MOYOSOLUWA ANDREA TITUS-ADEWUNMI

EAP 506

PROFESSOR PJ MOORE

31ST NOVEMBER , 2019

WELCOME STATEMENT

MY DISICIPLINE

Global Affairs is a discipline that includes various aspects. From the name itself we can

tell that this course consists of various aspects of international relations, foreign policy, diplomacy

and the interconnection between nations in the world. This discipline teaches is that no nation is

an island, that is to say in order to thrive and survive states need to interact and relate with one

another. Students who offer Global Affairs are likely to be involved in world issues, government,

politics and organizations. The job opportunities for Global Affairs students are broad, for a Global

Affairs student who is well qualified acquiring a job in governmental organizations and non-

governmental organizations like the United Nations, World Health Organization, IMF and so forth

is highly possible. People who study Global Affairs are also likely to become ambassadors or

politicians. For a Global Affairs student being multilingual is important but not necessary, however

it is advised to learn at least one language besides English.

The George Mason University Global Affairs program is effective and efficient with over

30 professors. George Mason is also one of the few schools in the United States that offers Global

Affairs as graduate course. As a Global Affairs student in George Mason we are required to go for

a study abroad program in foreign countries. The purpose of this is to provide the students with

proper experience from different country, understand their politics and system. The Global Affairs
discipline in GMU offers copious subjects and aspects under this discipline from foreign aid to

globalization.

ONLINE PORTFOLIO

For this course EAP 506 we are required to create an online portfolio which gives us a

deeper insight on our discipline. The creation of our online portfolio enables us to not online

sharpen our research skills, it also teaches us how to create a website and also sharpen our writing

skills. The online portfolio consists of the welcome statement, professor analysis, journal analysis,

journal article analysis as well as a language analysis. The welcome statement is to give my

viewers an understanding of my course and serves as a brief introduction. For the professor

analysis we carried out an extensive research on a professor in our department, this would give us

knowledge on what it is like to be a well-read scholar in Global Affairs, as well as understand the

requirements and achievements to be successful in this field. Journal analysis and journal article

analysis helps us to understand more about journals and articles in our discipline, understand the

citation and writing styles, requirements for publications and so forth. The language analysis helps

us as students to understand language styles and how writers in our fieldwork on their articles.

With the use of Academic writing for graduate students by Swales and Feak (2012) we were able

to understand writing effectively.