. The “problem” addressed in this workshop is: How can I align my academic and co-curricular interests with my values; and how can I ensure that I look back on how I spent my time at university with no regrets?
The Designing Your AUP (DYA) workshop helps students make connections between their values and their vision for their university experience. Students will leave this workshop focused on making the most out of their time at AUP.
Completion of this workshop is a requirement of the Global Professional Skills Program (GPS) and appears on the official co-curricular record (CCR).
This workshop is best for first year students, but is open to all.

DESIGN YOUR LIFE WORKSHOP (GPS3000)

Designing Your Life (DYL)
Design thinking is about solving problems. It began as a tool used by engineers, but is now recognized as a useful method for tackling all sorts of problems. The “problem” addressed in this workshop is: How can I align my career aspirations with my values; and how can I articulate my personal value proposition?
The Designing Your Life (DYL) workshop helps students examine how to connect the dots between their academic interests, their values, and their career aspirations. Students will leave the workshop with the tools needed to begin thinking clearly about their transition into the professional sphere and with a "Person Value Proposition" that will enable them to communicate successfully with prospective employers about their strengths and experiences.
Completion of this workshop is a requirement of the Global Professional Skills Program (GPS) and appears on the official co-curricular record (CCR).
This workshop is best for second- and third-year students, but is open to all.

DESIGN YOUR NARRATIVE WORKSHOP (GPS4000)

Designing Your Narrative (DYN)
Design thinking is about solving problems. It began as a tool used by engineers, but is now recognized as a useful method for tackling all sorts of problems. The “problem” addressed in this workshop is: How do I tell my story; and how can I craft a narrative to successfully pitch myself and my university experience to employers/graduate program admissions advisors/investors/…?
The Designing Your Narrative (DYN) workshop helps students examine how to connect the dots between their experiences at university and their post-graduation plans. We talk about what comes next (job/internship/graduate school/etc.), and walk through a series of exercises that help students reflect on everything they’ve done at AUP, both in the classroom and outside of it. Students will leave the workshop with the tools they need to be confident selling themselves to prospective employers, graduate school admissions decision-makers, investors, etc. - whoever will be your "audience" as you work towards your post-graduation goals.
Completion of this workshop is a requirement of the Global Professional Skills Program (GPS) and appears on the official co-curricular record (CCR).
This workshop is best for final-year students (seniors), but is also open to second semester juniors.

SUSTAINABLE ASSET MANAGEMENT (GR5004)

Throughout this course students will explore, critique and utilize various methods of sustainable investment including socially responsible investing and shareholder activism, green bonds, microfinance, and impact investing.

QUANTITATIVE PLATFORM FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES (GR5005)

This course highlights the importance of statistics and software supported decision and financial analysis as a support for effective management. It introduces basic statistical methods, decision analysis techniques and basic financial statement analysis to emphasise their application in a wide range of business applications. The course content is structured to highlight the core approaches to management decision support. This course is offered for students that require core quantitative skills at the start of the MSc program. Students may test out of this course or waive the requirement with prior accounting and statistics coursework. This course may meet once a week or be offered as an intensive module.

GR MODULE (GR5020)

Topics for these intensive, practical modules change every semester. May be taken twice for credit.

NGO FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (GR5024)

This course introduces essential financial and operational strategies used in the management of NGOs and Mission-based Enterprises (MBEs). Topics covered include: financial management and operations of NGOs and MBEs, developing a clear mission statement, establishing organizational accountability and transparency, organizational design, financial management and reporting, financial controls and audits, marketing, fundraising, grant writing and operational management of organizational missions.

NGO & MISSION-BASED MANAGEMENT (GR5055)

This course takes an interdisciplinary and comparative approached to NGO and mission-based management based on the assumption that management principles, though universal to some extent, vary significantly according to the context in which NGOs function. This course requires students to think strategically and critically in the management of NGO’s within the political, economic, ideological, and socio-cultural contexts in which they operate.