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This course is designed to provide an introduction to the process of political development. It introduces a set of analytic tools based on the strategic perspective of political science and political economy to evaluate the current debates in political development and to draw policy-relevant conclusions. Throughout the course, we will discuss the political dimensions and the challenges of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development along with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and their transformations - (1) education, gender and inequality; (2) health, well-being and demography; (3) energy decarbonization and sustainable industry; (4) sustainable food, land, water and oceans; (5) sustainable cities and communities; and (6) the digital revolution for sustainable development - as modular building blocks.

First, we will explore the politics of economic development: the role of leadership, political systems, and institutions in promoting growth. We study the mechanisms that underlie the persistence of poverty. Utilizing numerous country case studies, we will answer: What is political development? What explains why some countries have prospered while others remain poor, violent, or unequal? Why do we observe growth, stability, and freedoms in some and not in others?

Second, we will explore the causes and consequences of the state, political institutions, and democracy. What is at the root of state capacity, political participation, and other aspects of political development? What is the role of property rights and the rule of law in development? How do we promote gender equality and empowerment? How do we detect and mitigate the effects of corruption? How do we foster political stability?

In the third part of the course, we will focus on policies that foster stability and development. We will critically examine the effects of Western intervention in the developing world, historical legacies of slavery and colonialism, and the various tools of foreign policy: aid, democracy promotion, and military interventions. We will further explore the extent to which outside interventions alleviated poverty and whether they improved public goods provision or promoted political stability. Finally, the course will consider the role of emerging powers in the context of global governance and their influence on the future course of development in the Global South.

Department: Development and Governance
R 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
Instructor: Gizem Acikgoz
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DVGO IA7000

Sustainable Development Policy and Pract

Department: MPA-DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE
TR 8 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
3 points

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DVPR IA7000

Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice

INTRO TO EVIDENCE-BASED P

Department: Nursing
T 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
Instructor: Lisa Iannacci-Manasia
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NURS N7000

Global Media: Innovation & Policy Lab

Global Media-Innovation &

This course looks at media around the world, the difficulties that journalists face, Big Tech’s corruption of the global public information ecosystem, and the effect this has had on people, society, and democracies. We will look at history and theory in order to understand the role the media plays, how it can be supported, and what has happened to society since the gatekeeping role of the media was upended by the rise of Big Tech. The usurping of advertising revenue by Big Tech and the micro targeting of audiences will be understood through our discussion of business models/media innovation/media sustainability, and policy solutions. We will discuss the need for new business models, look at the experiences of Rappler, and familiarize ourselves with the world of non-profit, philanthropic journalism. We will also consider the role of investigative reporting, the problems of online mis/ disinformation, and how Generative AI may upend journalism. Given that we are in an election year, these questions are pressing. This class will be timely and urgent.

Guest lectures will be given after class, some weeks (from 1-2 pm) by people at the cutting edge of media innovation and investigative journalism in both profit and non-profit organizations. Some of your work will be read by organizations working on media policy. We have a track record of helping them with our research.

The financial crisis faced by the media has worsened since the Covid-19 pandemicq, but this means the search for solutions has become more intense and the field is awash with big ideas and creative thinking. It’s an exciting time to think about why journalism matters and what policies will help preserve it. We’re in transition and where it will go we don’t know where it’s going.

Students who take this course will become familiar with:

Some of the major theories of journalism studies and the evolving public information ecosystem

The big ideas and policies that could help save quality journalism.

The worlds of media development and philanthropy.

Different business models and the sustainability of media outlets.

Ways to measure journalism impact, including reach, influence, and concrete change

Technology and its transformational effects, including how journalism can survive

Research skills and critical/analytical thinking.

Department: Tech Policy and Innovation
W 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
3 points

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TPIN IA7000

Union Theological Cross-Reg

HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY

Department: Union Theological Seminary (UTSD)
1-4 points

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UTS_ GR7000

Union Theological Cross-Reg

Justice & Rel. Radicalism

Department: Union Theological Seminary (UTSD)
1-4 points

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UTS_ GR7000

Union Theological Cross-Reg

Bonhoeffer & Baldwin

Department: Union Theological Seminary (UTSD)
1-4 points

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UTS_ GR7000

Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology

ADV PHYS & PATHO I X LIFE

Department: Nursing
T 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
Instructor: Sally W Aboelela
CULPA: 5 Info
3 points

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NURS N7001

Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology

ADV PHYS & PATHO I X LIFE

Department: Nursing
T 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
Instructor: Sally W Aboelela
CULPA: 5 Info
3 points

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NURS N7001

SELECTIVES

Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
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INTC D7002

FNDN EXCELLENCE DENTAL PRACTICE III

Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
Instructor: Dana L Wolf
h-index: 7 Info
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INTC D7003

FNDN EXCELLENCE DENTAL PRACTICE III

Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
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INTC D7004

Care Coordination

CARE COORDINATION

Department: Nursing
T 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
T 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Instructor: Anita Volpe
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3 points

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NURS N7004

Health and Social Policy in the Context

HLTH & SOC POL:CONTEXT PR

Department: Nursing
T 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Instructor: Lisa Iannacci-Manasia
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NURS N7005

Understanding Emerging Technologies

Department: Tech Policy and Innovation
W 5:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
3 points

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TPIN IA7005

Financial Statement Analysis a

The purpose of this course is to learn about fundamental drivers of value and risk by analyzing financial statements of businesses in different industries. Every public company provides a lot of financial and operational information in its filings. How can this information be used to evaluate its prospects and its risks?
The course is organized around two themes (1) how to identify relevant information in the financial information reported by firms, and (2) how to draw inferences using sound analytical methodology. To this end, we will review techniques for valuation and risk analysis used by banks and asset management firms. The valuation models you will study in this course are all fundamental models – models that use
financial information and review the fundamental operating characteristics of the company. We will learn to build simple financial models, perform risk analysis and fine tune value drivers. Much of the data comes from the financial statements – but it requires a careful study of arcane footnotes to unearth the information provided by the companies. This is an advanced course that goes into the details of footnote analysis, accounting rules, and financial presentations. This course builds on what you learned in Financial Accounting and Corporate Finance. These courses are pre-requisites for taking this course. It is assumed that you have already taken these courses. If you have not taken these courses you should first talk with me before you register. This course will build significantly on your knowledge from those courses. If your basics are solid and you are interested in learning to read financial statements; if you wish to learn to apply financial analysis; this course is for you. We will use excel to build some of the models – but this is not a course in excel. But, it is highly recommended that
you have a good working knowledge of how to build formulas in excel before you come to this class.
By the end of the course, you should be able to perform a thorough, credible investment or credit analysis that meets a high standard. Students should have the ability to estimate fundamental values, and pull apart the information in the financial statements to get relevant information. This course should be of interest to those contemplating careers in investment banking, security analysis, private
equity, hedge funds, and corporate finance.

Department: Accounting (ACCT)
SSS 3:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m.
Instructor: Radha Radhakrishna
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ACCT B7009

INDEPENDENT STUDY

Department: Engineering
F 3 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
Instructor: Hyoseon Lee
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ENGI E7009

PRIMARY CARE CLERKSHIP

Department: Medicine
0 points

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INTC M7010

PRIMARY CARE CLERKSHIP

Department: Medicine
0 points

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INTC M7010

PRIMARY CARE CLERKSHIP

Department: Medicine
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INTC M7010

PRIMARY CARE CLERKSHIP

Department: Medicine
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INTC M7010

WRITING SKILLS FOR NEUROSCIENTISTS

I:CRAFTING A RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Department: Neurobiology and Behavior
W 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
0.5 points

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NBHV GR7010

WRITING SKILLS FOR NEUROSCIENTISTS

Department: Neurobiology and Behavior
R 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
0.5 points

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NBHV GR7010

Speech, Democracy, and the Internet

Speech, Democracy, & Inte

Department: Tech Policy and Innovation
M 3:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
3 points

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TPIN IA7010

BASIC DIAGNOSIS/TREATMENT PLAN

Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
Instructor: Roseanna Graham
h-index: 4 Info
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INTC D7011

CPR/MEDICAL EMERGENCIES

Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
0 points

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INTC D7012

INFECTION CONTROL

Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
Instructor: Sidney Eisig
h-index: 24 Info
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INTC D7014

Viral Videos, Generative AI and Geopolit

AI, Viral Videos,& Geopol

Department: Tech Policy and Innovation
T 7:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
Instructor: Erica E Berenstein
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3 points

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TPIN IA7015

PRESENTATION SKILLS FOR NEUROSCIENTISTS

Department: Neurobiology and Behavior
R 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
1 points

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NBHV GR7020

Economics of Finance

Department: International Finance & Economic Policy
T 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
M 5:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
Instructor: Richard Robb
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IFEP IA7022

Authoritarianism: Accountability and Pol

Authoritarianism and Poli

Historically, the vast majority of human society has been governed by non-democratic regimes. Even today, more than half the world’s people live in autocracies. Many SIPA students come from countries whose governments are not democratic, and will work in institutions and sectors where regimes are not democratic. Yet almost all of the literature of political science on policy-making is devoted to democracy—its genesis, stability, challenges, consolidation, processes, merits, and flaws. Perhaps that is warranted; as Winston Churchill is said to have remarked, “democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.”

But what of “all the others?”

How are we to understand the regimes we collect together as “non-democratic?” Do the authoritarian regimes of the world have anything in common? Are there effective ways to understand how policy is made in the absence of the transparent and routinized laws and procedures associated with democratic regimes?

And are democratic regimes, once installed, immune to decay, breakdown, or change into less transparent, routinized, and accountable regimes? Is it true, as Adam Przeworski wrote, “above a per capita income of $6055, democracy lasts forever?”

Is the sharp theoretical distinction between regimes characterized by democratic procedures and those that exhibit authoritarian or illiberal practices actually so clear in practice?

This course is designed to examine these questions, to interrogate the notion of “authoritarianism” as an analytical concept, to explore how we should approach the study of policy-making processes in regimes that are stable, enduring, sometimes even dynamic and enlightened, but not democratic, and to explore how such regimes arise from or develop into democracies.

Students will both gain exposure to a number of the classic and newer works of American political science as well as to other analytical perspectives that should assist in understanding the workings of politics in a variety of settings, from monarchies to democracies, non-state actors to imperial powers.

Department: Development and Governance
T 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
Instructor: Lisa S Anderson
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DVGO IA7025

TOBACCO CESSATION/SUB ABU

Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
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INTC D7030

Digital Service Delivery for Leaders and

Digital Service for Polic

Department: Tech Policy and Innovation
W 3:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
Instructor: Haley Van Dyck
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TPIN IA7040