The web opens up exciting possibilities for interaction and new ways to tell stories. We'll introduce students to the world of multimedia storytelling and how it can be applied to organizations working in International Affairs and Development.
This course is an introduction to the role of politics in public policymaking in democratic societies. Public policymaking of all kinds and at all levels (local, state, national, global) takes place in a particular political environment which shapes how strategic political actors seek to advance their own goals and realize their own visions of how the world ought to be. Public policy professionals of all types must navigate the intersecting realms of political institutions, multiple political actors and stakeholders, political ideas and discourse, and today, both traditional and new media.
Corequisites: PUAF U6120
This course is the required discussion section for PUAF U6120.
Corequisites: PUAF U6120
This course is the required discussion section for PUAF U6120.
This course offers a historical survey of the Russian novel in the epoch of modernism, from the beginning of the twentieth century through the 1970s. The theoretical focus of the ocurse concerns the evolution of modernist aesthetic, and the way this process was reflected in the fundamental features of the genre and their transformation. While the course is focused on novels of Russian modernism, each work of Russian literature is considered alongside its Western counterpart or counterparts. It belongs to strategic aims of the course to show Russian twentieth-century literature as an integral part of mdernism at large and its historical development.
This course will examine the intersections of policy, planning and participation at the community and local level in the United States. The belief in widespread community participation and active civic engagement is basic to the effective operation of the American political democracy. In the planning profession, neighborhood planning has often been viewed as an essential mechanism for citizen involvement, for balanced physical development and beyond to the resolution of economic, political, social and environmental issues. In many ways, neighborhood planning is more important than ever, whether it focuses on urban design and livability or on the local effects of climate change and disaster prevention and sustainability.
The concept of social impact has gained global attention, though it remains limited in scale within the capital markets. The potential exists to better integrate market forces with broader public outcomes, but new thinking is needed. To effectively contribute to the global dialogue on impact investment, students must be interdisciplinary in their approach - part entrepreneur, part social advocate, and part policy specialist, all within a keen grasp of the dynamics of innovation. This course is intended to accelerate the evolution of Investment in Social Change by looking at the ways these disciplines must work together to craft social innovation. Students will apply formal reasoning to an inherently subjective field, and should leave the course better prepared to (a) balance the dual mandate of return and social change within their own endeavors; (b) understand the economic principles of technology-led innovation as a key catalyst linking public and private efforts for social change; and (c) contribute to public policy frameworks that encourage private investment in the public good.
Prerequisites: Restricted to EPD students
This course will examine enduring and new debates in political development and their implications for policy and policymaking. Matters of state-society relations, democracy and democratization, how political change occurs, and the role of institutions have been heavily researched and discussed in academia. Those discussions and issues have also shaped policy and policy debates (and not always in a good way) in development, diplomacy and domestic policymaking. The course will examine many of the traditional issues of political development, such as state-society relations, structure versus agency, democracy, as well as new topics including the growth of identity politics and the implications of the rise of the Global South on politics and democracy.
International migration's substantial economic and social effects are at the forefront of today's academic discussion, international debate as well as national policy strategies. This course introduces students to the key notions, norms, and narratives of international migration from economic, legal, sociological, international relations, and normative perspectives. Students will learn about transnational livelihood strategies and channels through which migration and migrants can enhance human development especially in their countries of origin, while creating better opportunities for themselves and contributing to their communities of destination. This includes in-depth discussions of the determinants, flows and effects of emigration, immigration, return, financial and social remittances, and diaspora investment. Highlighting migration phenomena in different scenarios in the global North, as well as in the global South, the course emphasizes the agency of migrants and gender differences in the experiences and effects, as well as the role their legal status plays. It will address the root causes of migration and the protection of migrants' human, social and labor rights. The course also furthers participants' understanding of the policy responses in both, the international and the domestic spheres. To this end, it introduces students to key policies and governance schemes, including temporary labor migration programs, bilateral labor migration agreements, and diaspora engagement institutions.
This course forms an introduction to the broader program on humanitarian affairs. We will address the root causes of complex humanitarian emergencies, the practices of humanitarian intervention, the main actors, and the opportunities and dilemmas for rebuilding. We will also discuss the main critiques of humanitarian action and possible alternatives. The course advocates the principle that humanitarian aid should be provided from a (long-term) development perspective? otherwise it can reinforce conflict and exclusion.
The seminar will offer an insider perspective on the recent activities of the Federal Reserve and the current challenges it faces. It will also provide detailed background on the role and objectives of the central bank and the specifics of its traditional monetary policy and liquidity tools. Additionally, the course will examine certain key concepts about financial institutions and markets, particularly as they relate to financial stability and the Federal Reserve's operating framework. For the Fall 2015 semester, the course will highlight the following topical issues: • Non-bank financial intermediation and the systemic risks that contributed to the financial crisis • The Federal Reserve's crisis actions and subsequent changes to its authority • Regulatory efforts towards strengthening the financial system • The recent evolution and future of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy framework Instructor permission required for registration. Please join the waitlist is SSOL and follow instructions on the waitlist to be considered.
A Self-contained introduction to the theory of soliton equations with an emphasis on its applications to algebraic-geometry. Topics include: 1. General features of the soliton systems. Lax representation. Zero-curvature equations. Integrals of motion. Hierarchies of commuting flows. Discrete and finite-dimensional integrable systems. 2. Algebraic-geometrical integration theory. Spectral curves. Baker-Akhiezer functions. Theta-functional formulae. 3. Hamiltonian theory of soliton equations. 4. Commuting differential operators and holomorphic vector bundles on the spectral curve. Hitchin-type systems. 5. Characterization of the Jacobians (Riemann-Schottky problem) and Prym varieties via soliton equations. 6. Perturbation theory of soliton equations and its applications.
The purpose of this course is to enable you to become an informed user of financial information. To be properly informed you need to understand financial statements, the note disclosures and the language of accounting and financial reporting. We will focus on the three major financial statements, (balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows), which companies prepare for use by management and external parties. We will examine the underlying concepts that go into the preparation of these financial statements as well as specific accounting rules that apply when preparing financial statements. As we gain an understanding of the financial information, we will look at approaches to analyze the financial strength and operations of an entity. We will use actual financial statements to understand how financial information is presented. In each area, we will contrast U.S. accounting rules (GAAP) with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
The purpose of this course is to enable you to become an informed user of financial information. To be properly informed you need to understand financial statements, the note disclosures and the language of accounting and financial reporting. We will focus on the three major financial statements, (balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows), which companies prepare for use by management and external parties. We will examine the underlying concepts that go into the preparation of these financial statements as well as specific accounting rules that apply when preparing financial statements. As we gain an understanding of the financial information, we will look at approaches to analyze the financial strength and operations of an entity. We will use actual financial statements to understand how financial information is presented. In each area, we will contrast U.S. accounting rules (GAAP) with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
This course describes the history and current situation of the level and distribution of global income, analyses the theory of economic growth and the empirical evidence on the factors influencing growth, including physical and human capital accumulation, technical change and population growth, explores the effects of trade, foreign direct investment, natural resources, geography, and public sector institutions on economic growth and distribution of income, and examines how financial development and exchange rate regimes affect the prospects for economic growth.
A close study, in the original, of a number of Turgenev's works, major and minor, with an eye to the methodological problems inherent in characterizing an author's oeuvre. We will consider the ways he has been read and situated in the tradition in an effort to identify - or generate- productive modes of reading Turgenev.