Senior Seminar In Foreign Policy
The Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy, also known as the Senior Executive Seminar, is an annual 10 month-long seminar for senior diplomats and officials offered by the Foreign Service Institute within the Department of State. The members of the seminar are selected from the ranks of the Foreign Service as well as civil and military personnel. The classes range in size but stay consistently under 30. About half of the students are taken from the Foreign and Civil Service of the Department of State. The curriculum consists of numerous lectures by experts in different fields, field trips, independent and group research, and in-class discussion. The Seminar includes three major themes: personal improvement, US domestic affairs, and foreign affairs. History The Senior Seminar was officially established in 1958 as the Senior Officer Course. The original idea for a graduate-level training course on foreign affairs in the State Department originated in 1926, when Loy Henderson proposed ...
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Foreign Service Institute
The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) is the United States federal government's primary training institution for employees of the U.S. foreign affairs commun