Graduates of the International Relations program at Universidad de Las Américas are competent and enterprising professionals with a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and critical understanding of the theoretical and practical dimensions of international relations and political science.
Furthermore, with a strong understanding of both national and international realities, graduates help develop public solutions to the challenges faced by Ecuadorian society. Graduates enhance the country’s strategic role within the Latin American region and the global arena, while also supporting the strengthening of democratic institutions.
Furthermore, graduates construct their own perspectives on international and political phenomena through a critical engagement with diverse theoretical approaches. Graduates design and conduct basic and applied research projects on national and international issues of academic and social relevance. Moreover, graduates propose solutions to public and private sector challenges at both the national and international levels.
Graduates are equipped to analyze the importance of democratic values, pluralism, institutional frameworks, and human rights in society. Likewise, graduates apply negotiation tools and strategies associated with foreign policy decision-making and assess major international cooperation and integration processes, including the economic, political, and social factors that shape them.
Finally, graduates of the International Relations program are expected to act responsibly as both professionals and citizens, exhibiting ethical behavior and a commitment to public service. Graduates show innovation in addressing public issues and base their professional practice on a democratic culture. In a pluralistic and tolerant environment, graduates respect diverse perspectives and abilities, gender differences, intercultural understanding, environmental sustainability, freedom, and justice, promoting the common good and international cooperation both within Ecuadorian society and among nations.
Demographic Data: Program headcount totals the number of students enrolled yearly and a breakdown by men and women. Enrollment by ethnicity presents data on the most representative ethnic groups of the program.
Student Completion:
Retention and graduation rates are calculated through the 2020-2021 academic year, based on new, first-time students entering in the fall semester, regardless of whether they enroll in the daytime or evening version of their program (if available). These rates do not consider incoming transfer students. Retention rates are calculated in 1 and 2 years.
Graduation rates are calculated according to each program’s duration length (100%) and within 150% of the normal time for a bachelor’s degree. The percentage of graduates in each cohort by gender considers only actual graduates, not the original makeup of the cohort.
Scholarship information: Information is divided by the type of scholarship granted.
Geographic Data: Presents the composition of the students of the program.
Add'l. Demogr. Data: Includes information on marital status, disability, and first-generation students.
In every semester, the program provides assessment results according to its Multiannual Assessment Plan (MAP), which typically considers one or more of its program learning outcomes (PLOs). Most programs utilize the platform Brightspace to collect and assess student work and to present the data and evidence of student achievement. These results and their analysis, with the objective of identifying areas for improvement, are presented in the program’s annual assessment report. In the graphic below, the most recent period in which a PLO has been assessed is indicated, with the percentage indicating achievement of the expected performance standard for that PLO, according to the rubric used to evaluate the student work. This standard can be designated at an introductory, intermediate, or final level, depending upon how the course learning outcomes (CLOs) align to each PLO in the program’s curriculum map.