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International Development | Approved Courses
AY 2010-2011 and AY 2011-2012

Last Revised: 02/9/12

For a complete description of all IDEV courses please follow this link.
For a current list of approved IDEV courses offered at the Bologna campus, please follow this link

*If you do not see a SAIS course listed that you feel should count to meet the IDEV requirements, please send the complete course syllabus to mevange2@jhu.edu  

GATEWAY COURSE: Introduction to Development

Finance and Development
Politics and Governance                                                                                                             
Human Development                                                                                                                     
Tools Courses
Regional Courses
   Africa
   Asia (includes selected Asian regional courses from China, Japan, Korea, SE Asia, and South Asia)
   European Studies
   Latin America
   Russia and Eurasia
   Middle East

FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT:Semester
Assessing The Role of International Financial InstitutionsIDEVSpring 2011Spring 2012
Corporate Social Responsibility: Corporations, Communities & Their PartnersIDEVFall 2010Fall 2011
Development StrategiesIDEVFall 2010Fall 2011
Enterprise, Regulation and DevelopmentIDEV-Spring 2012
Financial Globalization, Currency Crises and Emerging MarketsIDEVSpring 2011Spring 2012
Financial Sector Developments and Reform in Emerging MarketsIDEVSpring 2011Spring 2012
Impact Investing: Financial Inclusion and Creating Value at the Base of the PyramidIDEVSpring 2011Spring 2012
Microfinance and DevelopmentIDEVFall 2010Fall 2011
Courses Offered by Other Programs1:
Corporate Finance                             ECON/BOFall  2010Fall  2011
Cost Benefit Analysis                                                                  ECONSpring 2011Fall 2011
Development CooperationBOSpring  2011Spring  2012
Developing Infrastructure through Public-Private PartnershipsECONSpring 2012
Organization and Regulation of InfrastructureECONSpring 2011Spring 2012
Private Equity In Developing CountriesECONSpring 2011Fall 2011
Project Finance                          ECONSpring 2011Fall 2011
Public Finance  ECONSpring 2011Fall 2011
Public Sector Economics *paper must be on a topic relevant to international developmentBOFall 2010Fall 2011

1 Please note: the following courses DO NOT meet the IDEV Finance & Development Track requirement:  Multinational Corporate Finance, Financial Derivatives and Risk Management, Global Investment Management, Global Business and Strategy.






POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE:
Corruption in Developing and Transition Countries      IDEVFall 2010Fall 2011
Democratic Change: Programs and PoliciesIDEVSpring 2011Spring 2012
Development StrategiesIDEVFall 2010Fall 2011
Humanitarianism, Aid and PoliticsIDEVSpring 2011Spring 2012
Law and DevelopmentIDEV    -Spring 2012








Courses Offered by Other SAIS Programs:
Behavioral Sociology: Conflict and Identity SystemME-Spring 2012
Comparative Political EconomyECONSpring 2011Spring 2012
Democracy and CertaintyGT&HSpring 2011-
Heaven on Earth: Conflict, Democracy,  and the Growth of Religious TolerationGT&H-Spring 2012
PeaceKidZ WorkshopCMFall 2011Spring 2012
Post Conflict Reconstruction: Issues, Actors, DilemmasCMSpring 2011Spring 2012
Afghanistan: A Comprehensive Approach of  a Society at WarASIA/SAFall 2010-
Public FinanceECONFall 2011Spring 2012
Theories and Practice of International PeacekeepingBOFall 2010-








HUMAN DEVELOPMENT:

Advanced Seminar in Education and DevelopmentIDEVSpring 2011 - 
Comparative Health Systems of Developing CountriesIDEVSpring 2011Spring 2012
Corporate Social Responsibility: The Common Good and the Corporate GoodIDEVFall 2010Fall 2011
Development StrategiesIDEVFall 2010Fall 2011
Education and DevelopmentIDEVFall 2010Fall 2011
Gender and DevelopmentIDEV   -Fall 2011
Global Health PolicyIDEVSpring 2011Spring 2012
Humanitarianism, Aid and PoliticsIDEVSpring 2011Spring 2012
International Migration and DevelopmentIDEVSummer 11-
Introduction to Economics of Public HealthIDEVSpring 2010Spring 2011
Introduction to Public Health for Development PractitionersIDEVFall 2011Fall 2012
Local Impacts of GlobalizationIDEVSpring 2011Spring 2012
Population and DevelopmentIDEVFall 2010    -
Rural Development and the World Food CrisesIDEVSpring 2011Spring 2012
Social Foundations of DevelopmentIDEVFall 2010    -

















Courses Offered by Other SAIS Programs:

Agriculture--Global IssuesERE/IDEV-Spring 2012
Economic Growth and the Environment                                     ERE/BOFall 2010Fall 2011
Economic Migrants, Refugees and Human SecurityIR-LAWFall 2010-
Energy, Environment, and Development in Developing CountriesERESpring 2011Spring 2012
International Wildlife ConservationEREFall 2010Fall 2011
International Water: Issues and PoliciesERESpring 2011Spring 2012
Urban Economics and Urban Policy in Latin AmericaLAFall 2010Fall 2011

TOOLS COURSES:
Delivering Development Assistance IDEV20112012
Development CooperationBOSpring 2011Spring 2012
Improving Service Delivery in Developing CountriesIDEVFall 2011-
New Trends in Management Principles of International Development NGOS (INGOS)IDEVFall 2010Fall 2011
Monitoring and Evaluation of Development ProjectsIDEVFall 2010Fall 2011
Practical Research Methods for Development         IDEVFall 2011Spring 2012




REGIONAL COURSES:
Africa
African Development and the Contemporary Global EconomyAFRSpring 2011Spring 2012
African Militaries and Security * 15 page paper assignment must be written on African militarization as it relates to social, political or economic development of a given region on the continent. AFRSpring 2011-
Case Studies in Africa Conflict AnalysisAFRFall 2010Fall 2011
Conflict and the African Great LakesAFR-Spring 2012
Contentious Politics in Sub-Saharan AfricaAFR-Spring 2012
Energy, Politics and Development in AfricaAFRSpring 2011Spring 2012
Ethnicity, Identity and Politics in AfricaAFR-Spring 2012
Democracy and Politics in AfricaAFRFall 2010Fall 2011
Politics of Foreign Aid in AfricaAFRFall 2010Fall 2011
Political Economy of African DevelopmentAFRSpring 2011Spring 2012
Post-Colonial Politics in AfricaAFRSpring 2011Fall 2011

Other Approved Courses for Africa Regional Focus

North African Political DevelopmentBOSpring 2011Spring 2012
War and Conflict Resolution in Sub-Saharan AfricaBOSpring 2011 -
Asia

Asian Regional Studies

Asian Economic DevelopmentASIA/BOSpring 2011Spring 2012
Comparative Perspectives on Economic Growth and DevelopmentECONSpring 2011-

China Studies

China's Energy Challenges in the 21st CenturyERESpring 2011Fall 2011
China's Environment and Development: Politics, Policy and SustainabilityASIA/CHSpring 2011Spring 2012
China's Environment and Development PolicyASIA/CHSpring  2011Spring 2012
Contemporary Chinese PoliticsASIS/CHFall 2010Fall 2011
Grassroots China: The Social Consequences of DevelopmentASIA/CHSpring 2011Spring 2012
Law and Society in ChinaASIA/CHFall 2010Fall 2011
Modern Chinese History
*previous title Modern China: History and Political Conflict
ASIA/CHFall 2010Fall 2011
Advanced Research Seminar on China and the Financial CrisisASIA/CHFall 2010Fall 2011
The Rise of India and ChinaASIA/CHSpring 2011-

Japan and Korean Studies

Politics of Economic Development, Crises and GlobalizationASIA/KFall 2010Fall 2011

Southeast Asia Studies

Democracy and Democratization in Southeast AsiaASIA/SEFall 2010Fall 2011
Domestic Politics of Southeast AsiaASIA/SE-Spring 2012
Economic Development Seminar on VietnamECON/SE--
International Relations of Southeast AsiaASIA/SE-Spring 2012
Security and Development in Southeast AsiaASIA/SEFall 2011-

South Asia Studies

Afghanistan: A Comprehensive Approach to a Society in WarASIA/SAFall 2010-
Comparative Political & Economic Development of South AsiaASIA/SAFall 2010Fall 2011
India's Energy Challenges in a Global ContextERESpring 2011Spring 2012
Modern India II:  1947- PresentASIA/SASpring 2011Spring 2012
Policy Option for State Building AfghanistanASIA/SA
Politics of Religion in South AsiaASIA/SAFall 2009Fall 2011
South Asia: Energy, Environment, and SecurityASIA/SA

Other Approved Courses for Asian Regional Focus

Asian Economic DevelopmentBOSpring 2011Spring 2012
Democratization and Market Reforms *Course project must be focused on an Asian developing/transition countryLA-Fall 2011
European Studies
Political Economy and Transition in Central and Eastern EuropeEURFall 2010Fall 2011
Latin America
A Survey of Latin American Political EconomyLAFall 2011-
A Survey of Modern Latin American PoliticsBO
Brazil and the Potential of a BRIC: A New Emerging Market PlayerLASpring 2011Spring 2012
Democratization and Market Reforms *Course project must be focused on a Latin American developing countryLA-Fall 2011
Energy in the Americas: Conflict, Cooperation and Future Prospects *Course project must be focused on a Latin American developing countryLASpring 2011-
Latin America's Southern Cone: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay *Course project must be focused on a Latin American developing countryLAFall 2010Fall 2011
Mexico, Central America and the CaribbeanLASpring 2011Spring 2012
The Andean RegionLAFall 2010Spring 2012
Theory and Practice of Politics in Latin AmericaLAFall 2010Fall 2011
Urban Economics and Urban Policy in Latin AmericaLAFall 2010Fall 2011

Other Approved Courses for Latin America Regional Focus

Comparative Perspectives on Economic Growth and DevelopmentECONSpring 2011-
Economic Survey of Latin AmericaBOSpring 2011Spring 2012
Survey of Modern Latin American PoliticsBO
Russia and Eurasia
Contemporary Russian PoliticsBOFall 2010Fall 2011

Economies of Central Asia
*term paper must be centrally related to an individual country's or the region's pro-poor economic growth and development policies or programs.

BOSpring 2011Spring 2012

Central Asian Economies
*term paper must be centrally related to an individual country's or the region's pro-poor economic growth and development policies or programs.

BOSpring 2011Spring 2012
Modern Central Asia and the Caspian BasinRESpring 2011Spring 2012
Nations, States and Nationalism in Comparative PerspectiveRE-Spring 2012
Power and Wealth in Contemporary RussiaRE-Spring 2012
Middle East
Arab Political Thought and PracticeMEFall 2010Fall 2011
Resistance: Islamic Revival and Jihadist TerrorismMESpring 2011Spring  2012
States and Societies of the Middle East and Muslim AfricaMEFall 2011Spring 2011

Other Approved Courses for Middle East Regional Focus

Modern Central Asia and the Caspian BasinRESpring 2011Spring 2012
North African Political DevelopmentBOSpring 2011Spring 2012
Political Islam and Social Change in the Mediterranean AreaBO
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: History, Politics, NarrativesBO
Turkey and the Turkic WorldREFall 2010Fall 2011
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