SIS-619 Special Studies in International Politics
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Topics vary by section, and include Consulting for Social Impact, Innovation for Social Impact, and Leading Social Innovation. Rotating topics including international economic policy coordination, emerging capital markets, international environmental policy, political risk analysis, international relations of Japan, preventive diplomacy, United States and Cuba, and nonviolence. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer. Repeatable for credit with different topic. |
SIS-635 Advanced Topics in Development Management
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
NGO/Social Enterprise Management. Topics vary by section. Rotating topics include rural development and managing economic and political reform. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Repeatable for credit with different topic. |
SIS-739 Private Sector Engagement with Social Issues
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course focuses on what students need to know to understand and potentially guide business involvement with social issues. It also considers the limits of such involvement as viewed from the perspective of activist NGOs and critics of traditional capitalism. Attention is given to current/historical issues of social impact and corporate responsibility/sustainability, and the changing role of the global private sector regarding international development, human rights, peacemaking, and sustainability, and how decisions are made in these areas. Students explore practical ideas about how to engage with corporations from a partnership perspective, as well as how to build elements of corporate social responsibility into any organization. Grading: A-F only. |
SIS-750 Research and Professional Methods in International Affairs
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Organizational Effectiveness for International Service. Topics vary by section. Topics cover methods used in the field of international affairs, including policy analysis, program evaluation, qualitative methods, and advanced quantitative methods. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer. Repeatable for credit with different topic. |
SIS-693 Practicum: Action Research in Development Management
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Action research supervised by a faculty member. This practicum for the Development Management (MS) takes place in and with the support of a development organization or a community. Its purpose is to work on a mutually agreed upon and definable task to improve some aspect of the management of the organization or the functioning of the community. The full practicum process involves participation in practicum group meetings; preparation of a series of planning exercises for the practicum; undertaking the practicum; and preparation and presentation of the practicum process report. Restriction: Development Management (MS). Permission: instructor. |
SIS-793 Practicum in International Affairs
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Topics vary by section. Capstone experience for SIS Master’s students. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Permission: SIS Graduate Advising Office. |
SIS-795 Master’s Research Requirement
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Permission: department. |
SIS-797 Master’s Thesis Supervision
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Grading: SP/UP only. Permission: department. |
