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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate The design, implementation, and financing of health, education, social insurance, water, etc., in developing countries. The course covers debates about rights vs. cost effectiveness, universal coverage vs. targeting, centralized vs. local control, public vs. private provisions, etc. Students are introduced to tools to facilitate social policy analysis in conditions of limited resources. Usually offered every spring.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate Topics vary by section, may be repeated for credit with different topic. Rotating topics including international communication and development; international communication, foreign policy, and public diplomacy; and information technology and international communication; communication, culture, and change; communication in Islamic societies; international communication and the global knowledge economy; multilateral negotiation and international communication; strategic communications in intelligence and national security; media politics and culture in the Arab world; and global communications and culture. Usually offered every term.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate The course deals primarily with the development of the European Union, its institutions, various common policies, external relations, and laws in the larger context of international business. Usually offered every fall.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate This course focuses on aspects of non-traditional financial institutions in developing countries, popularly referred to as microfinance institutions (MFIs). The course familiarizes students with the policy, organizational, and technical aspects of microfinance, and provides the tools to evaluate and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of microfinance as a tool for economic development. Usually offered every fall.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate Topics vary by section, may be repeated for credit with different topic. Introduction to a specific technique or approach currently used in the international communication/cross-cultural communication field, focusing on intercultural training, multicultural negotiation, intercultural leadership, or another similar area. Usually offered every term.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate This course provides basic training in designing a field-based research project in international development. It is structured to combine the theoretical aspects of international development with the practical aspects of testing their validity and applicability. Usually offered every spring. Prerequisite: SIS-600.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate Topics vary by section, may be repeated for credit with different topic. Rotating topics include rural development; managing economic and political reform; etc. Usually offered every term. Prerequisite: SIS-337, SIS-637, or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate The objective of this course is an understanding of the survival struggles and strategies individuals face and the choices they make. Some work within credit unions, cooperatives, parties, interest groups, or alone without much group support. Others rely on patrons, prayers, bribes, threats, or combinations of all these resources for survival. Usually offered every term.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate Alternative theories and definitions of development as expressed in the major international institutions (aid agencies, cartels, multinational corporations) concerned with the transfer of resources. Considers the problems of the "change-agent" in working for development and examines the major development issues. Usually offered every term.
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1.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate Topics vary by section, may be repeated for credit with different topic. Introduction to a specific technique or approach currently used in the international development field, focusing on project planning, community development, action research, or another similar area. Usually offered every term. Prerequisite: SIS-637, ECON-560, or equivalent.
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