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Leadership and Global Engagement S1 (SO905-2FL)
Program: Leadership Institute
World leaders have the same styles, skills, and setbacks as leaders in any walk of life. However, the challenges they face are often much more visible, and the impact of their... (more »)
Leadership and Global Engagement S2 (SO905-2GL)
Program: Leadership Institute
World leaders have the same styles, skills, and setbacks as leaders in any walk of life. However, the challenges they face are often much more visible, and the impact of their... (more »)
The U.S. In World Politics (PS902-2A)
Program: Pre-College
Globalization is transforming the relationship between world events and U.S. politics. After 9/11 and Iraq, foreign affairs are no longer distant affairs, yet confusion abounds.... (more »)
Economic Growth and Development (EC913-2A)
Program: Pre-College
Why are some countries so much richer than others? Why is the standard of living in developed countries like the United States so much higher today than it was 100 years ago?... (more »)
Leadership and Global Health (SO907-2GL)
Program: Leadership Institute
Despite world-wide advances in technology and development, providing basic health care to people in resource-poor settings continues to pose enormous challenges. Now more than... (more »)
The War On Terror: A Case Study for Theories of International Relations (PS903-2C)
Program: Pre-College
Since it began in 2001, the War on Terror has divided our country and the world at large. We continue to debate the U.S. government’s reaction to the terrorist attacks on... (more »)
Ethical Dilemmas in Foreign Policy (PS908-3A)
Program: Pre-College
Foreign policy decision-making is rarely morally neutral or ethically unproblematic. More often than not, foreign policy decision-makers struggle with complex moral questions in... (more »)
Architecture and the Cityscape (HA902-1C)
Program: Pre-College
Do you ever wish you could go back in time? We will rattle a few ghosts of the past when we explore the architectural legacy of a city with a rich and complicated history that... (more »)
Work in the Global Economy (SO908-2A)
Program: Pre-College
How does manufacturing in China affect jobs in the U.S.? Why do Filipino women represent the largest share of domestic workers in Japan? How does the widespread migration of young... (more »)
Social Change, Democracy, and Dictatorship (SOC 0111)
Program: Summer Session Credit
Why are some countries more democratic than others? What effects have industrialization and colonization had on developing world democracies? This class probes those questions... (more »)
International Political Economy of Development (POLS 0330)
Program: Summer Session Credit
What does international politics have to do with the economy? How do economic crises in one part of the world affect domestic politics in another part? What is development, and... (more »)
America and the World in the 21st Century: Challenges and Challengers (PS906-3B)
Program: Pre-College
What role will the United States play in world politics in the coming years and decades? What role should it play? Will the United States retain its position as the preeminent... (more »)