Courses

This intensive course in introductory micro/macro economics places emphasis on the fundamental principles necessary for success in International Economics (IPOL 8520), Development Economics (IPOL 8551) and Environmental & Natural Resource Economics (IPOL 8542). In the first part, Microeconomics, we examine the allocation of resources in different kinds of economies. Topics include the production possibilities curve, competitive markets, elasticities, monopoly, market failures, and the role of government. In the second part, Macroeconomics, we examine how the overall level of national economic activity is determined, including output, employment, and inflation. We explore the roles of monetary and fiscal policies in stabilizing the economy and promoting growth, with a focus on contemporary policy debates.

Develops skills in classroom observation and an understanding of observation as a fundamental professional development and research activity.

Introduces social science research design, descriptive and analytic procedures, basic statistics, and their application to research on language learning and teaching.

Surverys theories and research in first and second language composition. Explores various types of written texts and discusses means of responding effectively to student writing.

Consists of a series of workshops leading to the integration of issues and ideas in the MA program, and to the development of a portfolio of work.

Provides an overview of language teaching and learning principles from both historic and current perspectives. Illustrates application of teaching principles through practical examples.

Surveys the crisis from the standpoint of the relationship between the and the European Union. Offers a historical overview of Western intervention in the Middle East since the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the geopolitics of oil. Analyzes the EU and national reactions to the crisis, the motivations for each country, and the interplay of domestic, European and transatlantic politics in the attitude toward the crisis. Analyzes the emerging European security and Defense Identity, and the divergent agendas between the and Europe regarding , the Middle East, the war on terror, international institutions and the Atlantic alliance.

This is an advanced Spanish conversation course focusing on business/policy topics and current events in the Spanish speaking countries. Class discussions and activities emphasize active use of the language in different situational contexts including business/professional discussions, interviews, cultural exchanges, debates on current topics, or other areas determined by participant interest. It provides students with the opportunity of refining their speaking abilities, improving listening comprehension and building vocabulary while mastering conversational strategies. In addition, to improve the students’overall language use, a portion of the class time will be devoted to reviewing grammar as needed.

Students who participate in an IPSS project in a Spanish-speaking country and have yet to fulfill the three course component will enroll in a class, HS390. While on assignment they will exchange regular written and oral reports with fellow students. The other students may be in several different countries. The course will assist individual students to build towards a final presentation to be shared online and critiqued there by faculty and fellow students. Where possible, these presentations will be gathered for presentation on campus as models for future participants in the program.

Offers students an approach to language understanding which involves the learner actively in the process of discovering the principles which constitute the language system. Provides future teachers of Spanish with a command of grammar and gives them the opportunity to explore different way of dealing with it in the classroom.

Didáctica de la gramática española es un curso diseñado para proporcionar a los aspirantes a la enseñanza de la lengua española un conocimiento teórico y práctico sobre las características fundamentales de la gramática y el discurso español. El contenido del curso se basa en las siguientes premisas:

El aprendizaje de la gramática no debe ser un proceso intimidante, complicado, aburrido y limitado al análisis estructural de las oraciones. Cuando se adopta una perspectiva de concientización lingüística fundamentada en un contexto discursivo, la enseñanza de patrones y de aspectos gramaticales puede convertirse en un proceso dinámico, participativo y motivador.

La concientización lingüística es un aspecto fundamental de la práctica pedagógica responsable, basada en la reflexión y con una perspectiva de largo plazo. Los docentes de español como lengua extranjera deben ser expertos en el idioma no solo a nivel lingüístico sino también cultural. Porque no es posible aplicar una teoría de la manera en que se aprende o se enseña una disciplina determinada “sin contar con una teoría que explique lo que es esa disciplina. En el caso de la adquisición de una lengua, esa disciplina es lógicamente el idioma en sí”. (Rutherford, 1998)

De acuerdo con estas premisas, los contenidos del curso están diseñados para dar a los estudiantes la oportunidad de desarrollar destrezas que les permitan investigar y explicar las dimensiones de la estructura del español en un contexto didáctico. Las lecturas y las asignaciones abordan temas relacionados con las propiedades del discurso, el léxico, la sintaxis, la morfología y la semántica del español; su último propósito es incrementar la conciencia implícita y explícita de las propiedades estructurales y comunicativas del español, en particular las que se especifican en el programa del curso. Las tareas y las dinámicas pedagógicas de grupo tienen como objetivo proporcionar al estudiante la oportunidad de adquirir nuevos conocimientos y aplicarlos de forma práctica. El curso combina las lecturas y explicaciones teóricas con los ejercicios prácticos.

En breve, el objetivo que este curso persigue es profundizar en aspectos concretos del conocimiento y uso de la lengua española. Es un curso orientado a perfeccionar el español de los propios alumnos y, al mismo tiempo, aprender sobre el sistema de la lengua. Puede beneficiar a estudiantes con un buen dominio del idioma español que deseen ampliar sus conocimientos sobre las destrezas de escritura, así como a quienes tengan como objetivo dedicarse a la enseñanza de español como lengua extranjera (ELE).

In this class concepts, theories and trends of applied linguistics to the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language are going to analyzed in the target language. Some theories in language acquisition are going to be examined closely. Interlanguage studies. The relationship between input, interaction and intake (mother tongue, foreign talk). Communication strategies. Personal features that affect foreign language acquisition. Learning and communication strategies (L2 and the use of strategies). Different studies of courtesy in the Hispanic World.( La Cortesia y la cortesia verbal codificada y cortesia verbal interpretada en la conversacion Cortesia en el mundo Hispano. Turn taking in conversation , the grammar of echo. Distance learning and the study of spanish. Curriculum design. A new approach to Grammar in Spanish? Focus on form. Bibliography GRIFFIN, Kim (2005). Conceptos básicos de la lingüística aplicada a la enseñanza del español como 2/L. Madrid, Arco Libros, Colección "Manuales de formación de profesores de español como segunda lengua".

Readings will be drawn from a wide variety of published and on-line materials. Requirements include a take –home mid term, class presentations, quizzes, final test and regular participation in class discussions

Developed for advanced students of Spanish who are interested in pursuing a career in the world of marketing, finance, management or accounting. Provides future professionals with the necessary linguistic, cultural and situational practice needed to be successful in the world of international business.

offered when needed

Review and enforce basic structures of Modern Standard Arabic and expose students to authentic Arabic materials in their area of specialization. Students acquire the ability to describe fluently themselves, their homes, towns, countries and provide and request basic information. Students acquire the ability to skim through authentic materials and understand the gist of it.

This course complements the competency of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) achieved in previous studies of Arabic, in an attempt to enhance overall Arabic competency by: equipping learners with a solid foundation in the four language skills (listening, reading, speaking, and writing), communicating successfully in Arabic, consolidating knowledge of Arabic grammar and vocabulary, increasing ability to deal with simple authentic passages and others from different genres, raising awareness of the Arab culture(s) to enhance intercultural competence and get a sense of how Arabic can be used appropriately, and gaining familiarity with the language variation across mode and regions.

This course focuses on further skills of higher MSA written styles through reading, listening, and oral communication. Students are exposed to a wide range of current issues -- including cultural, social, political, economic and international affaires. Arabic is spoken in class, and students conduct presentations of selected topics, followed by class discussions and responses. As time permits, students will be exposed to Arabic films and songs.

This course†complements the competency of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) that you have achieved in your previous studies of Arabic, in at attempt to achieve the following goals; enhancement of overall Arabic competency, successful communication in Arabic, familiarization with the language Arabic variations and an increase in Arab culture(s) awareness.

This course provides language study that focuses on reading and writing, as well as speaking and listening to various styles of discourse and situations dealing with Arabic language and culture, the social sciences and current events. Authentic materials are carefully selected from myriad of sources to enhance the attainment of proficiency in handling a variety of topics pertaining to Arab society, politics, and culture.

As a student, you will read articles and listen to audio broadcasts from the Arab world about various issues in the topics of education, jobs and employment, geography, natural resources, economy, history, military, politics, traditions and civilization. You will also learn about Arab finance markets, social movements and political systems . This course offers instruction in reading, writing, speaking, listening, translation, transcription, grammar, vocabulary, report writing, role playing, and literature.

This course uses authentic material relevant to the students' fields of interest (Non-proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction issues and Development Issues). This course uses more complex and longer texts. Students will also be given short articles about the aforementioned themes that they will read at home and come to class prepared for discussion. The course will combine both linguistic skills (Arabic) and content, with a primary focus on language so that students develop the necessary language skills to understand authentic Arabic materials in their field of interest. The objective of the course is to develop all language proficiencies (speaking, listening, reading, writing and translation) in an integrated manner.

This course is designed to train students in both the terminology and the culture of Business and Finance in the Arab and Islamic world. Readings and Listening passages will be studied and students will be familiar by the end of the class with stock market operations in Arabic and basic economic theories, both micro and macro.

They will also know about Arabic markets, both new and old. The students will produce a proposal for a unified Arab market, like the EU, NAFTA and other trade agreement blocs. Some clauses of the Free trade agreement between the US and some Arab countries (Morocco) will be debated. Students will also learn about the profile of major companies in the Arab world, as well as its key personalities such as Al Waleed ibn Talal. Basic topics will also be covered such as negotiating, speaking at business meetings, bargaining, writing business memos, and riding the E-Business wave (Simulation of "Arabic EBay").

This course will study the rise and work of key islamist movements as well as their main literature. The history of terrorism in the Arab culture will be studied (the Assassins), and some religious texts, such as Hadith or Quran, will be interpreted. Speeches of islamists such as Al Qaradawi and Turabi will be analyzed, and students will conduct their own interviews with some activists from such groups. A typology of groups will be made, and simulations of recruiting strategies presented. In their journals, students will monitor some Islamist websites and will follow the media discourse about these movements. Students will also debate the issues in which similar entities differ from the rest of the world (women's rights, death penalty, the definition of marriage...) Sufi orders will also be studied in this class, as well as their strategic importance in the post 9-11 global policy.

Provides an introductory overview of all the major topics in CALL, including strategies for using the most common applications, making lesson plans for technology-enhanced classes, the uses of websites, and various forms of online communication. Briefly addresses issues relating ot curriculum design and integration, classroom and lab management and design, the pros and cons of distance education, and the creation of communities of learning.

Develops oral skills through dialogues and discussions. Commonly used vocabulary and idioms of spoken Chinese are introduced and practiced.Designed to build business and economic vocabulary in Mandarin Chinese up to a level necessary for business professionals in corporate and diplomatic settings. Focuses on drills, exercises and tasks to strengthen four skills in business Chinese, such as conducting a business encounter, composing resume, developing interview skills, writing a project proposal, briefing, authentic business news, and fieldwork interview experiences, etc. Introduces components pertinent to issues of business, financial and economic news in China and Taiwan: business culture, business case studies, booming green business, information industry, stock exchange, and local enterprises etc. The primary goals of this course include: developing four skills, practicing business and economic vocabulary, increasing awareness of grammar, developing habits of reading and listening to business and financial news in Chinese, and conducting tasks for working professionals. This course also has a hybrid online component. Prerequisite: Intermediate or above language proficiency level as determined by placement and oral exams.

Texts and writing modern Chinese. Emphasizes comprehension of texts and correct usage of vocabulary and sentence structures. Uses traditional and simplified character texts.

Modern Chinese expository prose. Further development of sentence structure and vocabulary in the social and political sciences.

This course integrates edited news in the textbook and updated authentic materials that correspond to the theme discussed. It also incorpoates listening components of Chinese commercials, movies, and news excerpts. Students will be able to conduct news report, professional presentations, and narrate the global events. The course also adds an one-on-one 20-minute individual session every Tuesday and as a result the course will only last for 10-11 weeks.

Modern Chinese newspaper headlines and news items. Emphasizes comprehension and vocabulary development of special terms and current expressions used in the news.

Chinese Business Culture is a CBI course that integrates authentic materials in a language-driven content-based class. The class will meet once a week for 2 hours, and 50-minute individualization or pair-up hour. The content covers traditional Chinese culture versus Chinese Business culture, cultural taboos, concepts of "renqing" and "time", business etiquettes, case studies, military and business strategies, food culture and entertainment culture, relationship between Go Game and Chinese thinking, etc. The final project could be a 15+ individual research paper or group projects on "101 Chinese Business Culture brochures" that covers the semester long content.

Explores the development of Chinese intellectual thought in the 20th century and its impact on modern Chinese society. Emphasizes understanding and presenting abstract topics.

A Monterey Model course that focuses on improving students’ reading, writing, and public speaking ability through learning tasks and projects, and expanding students’ content knowledge on globalization and localization.

Studies business terminology, structure of trade organizations, and documents on economic policies.

An advanced level course for professional students who wish to focus on content-based language instruction that incorporates the Monterey Way. This course aims to develop awareness and conventions of language use on issues of human right and human trafficking in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and further building relevant vocabulary and grammar development in the field. Assignments include writing weekly essay and grammar exercises, compiling monthly newsletter (group work), professional oral presentations, conducting fieldwork interview and writing a 12-15 page of analytic research paper in Chinese. Prerequisite: CS 345 or above language proficiency level as determined by placement written exam and oral interview. This course also has an accompanied online site.

A course that examines the impact of China’s development on the world economy.

Chinese Grammar Pedagogy is designed to integrate theoretical theories into hands-on practice. The primary goals of this course include gaining insights from readings of Chinese pedagogical grammar articles, some congitive linguistics papers in both English and Chinese, discussing grammar teachability issues from elementary to advanced levels, writing reaction journals, writing refelction via blogging, training grammar ellicitation techniques, and compiling Chinese grammar from authentic content-based matierals.

A Monterey Model course that focuses on improving students’ reading, writing, and public speaking ability through learning tasks and projects, and expanding students’ content knowledge on nonproliferation.

These are content-based language courses that focus on improving students’ language skills through learning tasks and projects, and expanding students’ content knowledge on China’s political, economic, and social policies and developments.

You say "GREAT WALL", I say "LONG"! This course is designed to explore the dimensions of worldview, human categorization, conceptualization patterns, metaphor and cognition in Chinese language and culture. Focuses on why such conceptual arrangements differ in forming classifier systems, syntactic structures, semantic differences, pragmatic applications in Chinese and other languages. It will introduce concepts pertinent to cognitive linguistics, such as schemata, viewing/ conceptual arrangement, perspective, trajectory and landmark, target and source, etc. The primary goals of this course include: training learners to observe conceptual differences in human categorization in different aspects, integrate learning into teaching Chinese as a foreign language, conducting tasks in fieldworks, collecting data from different genres of authentic materials. The course will embrace the Monterey Way, is conducted using content-based instruction, be taught in Chinese and use reading materials in English and Chinese. All the assignments except final project will be written in Chinese; non-native speakers of Chinese will turn in their final project (16-20 pages) in Chinese, while native speakers of Chinese will turn in their final projects (20-25 pages) in English.

Develops skills and strategies needed for effective participation in English-medium classroom discussions and professional interaction. Enables students to analyze their own speech and international styles for needed improvement. Facilitates accuracy and fluency in spoken English.

Focuses on developing students’ skills in producing expository prose. Provides practice in discovering and delimiting ideas, multiple drafting, revision strategies, basic editing and working effectively with peer and instructor feedback. Includes readings, regular writing assignments (e.g. annotated bibliographies, reaction papers, research papers), conferences and work on rhetorical and grammatical issues as they arise in student writing.

In debate and critical reading, students will explore controversial issues and explore their reactions to them. They will learn how to argue both sides of an issue in order to hone oral communication and analytical skills.

Exposes IPS/IPA/IEP/ITP students to the types of academic prose they will work with in their policy courses. Students draw on knowledge gained from in-depth reading and research to produce papers that are logically, completely and analytically developed. Students learn how to write policy memos, op-ed pieces and press releases.

A course in business communication, EAPP 380 centers around the rhetoric and stylistic conventions of written business prose. Provides process-oriented writing practice. Students write and revise business letters, reusmes, memos, reports, etc.

Provides training to enhance students’ formal oral communication skills. Students present speeches and panel discussions, analyzing videotaped versions for critical review.

Focuses on developing students' ability to write a well-crafted research paper in their field of study. Students are trained in recognizing rhetorical feature of text in their field of study and modeling these in their writing. Includes readings, regular writing assignments (e.g., critical summaries and annotated bibliographies) conferences, and work on rhetorical and grammatical issues as they arise in student writing.

Provides training to help students’ develop awareness of their current speech patterns and acquire stronger pronunciation and articulation skills. Students work on all aspects of speech production: intonation, word and sentence stress, rhythm, pitch, reductions, and individual phonemes. Students present short speeches and analyze videotaped versions for critical review.

This course is designed for students who write effectively at the rhetorical level b ut have persistent and/or serious linguistic problems at the sentence level. The class operates as a workshop. Students focus on their individual writing problems as identified in papers they are currently writing for their content courses.

Open to MA TESOL/TFL students who wish to get more exposure writing academic prose in the field of applied linguistics. This course introduces students to developing researching skills as well as multiple drafting and revision strategies. Students learn to write a reaction paper, literature review, and a research prospectus. The fundamentals of APA style are also covered.

Considers issues in language testing including reliability, validity, test bias, and ethics. Examines differences and similarities among placement, proficiency, achievement, aptitude, and performance testing. Explores alternative evaluation procedures. Prepares students to evaluate tests and to develop original language tests. Prerequisites: Language Analysis and Educational Research Methods.

Provides students with an opportunity for supervised teaching experience in ESL or foreign language classes. Discusses classroom-centered research; reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities; professional development; materials development; and reflective teaching. Prerequisites: all other required courses.

Provides language teachers with the skills and knowledge necessary to meet the challenges of supervision. Examines current models of, and research on, language teacher supervision. Students practice observing teachers and conduction post-observation conferences, developing their ability to provide professional feedback, differentiate between evaluative and developmental supervision, and examine the variables related to working with teachers in a variety of specific contexts.

Focuses on major issues confronting contemporary French society. Readings from the French press and TV programs from supplement the textbook. A special attention will be given to grammar concepts that are still problematic to the majority of students. Emphasis on the five skills: cultural awareness, listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Continues the study of major issues in today, with focus on social and political structures. Reading from the contemporary press focus on technological advances, economic trends, political parties, immigration, the job market, unemployment, and the impact of the European Union.

Focuses on native French speech and how to reproduce it effectively. Authentic materials on audio and video tapes exposes students to the gamut of French speaking styles. Provides practice in both formal and informal public speaking.

Ce cours de 2 unités dure 8 semaines jusqu’au 23 octobre. Ce n’est pas un cours intellectuel ou conceptuel, c’est un cours pratique, pragmatique. Nous allons identifier des situations concrètes (exemple : louer une voiture en France), simuler les opérations nécessaires, comprendre et remplir les formulaires (forms) nécessaires. Aucune connaissance préalable de l’économie française ou de la science économique n’est nécessaire. Exemples de situations: louer un appartement, réserver un billet d’avion, changer un billet de train avec réservation, ouvrir un compte en banque, payer des factures, payer en ligne, demander un devis (estimate), négocier avec un fournisseur (provider), envoyer du courrier en recommandé avec un accusé de réception, souscrire des assurances comme la Responsabilité Civile (une RC), faire une déclaration de perte/vol à la police, obtenir un permis de conduire français, changer d’adresse en France, acheter un eurail pass en France, etc. Nous étudierons aussi le français oral réel, dans la rue, à la télévision, l’argot indispensable (slang et vulgar slang), des jeux de mots indispensables et un peu de verlan - pas seulement le français académique officiel. Nous étudierons le franglais, le franricain et l’anglosnobie du business.

Cette classe commence avec un tronc commun de deux semaines (8, 10, 15 et 17 septembre, plus si besoin), qui est un atelier interculturel sur les valeurs, tabous, ‘vérités évidentes’ et vaches sacrées des Français. Pourquoi est-ce qu’ils négocient comme ils le font ? Quels sont les rites, les mythes et les angles morts de la culture française de négociation ? Comment est-ce que l’intégration européenne structure les intérêts français, les positions françaises, et leur perception des problématiques ? Je vous donnerai textes et questions pour cette première période.

Ensuite, durant quatre semaines environ, vous travaillerez par groupes sur un projet dans votre spécialisation, et de manière plus autonome. Par exemple, si vous êtes TI, vous ferez une traduction sur un document (texte, vidéo) de votre choix. Si vous êtes IB, vous proposerez, par exemple, un plan de vente pour un bien ou un service, le cycle de vie d’un produit ou une étude d’une entreprise ou d’un secteur économique. Si vous êtes MPA, vous présenterez par exemple une évaluation d’un programme d’action ou d’une institution. Si vous vous spécialisez dans les études environnementales, dans la sécurité internationale ou la diplomatie commerciale, choisissez un sujet (macro, méso ou micro) dans votre domaine, etc.

Explores the cultural and political influence of former colonizers - and - on Africa. The struggle to gain independence through the deconstruction of the myth of European superiority. Post-independence: rejection / adaptation of European political systems and cultures.

Studies eight broad topics through cinema: The 1789 Revolution and its aftermath, World War I, Vichy and Collaboration, Algerian war, feminism and gender politics since the 1970, the social and economic crisis since the 1970s, multiculturalism, the role of Islam and immigrant youth in contemporary . Advanced conversation class.

Focuses on social-Colbertisme, i.e. the social and economic features of the French system, the relationship between the government and the private sector and social-democracy as the French model of capitalistic development. Studies the impact of the European Union, the single currency and globalization on the French economy and society. Designed for intermediate to advanced speakers.

Introduces French-speaking students to the French worldview in terms of how they conceive of capitalism, welfare state, globalization, social protection and social benefits, unemployment, etc... Provides students with keys to understanding French antiamericanism, relations betwen France and the European Union, the role of the euro and the GSP, etc.

Literature masterpieces as a mean to approach socio-political issues in French-speaking Africa and their historical backgrounds. Languages and religions, the status of the African woman, cultural identity. The evolution - if any - of the role of the writer from colonialism to independent Africa. Designed for advanced speakers.

Focuses on Africa’s wide spread failed democratic experience: the western models of democracy. Poverty, state stability, relationships between neighbors, brain drain, place of Africa in international forums. Internal cooperation through the African Union (AU), regional partnerships, NEPAD, ECOWAS, COMESA, CEN-SAD, SADC, ECCAS, UMA. Designed for advanced speakers.

Surveys the historical development of the EU from 6 member-states to 25, from the ECSC to the Constitution. Presents an overview of European institutions and inner decision-making system. Analyzes two or three important common policies, such as the Common Agricultural Policy, the European Monetary Union or the Common Foreign and Security Policy. Designed for advanced speakers.

The French section of a comparative environmental course taught in several languages (up to five). Studies the French environmental policy making system, nuclear energy, agriculture and soil/water pollution and the role of the European Union and international agreements in national policy making. The plenary sessions with other languages and TI interpretation consist of presentations, role playing and negotiations on various national perspectives. Designed for advanced speakers.

This course focuses on interactions among individuals, groups, organizations and cultures in global management practice and business conduct.  Students will explore the global business paradigm, culture, multiculturalism, vision/mission, organization structure, leadership, teamwork, learning organizations, negotiation, communication, motivation, ethics/integrity, corporate social responsibility, and change.  Emphasis will be on practical applications of management theory in diverse cultural environments, based on readings, lectures, computer-based slides, case studies, discussion, skills practice workshops, and application exercises using information technology (e.g. internet).  Students investigate international organizational behavior issues in multicultural teams.

Accounting is often defined as the “language of business.” However, accounting systems go far beyond commercial business operations into government, charitable, and even personal operations. In a sense, accounting is the lifeblood of financial information. It provides the information necessary for making sound business, governmental, nonprofit organizational and personal financial decisions. This course has been specially designed to acquaint LPA and IPA students with the accounting information, concepts, and principles essential for decision making in their chosen career paths. The course examines the collection, recording, and reporting of financial information necessary for informed decision making by principals within and outside of the specified organization.

This is the second course in the Principles of Accounting series. This course is concerned with the theory and practice of managerial accounting. The course, while of necessity having to deal with some of the details inherent in accounting, will focus on developing in the student an understanding of the conceptual basis of managerial accounting and on linking that foundation to business decisions. The primary objectives of this course are:

• to present the theories that underlie current managerial accounting practice;
• to examine alternative accounting methods currently acceptable and practiced;
• to implement the procedures necessary to apply the underlying theory; and finally,
• to emphasize the linkage of business activities to accounting information to business decisions. A secondary objective includes developing in the student an analytical ability necessary to evaluate strengths and weaknesses of current and proposed accounting alternatives as well as analyzing potential effects of different accounting treatments and proposals on business decision making.

This course reviews basic financial management practices commonly encountered in industry. Course material includes the current innovations in practice and theory. Topics include security markets, financial ratio analysis, interest rates, risk analysis, time value of money, capital budgeting, and working capital management.

This course is designed to introduce the main concepts of finance and financial terminology. The course is ideal for non-business practitioners that need to understand financial concepts, but will not be running daily financial functions of a firm. Topics to be covered include: Role of financial management, financial markets and institutions, data for financial decision making, time value of money, interest and exchange rates, financial planning, risk measurement, valuation of stocks and bonds, cost of capital, capital budgeting, options, returning value to stockholders.

Statistics is one of the most important analytical tools business people use to solve everyday business problems. Many areas of business are becoming increasingly dependent on data. Learn how to get information from data and interpret statistical results, and you will be able to make informed decisions. This course is designed so that all major topics in introductory applied statistics can be covered in a single semester. Areas covered include data analysis and acquisition, descriptive and numerical methods, statistical inference, regression analysis and statistical process control. Following American Statistical Association guidelines on making statistics more effective in schools of business, the course focuses on fostering statistical thinking, not just teach methods. Attention is given to the analysis of business data and interpretation of the results, with less emphasis on calculations. Because of the important role software packages play in the computation and presentation of statistical results, the course shows how to perform statistical analysis with
Microsoft Excel, a modern spreadsheet.

This course provides students with selected tools that can be used to assist quantitative decision-making. To achieve this, we will continue discussion of statistical tools and of decision-making regarding durable goods, constrained optimization, and project planning. Computer based exercises will be used to augment lecture materials and to demonstrate application of quantitative techniques and supporting technology.

Operations is the core function of most business organizations. It is directly responsible for the value-added transformation of inputs into useful goods and services and their delivery to customers. The overall goal of operations management is to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of the transformation and delivery process. Successful organizations have demonstrated that operations can be a powerful competitive weapon for making major penetrations into markets worldwide. This course introduces the principles, concepts and analytical tools of operations management. It is designed to address the key operations and logistical issues in service and manufacturing organizations that have strategic as well as tactical implications.

This course will cover the fundamental economic principles that can enable managers to make more efficient and economical decisions. Students will be provided with selected tools that can be used to aid and improve the making of economic decisions; that is, decisions involving choice. Economic principles, theories and models will be introduced and discussed in order to develop a basis for consistently considering and evaluating economic policies, practices and activities. Student’s ability to apply the material presented in print and in lecture will be the primary measure of success in this course.

The objective of the course is to provide students with an understanding of the basic principles and concepts of marketing, for example, marketing mix, market segmentation, the establishment of marketing goals, and the formulation of marketing strategies. Course will help students develop a holistic view of marketing and understand the integration of marketing to other business activities. The course thus serves as a foundation for subsequent second-year elective courses focusing specifically on international marketing problems and other marketing electives. Students with a strong undergraduate background in marketing should consider testing out of this course.

This course will present students with the opportunity to explore a number of issues and concerns relating to international business, from economics and finance to human resources and operations management. Using an expanded version of the International Trade Game developed by the instructor for use in IM520, students will: 

1. Select a country in which to locate a new production facility, based on a matrix of countries and variables, which will involve researching 18 issues, from labor laws to expected inflation;
2. Negotiate with the prospective host country governments for investment incentives;
3. Finance their investment (in home, host, or third country capital markets);
4. Manage their subsidiary to maximize profits, within the confines of local laws and international codes of conduct;
5. Present their business strategies to an annual stockholder’s meeting and in an annual report; and
6. Evaluate your classmates by allocating your investments to the best run companies. Grades will be based on your subsidiary’s performance, how much investment you attract from your classmates, and how well your own investment portfolio performs.

Organizing businesses on a global scale remains one of the most complex managerial responsibilities. That complexity is multiplied when an organization’s cross-border activities are subject to increasing diversity and uncertainty of its local social, political, technological and competitive environments. Today’s global corporations, big or small, resource endowed or strapped, have to organize to effectively deal with that complexity to ensure their survival from global competition. Designing Global Corporations aims to develop individual and team knowledge base and skills for tackling the growing management challenge of organizing for simultaneous globalization and localization, or globalization. The primary approach to learning in this course is through working on carefully selected real-life, real-time, and team-based globalization consulting projects, supplemented by other more traditional approaches such as lectures and case studies. Students of this course are expected to play the role of not only a learner but also a consultant, a knowledge broker, and a knowledge creator.

Many of the drivers of internationalization of industries, competition and firms have also become drivers for seeking, establishing and managing international collaborations or partnerships of various types between enterprises. Understanding, creating and managing these partnerships has become a core skill for international managers. This course is designed to introduce students to several of the issues, problems and decisions associated with creating and managing various forms of international partnering: Partnerships, Joint Ventures, Alliances and Networks. The course covers the following topics:

• Issues and decisions made by managers when forming partnerships
• Partner or not partner? Partnership selection criteria, set-up of partnership, managing the partnership over time, responding to environmental and strategic change
• Long-term agreements, licensing, project-oriented JVs, strategic alliances, industrial consortia 
• Collaboration with government agencies and educational institutions
• Collaboration on R&D, engineering, product development, manufacturing, marketing, HR, development and implementation of competitive positioning

Innovation is among the most over used – yet underutilized – concepts in business today. The purpose of this course is to leave students with practical knowledge and tools to improve an organization’s capacity to generate and successfully apply new ideas. What is innovation and why is it important to all organizations the worldover? Why is innovation easy to talk about yet so difficult to implement? Using readings - and video clips from innovative leaders - students will learn the characteristics of innovative organizations. In teams they will then engage in a project in which they examine an actual organization in light of these characteristics and design concrete changes that foster the organization’s capacity for innovation. At the completion of the course, students will have:

• Greater appreciation for innovation, its importance, and what stands in the way of successful innovation
• Knowledge of strategies, structures, processes and skills that characterize successful innovators, and which can be used to diagnose the strengths and weaknesses of organizations
• The ability to design organizations with improved capacity for sustainable and measurable innovation.

The course focuses on what has happened in China's recent past, how it may affect international business and management for Chinese and non-Chinese companies, and what it takes to succeed doing business in China. The topics cover the evolution of the Chinese business environment, entry strategies and business and organization development in China, and China's role in the 21st century global competition. The takeaway would be a better understanding of the opportunities and challenges in global business with the China factor added and a higher level of competence in dealing with those opportunities and challenges.

This course will be discussing the macro shifts which have occurred in the global market place's political, economic and cultural environment. We will analyze trends for further change and explore the resulting implications for international market strategies. Case studies, group discussions and personal presentations will be used.

Conceptually, the course is organized around a management audit of the information services activity. We begin with an overview of key questions to resolve in assessing the strength of an organization’s IT activity, examine a series of frameworks that are useful for analyzing and solving problems in this field, and continue on to address issues relating to how the IT activity can best be organized, planned, and controlled. There are a number of questions related to the IT problems we examine. For example, is my firm affected competitively either by omissions in work being done or by poor execution of this work? Am I missing opportunities that, if properly executed, would give me a competitive edge? Am I spending the right amount of money, and is it focused at the appropriate applications? Is my firm spending efficiently? Maybe I have the right expenditure level, but am I getting the productivity out of my hardware and staff resources that I should get? Do the perspectives and skills of my IT and general management team fit the firm’s changing applications, operations, user environment, and strategic relevance? Is the firm organized to identify, evaluate, and assimilate new information technologies? These questions form the basis of an audit of the firm’s position with respect to information technology and its overall goals.

Fortunes have been made and lost in real estate investments. Many have said that about horse racing too. Clearly there are differences between the two, as there are between investing in real estate and bonds or stocks. We will compare and contrast investments in real estate with those of other assets, and explore what makes real estate attractive investments to some and not to others. The objective of this one-credit course is to introduce the future entrepreneur, investor, and/or business manager to the fundamentals of real estate finance. This course will focus on the following four areas:

• Techniques for analyzing real estate investments
• Financial analysis of real property investments
• Development of real property
• The structure of real property investments

Knowing how to manage change has become a crucial skill for anyone charged with creating effective programs and organizations in rapidly-changing environments. This course will focus on the basic principles of change management. Participants will learn a process approach to change that can be applied in any type of organization, which includes learning how to handle resistance. We will also concentrate on the skills required of change agents and incorporate some examples of one type of change intervention - team building related to organizational change.

This is a survey course on the consideration of aspects associated with political risk analysis. The course will cover, within a multidisciplinary approach, theoretical as well as empirical issues pertaining to an economic /financial examination of the international business environment. The range of topics will include from definitional matters, to the discussion of the nature, to assessment methods, to forecasting models, to the rating and management of political risk. The ever-changing nature of political risk will be emphasized through a source - medium - effect framework. Case discussions and project preparation will be used as a pedagogical approach to supplement lecturing as well as possible guest speaker presentations.

This workshop is designed to address a special topic in corporate financial management involving the combination of corporate enterprises. It will include some historical background about the market for mergers and acquisitions, followed by the rationale for pursuing an acquisition. The course also includes information and analysis on the various ways created value is distributed.

This course is designed to introduce the theory and operation of the US financial system. Topics to be covered include the structure and operation of the Federal Reserve System (FRS), the functions and impact of non-bank financial institutions, the ongoing and significant institutional modifications occurring in the US financial system, some basics of monetary and aggregate economic theory, and the conduct of monetary policy. The course assists students in understanding the relationships between economic variables, (prices, money stocks, output, and employment), and institutional entities, (Central Banks, Commercial Banks, Non-Bank Financial intermediaries, the Treasury, the FED, and the IMF). In addition, students will develop a set of tools for analyzing and evaluating changes in these economic and institutional variables. This course will prepare students for further study in international finance and banking.

This course teaches financial and managerial accounting concepts from a management perspective. It is designed to be useful particularly for those who aspire to be managers, management consultants, financial specialists (e.g., controller, financial analyst, auditor), or human resource specialists (e.g., personnel director, compensation consultant). The course highlights the reporting differences among industries, including manufacturing, retailing, and service firms, and regulated and non-regulated firms. Statements of actual companies, with an emphasis on international companies, are used in illustrations and cases. The actual financial statements highlight current financial reporting problems, including comprehensive income, segment reporting, options, post-retirement benefits, and the harmonization of international standards.

This course deals with the specific issues related to the evaluation and implementation of international investment projects. In particular, it focuses on capital budgeting decision rules, political risk analysis, elements of international taxation, subsidiary versus parent perspective, adjustments for risk, and other factors such as exchange rate, financing arrangement, and inflation. The course blends a theoretical approach with an ample set of real world applications in the form of problem solving, case studies and readings discussions.

This course examines the institutional characteristics and relative valuation of securities traded in the international financial markets. The course is divided into two major parts. The first part of the course examines securities issued by the United States Treasury and other sovereign governments including Treasury bills, notes, bonds and zero coupon STRIPS. The first section of part one examines yield, duration and convexity. The second section of part one describes portfolio management and trading strategies when the shape of the yield curve can change, including yield spread trades, hedging and butterfly trades, as well as the characterization of modes of fluctuation in bond yields. The second part of the course examine derivative securities on financial securities including option and futures contracts on stock, currencies, bonds and money market instruments.

Financial Planning I will discuss the book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki. While there are formal handouts and readings, the primary thrust of the course will seem almost psychological in nature. What is in the mindset of those who are successful vis-a-vis financial planning (and all that represents) as opposed to those who are less successful in such endeavors? How can you take advantage of discovering the answer? The course will shed light on these questions, the answers to which at first gleaming may seem surprising, but upon retrospect, will be seen as at everyone's front doorstep, so to speak. As you might suspect, in part, the "secret" derives somewhat from a combination of (a) what information and (b) how to use that information. Topics include description of the financial planning industry, what a financial planner does, how to determine financial goals, review of financial papers, and development of a financial plan for each participant.

This course provides an introduction and career development to students who plan to work for companies that operate in the international environment or that are in the process of regional or global market entry. This includes companies that will either provide products and services to other companies or government institutions in the international environment, or will source their products and services from international institutions. The focus of course objectives is threefold: (1) on preparing students to work in the international value chain, as international marketing and sourcing managers, (2) as a foundation course for those who plan to work as international account representatives and as a part of an international marketing or sourcing team, (3) to provide a broad approach to the global marketing and sourcing strategies and functions within companies and their link to overall corporate strategy.

This course is a graduate-level Marketing seminar on International Channel Marketing & Channel Management.The course themes include the introduction of traditional channel marketing concepts and considerations when applying to international business. Components of the course will tackle issues including channel development strategies, adaptation of the marketing mix and a thorough review of direct versus indirect channel management and their implications to international businesses. The course will regularly draw upon business examples of theory put into practice. The course will include significant discussion, group effort and case studies so that students can fully embrace and integrate the material presented.

This course introduces students to terminology and concepts, and builds skills in problem solving and decision making in the following areas of business marketing in the international environment:

• Understanding global industries and dynamic marketing opportunities within the value chains of industries and inter-industry competitive sets
• Understanding of the forces for globalization within industries and their impact upon value-chain supply/marketing linkages, and making decisions on regional and global market entry and participation programs.
• International marketing opportunity analysis, segmentation and targeting
• Management of the product and service line within the international context
• New product development and launch, marketing planning for new products in international markets
•  Establishing and managing international channels of distribution for market entry, penetration and competitive response strategy
• Pricing and competitive bidding in the international environment

This course presents an overview of topics, including cost of capital, financial structure, cost estimation, financial forecasting, management control, initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and small business and personal financial planning, including computer applications.

This course covers theory and instruments used in developing international investment portfolios. Students gain an understanding of international capital and money markets through the development and management of their own portfolios. The course also covers the use of hedging strategies, asset pricing models and management of exchange risk.

This course deals with the diverse ways in which a company is exposed to foreign exchange risk and in particular how to manage these kinds of exposures. Emphasis is on the corporate view of international financial management. In additional to theoretical concepts, this course offers ample practical applications in the form of problems and case studies.

This course deals with the issue of creating corporate value by focusing on topics such as cost of capital, resource allocation, management of equity and corporate debt, financial engineering, mergers and acquisitions, and financial strategy. The course is case-oriented to emphasize a normative analysis approach where the administrative point of view emerges with the growth of judgment. The case studies in this course address exclusively international dimensions of finance.

This course will focus on the theory and application of statistical and economic modeling tools and techniques. Multiple regression and time series forecasting techniques will be examined and applied to primary and secondary data in order to foster an understanding of the appropriate uses and limitations of the modeling and forecasting process. Several computer-based statistical and modeling programs will be used during this semester. This course focuses on the design, estimation and use of models and their application. By the end of the semester students should be able to independently design a modeling activity that addresses an empirical question or issue, select and apply appropriate statistics for estimating and evaluating the estimated model, and present their results to a wide variety of audiences.

This course presents the processes which link the multitude of functional organizations that are involved in developing a new product or service. A comprehensive product development process consistent with the recent ISO 15288 and accompanying international standards will be presented. The process will span from the Marketing and Sales inputs and the development of a Market Requirements Document (MRD), to the evolution of the Product Requirements Document (PRD), and finally through to Production and Distribution. Management decisions that span financial, contractual, technology readiness, and organizational issues will be addressed. Several tools and techniques to propel the development process will be demonstrated and discussed.

Supply chain management is unique and, to some degree, represents a paradox because it is concerned with one of the oldest and also the most newly discovered activities of business. Supply chain system activities – communication, inventory management, warehousing, transportation, and facility location – have been performed since the start of commercial activity. It is difficult to visualize any product that could reach a customer without logistical support. Yet it is only over the last few years that firms have started focusing on logistics and supply chain management as a source of competitive advantage. There is a realization that no company can do any better than its supply chain. This becomes even more important given that product life cycles are shrinking and competition is intense. Supply chain management today represents a great challenge as well as a tremendous opportunity for most firms. In this course we will present and explain concepts, insights, practical tools and decision support systems important for the effective management of the supply chain. Our goal is to understand how supply chain decisions impact the performance of the firm as well as the entire supply chain. The key will be to understand the link between supply chain structures and logistical capabilities in a firm or supply chain.

This course aims to provide students with a management perspective of accounting information with special emphasis on the control viewpoint. The role of an accountant or controller is briefly discussed. Particular attention is given to managerial thinking for controlling the organization in an international context. The concepts and techniques of management control are thoroughly discussed within the backdrop of general management issues but also within the context of specific international issues such as transfer pricing, international taxation and exchange rates. Modern theories on organization and decision-making are highlighted in relation to management control systems.

The primary focus of this course is on managing the business-level strategic management function in a global industry. In global industries, corporate performance is strongly influenced by the competitive strategies and organizational capabilities of companies, the economic structure of the industry, and the policies of home and host governments. Adaptive firms in global industries will face significant opportunities well into the next century. Those firms, which do not align themselves with the environment, will face contraction, acquisition, or extinction. Thus, firms that can develop and implement strategies based on (1) global scale economies, (2) production rationalization, (3) a coordinated worldwide network of activities, and/or (4) astute management of home and host government relations will find themselves in a position to outperform competitors that operate as local or national firms. The course will be conducted using both the lecture and case methods and active student participation is required.

Behavioral traps represent one of the most important obstacles to the successful implementation of the skills taught in traditional finance courses. The course begins with a discussion of market efficiency, the “Winner’s Curse,” speculative bubbles, and IPOs. We then discuss limits to arbitrage, the relative mispricing of common stocks, and the tendency of individual investors to trade in a highly correlated fashion. We look at an event study of a market anomaly, post-earnings announcement drift. We then turn to heuristic and biases identified by behavioral decision theorists and how these affect investor behavior. Topics include overconfidence, attribution theory, the representative heuristic, the availability heuristic, anchoring and adjustment, fairness, hindsight bias, and prospect theory. We then discuss how these biases and heuristics affect the behavior and welfare of investors. We look a number of market anomalies and at explanations, behavioral and otherwise, for anomalies. And we examine the applications of behavioral decision theory to international finance. This course identifies the key psychological obstacles to value maximizing behavior, along with steps that managers can take to mitigate the effects of these obstacles. The objective of the course is to help students learn how to put the traditional vs. behavioral tools of investment and corporate finance to their best use, and mitigate the effects of psychological obstacles that reduce value. The course consists of lectures and occasional interactive demonstrations.

This is an introductory survey course to introduce students to the legal framework that regulates and provides structure in which companies conduct business in the international marketplace. Topics will include; (i) the international sale of goods and services and the multilateral arrangements that regulate cross-border trade, including various types of import restrictions and export controls; and (ii) a more focused look at foreign investment, including how and why a company chooses to structure its presence abroad as a joint venture, or to acquire or merge with an existing company, or to establish a teaming arrangement. We will examine specific issues that arise in certain types of international contracts including distribution agreements, franchise agreements, license agreements and sourcing agreements. We will pay particular attention to technology transfer questions, including how distinct legal and cultural values affect the recognition of, and a company’s ability to protect, intellectual property rights.

Scenarios and vignettes developed by the instructor based on “real life” situations encountered during his 20+years experience in International HR are explored to reveal the complex dynamics of cross-cultural human resource management. The course emphasizes practical application of general human management principles as impacted by unique cultural dynamics. For example, the concept of “sexual harassment” as it applies in a “Latin” culture is explored by students preparing responses to a complaint lodged by French employees against a senior manager. The discussion highlights cultural differences that impact the way fundamental human resource values and policies are perceived and executed. For example, the issue of “conflict of interest” is explored in the context of Asian cultures where practices that might be deemed unethical in the West or US are common. Gender, diversity, compensation and deployment are among the issues that are experienced through workshop and roleplaying sessions.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of project management, addressing four major issues: culture, principles, management and techniques /tools used in projects. The course reviews the general stages of a project in chronological order and describes how the stages interrelate. The elements of project management critical to the success of a project are also identified and explained. Course Objectives:

• To describe, demystify and formalize project management so that students are prepared for the Project Management curriculum and can utilize knowledge and skills in their professions. Real world examples, case studies and anecdotes will be used to illustrate major points. These illustrations will also show that managing projects, while a challenging and rewarding career choice of itself, is a valuable asset in all careers.
• To provide a substantive overview of project management in an international context. Working on both international projects and on local projects in international teams will be stressed. Real life hurdles of working in the international environment will be a prime focus of the course.
• To enable the immediate practice of project management in any workplace, independent of discipline. Students will learn to use project management processes and discuss them intelligently with colleagues, senior executives, or clients.

A graduate-level marketing course offering students practical guidance for analysis and implementation of international business development strategy. Anecdotally-based, course themes include the importance of formal market planning, new market evaluation, cultural considerations, formation of market and channel development strategies and remote versus local management considerations. This seminar course will be largely discussion based to flush out the fundamental market development principles presented in lectures and through the required reading. Significant reading and preparation is required prior to each session. Students will be encouraged to study material in groups in order to understand basic concepts in preparation for class time. The course is meant to provide a vehicle for open exchange of ideas and present the realities of developing international business in today’s global marketplace.

This workshop will outline localization practices as they relate to marketers faced with multiple global markets for their products or services. The elements of strategic and tactical adaptation, in particular product, branding, communication, pricing and distribution, as well as techniques to better determine the changes needed for adaptation to localized consumer response patterns, will be considered. To develop our understanding of the issues involved, we will discuss current business cases and readings from leading scholars and business leaders.

The recent financial crisis underscores the importance of corporate governance regulation and enforcement. This course will combine various theoretical perspectives on corporate governance with practical applications through lectures, class discussion and case analysis. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the theoretical foundations of corporate governance and demonstrate the complexity of corporate governance issues. In addition, students will become familiar with the various mechanisms of corporate governance and develop the skills necessary to evaluate the governance of a company.

An idea is not necessarily an opportunity. The focus of this course is to help students develop and systematically apply the entrepreneurial way of thinking in order to create opportunities and successfully bring them to market. The material in this course applies to new or innovative business ventures, whether they take place in new or existing firms, or in small or large firms. Upon completion of this course, students will have the ability to: recognize and evaluate opportunities; evaluate and determine how successful entrepreneurs and investors create and build value for themselves and others; assess the skills and needs of the entrepreneurial team; analyze the financial and other resource needs of the venture and develop strategies to obtain the necessary resources; develop strategies to start, manage, grow, and end the new venture. In particular, students will be able to determine the critical tasks to be accomplished, the hurdles to be overcome during start-up and early growth, and what has to happen to succeed; and, to identify the future consequences of decisions made by entrepreneurs at each point in time, including options that are precluded or preserved.

The course deals with the specific issues of managing risk internationally including the application of specific management tools such as risk mapping, loss forecasting, integrated risk financing, financial reinsurance, and captive/risk retention groups. Students will be assigned a company project to apply the tools learned in the course.

This course is intended to provide the most current and useful information to understand the events that are shaping the way of doing business in Latin America. More specifically, the discussion of readings and cases will provide the means leading to an understanding of the economic, political, legal, financial, managerial, social and cultural factors to be considered when dealing with Latin America as a region of international business opportunities. Active participation by the students in shaping the content and evolution of the course is expected and encouraged.

Although the term social entrepreneurship is gaining popularity in the media, there is no common agreement as to what it is, and the distinction between entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship is often muddled. Typically entrepreneurship is understood as the process of creatively forming a new business thus creating subsequent profit with capital at risk. A general view of social entrepreneurship is that it is a process that requires both economic and social motives such as the fulfillment of social needs or a transformational benefit to a significant portion of society. Creativity, profit and capital at risk are seemingly less important issues. Through lecture, in-class discussions and guest speakers, the course will focus on the nature of social entrepreneurship (SE), what it is, how if differs from normal entrepreneurship, and the development of approaches to help social entrepreneurs and their organizations be more effective in carrying out their missions. The course will examine both US-based and international SE. The students will also examine governmental policies and the efficacy of the outcomes. The class will begin its journey with discussions about what entrepreneurship is, followed by a focus on social entrepreneurship.

Today more than ever people everywhere want to both do well and do good in their working life. But the desire for “right livelihood” must be matched with smart strategic business planning. Whether you are an independent entrepreneur, or an employee taking the initiative to green your company from the inside (intrpreneur, if you will), this workshop will support your efforts. It will cover knowledge of the LOHAS (Lifestyles Of Health And Sustainability) market, business planning for sustainability, presentation of new ideas, networking, and work design for values-based organizations. Creative thinking, global perspectives, communications strategies, and sustainability goals are encouraged and clarified, both individually and in groups. Socially responsible investment (SRI) and venture capital alike increasingly seek opportunities to invest in sustainable enterprises which demonstrate high performance with the Triple Bottom Line: economic viability, ecological care, and community health.

Innovative and elegant new technologies which advance sustainability goals appear on the scene every month.Germany and Japan are leading countries in environmental technology exports. What are these new technologies, who’s inventing them, how do they work, and why are they better than conventional technologies for the Triple Bottom Line? These products, practices, and services make financial sense, and at the same time reduce negative environmental and/or social impacts. They are more energy or water efficient, use fewer natural resources, are less toxic, or are priced for a wider audience. A natural affinity occurs between some sustainable technologies and markets that serve the poor of the world. This workshop thus also explores the principles and details of marketing to the bottom of the pyramid, including appropriate products, services, pricing, packaging, sales methods, and host country environments. Success in markets for the poor can establish win-win solutions for years to come.

Faced with globalization, outsourcing, changing regulations, and rapid technological innovations, companies in the 2000s are increasingly challenged to devise and implement adaptable business methods and strategies. We will examine the theories behind these strategies, and evaluate company efforts at globalizing IT to realize their plans. From Ford Motor Co.'s rapid tech rollout, to Submarino.com's efforts at quick expansion, and SAP's massive redefinition into an open-sourced software integrator, we will investigate the core underpinnings of sourcing and international expansion, and the decisions to stay centralized and regional, or decentralized and local.

The workshop will examine the effect of culture on consumer behavior through the study of consumer behavior theories and their implications for marketing practices. Specific topics that will be addressed in the workshop include:

•  Consumer socialization
•  Group influences on consumer behavior
•  The role of emotions in consumer behavior
•  Consumer satisfaction
•  Consumer misbehavior: The dark side of consumer behavior
•  Consumer behavior and the bigger picture: Volunteerism, philanthropy, response to cause-related marketing and corporate social responsibility practices

Securing property rights and the private ownership of real property are the foundations of any free market economy. No market can grow beyond agriculture and the extractive industries with capital investment in infrastructure and no social order can be sustained without a method to allocate land use over time. Without clear property rights and the legal system to enforce them, new capital will not be attracted to invest in the physical improvements (factories, offices, warehouses) necessary to produce and distribute “value added” products and services. Property Rights - The Organizing Principle of Just about Everything that Matters will examine both the characteristics of real estate investments and the legal institutions necessary to promote an unencumbered flow of capital into growing markets.

Corporate Social Responsibility is best undertaken strategically, envisioned as Corporate Social Opportunity to benefit from truly appropriate public relations and logical philanthropy. This introductory workshop focuses on how to recognize social and community problems that may threaten healthy enterprise, and makes the business case for addressing them. Too many businesses find themselves unprepared for the expanding stakeholder involvement that recent corporate scandals accelerated. Investors are asking new questions about social impacts on issues ranging from sweatshops to salaries. Consumers today increasingly seek information on how products are made, not just the ingredients. Employees are proud to work where their companies “do the right thing” with community engagement. Buyers pressure their suppliers to report on the social dimensions of their operations as never before. Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to identify emerging social issues, evaluate potential impacts on business strategies and operations, and clarify stakeholder interests and concerns.

This course offers an integrated marketing communications approach to the study of the many ways in which profit and nonprofit organizations communicate with their publics in order to accomplish various marketing objectives. Emphasis is placed on understanding the synergies between various communications tools like advertising, sales promotions, public relations, and event sponsorships, within an international context. We will discuss the basic concept of integrated marketing communications and how to apply the concepts in the context of examples and cases from companies and non-profit organizations. We will identify the issues involved with designing a marketing communications campaign and look at problems with developing marketing communications programs across cultures.

This course will acquaint you with the fundamentals of market research. As most Students will become users of market research rather than specialists in research, the course will emphasize research as an aid to management decision-making. In addition, this course will foster a rudimentary ability to develop, execute and interpret market research, in particular, the development, use, and interpretation of a questionnaire. The course will be project based. Upon completion of the course, you will have the following competencies: the ability to interpret marketing research results and limitations; the ability to match appropriate techniques to examine opportunities and solve problems; the ability to develop and apply and interpret a subset of market research techniques, including focus groups, depth interviews, and surveys; and, the ability to evaluate marketing research techniques and results.

Measuring the progress of sustainability efforts, what they cost and what they save, is increasingly important to businesses both large and small. Appropriate sustainability reporting is becoming a prerequisite for investment, and a tool for compliance. Sustainability baseline assessments now precede strategic planning in many companies. But the range of available e-tools is exploding, and all new MBAs will be expected to guide their employers to the right metrics. This course will cover and practice with the several major metrics, for example, the Global Reporting Initiative, Scoreboard, the GHG Protocol, or EPA Portfolio Manager. We will emphasize the necessity of matching the data to the decision-making process.

The “Green” movement continues to be a serious topic for the Marketer in 2009. As individual consumers continue to be concerned about global warming trends, the welfare of the environment and sustainability of global ecosystems, the demand for Green products and services expands. Marketers must determine whether they need to adapt their Marketing strategies to a Greening process in order to comply with global customer demands. The workshop will present the current global status of the Green Marketing movement and will present a framework of how environmentally sustainable business models are marketed worldwide. Some of the issues the workshop will cover include:

•  Defining ‘What is Green Marketing’?
•  Regional market trends related to Green marketing concepts
•  Greening the Marketing mix
•  Global markets for Green products and services
•  Analysis of the leading Green Marketing company strategies

Socially and environmentally responsible investments have become a thriving and important industry. From the stock market to the supermarket, each of us invests capital in ways that reflect our values, knowledge, and 'appetite' for risk. This program will explore the types of investment vehicles that are available -- from socially responsible (SRI) mutual funds to private equities and debt instruments, including shareholder advocacy, positive & negative screens, and microfinance. The class will learn how to identify the optimal risk/reward balance, current trends and principles of "triple bottom line" investing, and practical applications of these tools to solving current sustainability challenges.

A team of students works with a sponsoring company under faculty supervision to develop a comprehensive plan for international business development. International business plans emphasize the international and functional dimensions of business. Students operate as members of a multi-cultural team and arrange business project tasks, timelines and responsibilities. Teams work with company sponsors to produce a written project report and a multimedia presentation of their analysis.

This is a course concerned with the theory and practice of accounting for Nonprofit entities. The course focuses on the information needs of Nonprofit organizations for both reporting and administrative reasons. At the end of this course, you should be familiar with the importance of fund accounting, some of the basic characteristics and limitations of fund accounting reports and generally accepted accounting principles for the following subjects: Financial Reporting for Nonprofit Entities; Fund Accounting to Include the Differences Among Funds; Budgets for Resource Management; Cost Determination.

The goal of this course is to help each student develop a better awareness of his or her creativity and to remove barriers that may prohibit its actualization. In the first part of the term, we will take both a right brain and left brain-approach to examining creativity. In the second-part of the course, we will try to link creativity with vision through scenario development. The course will use an interactive seminar-type approach, requiring active participation in-class and introspection outside of class.

This course will include entrepreneurship, development (through a base of the pyramid approach), and a sustainability focus. Specifically, it will explore how to initiate, sustain and expand business at the bottom of the pyramid where one finds the largest, but poorest socioeconomic group (in global terms, the four billion people who live on less that $2 per day, typically in developing countries).

Environmental compliance traditionally handled by Environmental, Health & Safety departments is no longer enough for smart companies. For multi-national corporations or small and medium enterprises, good environmental strategies promise the benefit of liability avoidance, reduced insurance costs, increased regulatory predictability, operational cost savings, new market opportunities, and improved employee morale and public relations. The potential to achieve eco-efficiency and eco-effectiveness appears in strategic planning, operations, product or service specifications, the supply chain, and transport. This workshop will explore how business can benefit from reductions in energy and water use, waste minimization, lower virgin material and energy content in products, innovative business models and management tools, toxics substitution, packaging redesign, and other “green” business practices. It is important to document progress with careful metrics: beginning baselines, appropriate benchmarks, clear indicators, and transparent reporting. Students will learn to recognize these hazards and opportunities, then measure and report improvements.

This course aims to expand awareness, enhance understanding and facilitate development of a set of perspectives and skills essential to effectiveness in international negotiations. Specific focus is directed toward developing a framework for considering aspects of international negotiations, understanding the development of trust, dimensions of coalitional bargaining and the range of conflict handling modes.

This workshop is designed to facilitate the creation of a personal definition and philosophy of global leadership, and to aid in the exploration and “fleshing out” of these personal philosophies by reflecting participants’ views against models and principles that have been derived from theoretical and empirical work in the field. Various global leadership development programs—along with their under girding philosophies—will be presented and discussed, with special emphasis on the application of coaching and mentoring approaches in building global leadership skills. Participants will then engage in the design of global leadership development programs, both individually and in teams, and will take away from the workshop sophisticated programs that can be implemented in their workplace or with the clients with whom they consult.

This course will address the key activities involved in delivering management consulting services to multinational corporations. Elements covered will include identifying consulting opportunities, framing the question with the client, developing the proposal, managing the engagement, delivering the results, understanding organizational change implications, managing client relations and client follow-up. The course will be delivered in a case format illustrating how the above elements were used in actual client situations that have been successfully carried out by the professor and his consulting teams. Students will have the opportunity to develop a client proposal and engagement plan.

This course offers a practical, “real world” understanding of venture capital from both the entrepreneur's and the venture capitalist's perspective. It examines how VC investments are evaluated and structured, and explores strategies for attracting and negotiating venture investments. A key focus is on strategically driven, corporate venture investing and the potential tensions and divergence of interests between the entrepreneur and the corporate investor. We also examine alternative models for introducing venture capital funding mechanisms in various European & Asian countries. The course heavily leverages recent Silicon Valley deals, and involves direct student interaction with the actual entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and corporate executives driving these transactions. To emphasize the risky and volatile nature of venture work, we will examine a mix of dramatic success stories, horrific failures and deals where the outcome remains uncertain. The course is a two-day intensive seminar and uses a combination of guest speakers, case studies, discussions, and student presentations. The class is particularly appropriate for those with a strong interest in new ventures and considering careers as entrepreneurs, venture capitalists or corporate development executives.

The course will explore the role of international financial institutions and other intermediaries in structuring and providing cross border financing. We will discuss the interplay of markets and products as well as the varied and complementary capabilities of a variety of lenders, underwriters and investors. While we will review some “plain vanilla” financing techniques, the emphasis will be on complex transactions designed to mitigate risk and/or address off-balance sheet issues. Structured trade financing, project financing, and emerging market issues will be highlighted. In the final class the participants will be asked to play the role of Financial Advisor to a major exporting company by analyzing the company’s annual report and making structured finance recommendations to facilitate export sales.

This course focuses on monitoring and controlling balance sheet variables with less than one year to maturity. Topics include financial planning, cash collection, concentration and disbursement, receivables, payables, inventory management, short-term investing and borrowing, interest risk management. An intensive case approach is the method of instruction.

This course features individual and small group study and research on selected topics.

Students use their Peace Corps experience as the foundation for the Business Development Project Report, working closely with a faculty advisor while overseas. Requires faculty, Dean, and MBA Student Advisor signatures.

The purpose of this course is to develop competency in economic theory as it relates to environmental issues, and the analytical skills necessary to evaluate, as well as craft, effective, efficient, and just environmental policies. We will highlight policies that influence (both directly and indirectly) the environment and natural resource use, and analyze their implications. The emphasis will be on identifying and assessing the appropriate economic tools for addressing current environmental issues. Students will learn how to “think like an economist,” which may not make for great party conversation, but is essential for conversing intelligently about the world’s major environmental problems and developing solutions.

This course introduces students to the theory and practice of policy analysis. Students will be introduced to the stages of the public policy process, including agenda setting, formulation, implementation, and evaluation. Students will also develop basic policy analysis skills, including problem definition, stakeholder identification, summarization of current policy, development of policy options, elaboration of criteria for selection, and recommendation of course of action. These concepts are illustrated by examples of policies on global issues including but not limited to security, trade, human rights, environment, development, migration, and other topics.

This course introduces students to the scientific method used in the analysis and evaluation of policy instruments. A series of research approaches and techniques are presented in the context of specific areas of domestic and international policy. Topics include but are not limited to archival data analysis, surveys, interviews, research designs, sampling, hypothesis building, and others.

This course covers a broad spectrum of quantitative analytical skills used in public policy analysis, program evaluation, public administration and non-profit management. Topics include descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, simple multivariate regression analysis, and graphical presentation techniques. Exercises use different statistical software packages to analyze policy relevant data sets.

The course introduces students to key analytical concepts and normative views such as balance of power, unipolarity, multipolarity, unilateralism, multilateralism, etc., and major theoretical perspectives for analysis of international politics, as well as the major international events of the past century that have shaped the international system.  Students will learn ways that international actors, including sovereign states and non-state entities such as multinational corporations, international organizations, and nongovernmental organizations, exercise power to pursue goals and influence international outcomes.  Students will also learn how international institutions, norms, and structures of governance affect the exercise of power and other forms of influence and shape international outcomes.  Students will also be introduced to some contemporary issues of national, international, and human security, including the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and terrorism, as well as issues of globalization, food security, the plight of the LDC’s, and human rights.

The course introduces students to key analytical concepts and normative views such as balance of power, unipolarity, multipolarity, unilateralism, multilateralism, etc., and major theoretical perspectives for analysis of international politics, as well as the major international events of the past century that have shaped the international system.  Students will learn ways that international actors, including sovereign states and non-state entities such as multinational corporations, international organizations, and nongovernmental organizations, exercise power to pursue goals and influence international outcomes.  Students will also learn how international institutions, norms, and structures of governance affect the exercise of power and other forms of influence and shape international outcomes.  Students will also be introduced to some contemporary issues of national, international, and human security, including the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and terrorism, as well as issues of globalization, food security, the plight of the LDC’s, and human rights.

This course provides a foundation in the core concepts, actors, drivers and institutions of global environmental politics and governance. The first half of the class focuses on global environmental politics and the second on international environmental law and more broadly, global environmental governance (GEG). The first half of the class is divided into two parts. Part One explores the state of the global environment, the nature of global environmental problems and the key actors in global environmental politics. Part Two examines seven underlying drivers of global environmental degradation: 1) technology, especially energy; 2) consumption; 3) values/cultural norms; 4) globalization; 5) capitalism and the growth imperative; 6) poverty and inequality; and 7 population growth. For each driver, we will explore a core conceptual framework and then consider and critically evaluate how it relates to global environmental problems, especially climate change. The second half of the class will examine international environmental regimes, including legal treaties and “soft law”. It will evaluate the overall effectiveness of global environmental governance (GEG) in addressing the underlying drivers of global environmental degradation and solving global environmental problems, especially climate change and biodiversity loss. The course will analyze and debate proposals to improve GEG, including the creation of a World Environment Organization, an increased role for regional governance, and a “multi-level” approach centered on a greater role for cities.

This course is an introductory course to interest-based negotiation theory and practice. Students will be offered an introduction to interest-based negotiation as applied to regional conflicts, human rights cases, trade disputes, and environmental conflicts. Students will participate in a series of negotiation simulation exercises designed to provide experience in the development of negotiation strategy, team building, bilateral and multilateral negotiations. The course will also introduce mediation and arbitration as forms of alternative dispute resolution. The course will also focus on cross-cultural and gender issues as variants in international negotiations. The semester course will conclude with a study of crisis negotiations including barricade hostage and kidnapping scenario situations. This course serves as a pre-requisite to the Analysis of International Negotiations seminar, IS 697 and supports requirements for the specialization in International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution.

Basic principles of security, arms control, and nonproliferation applied to the Northeast Asian region. The central focus is on preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery means. This included nuclear, chemical and biological weapons as well as ballistic missiles. The first part of the course presents some of the basic arms control concepts and introduces nuclear, chemical, biological and missile principles and technical terms. The goal is to give students a better understanding of the politics of arms control and nonproliferation as well as nonproliferation challenges such as export controls and verification. The course also describes the existing international organizations and regimes designed to cope with proliferation problems and the ways that arms control can contribute to national and regional security. The second half of the course surveys arms control and nonproliferation issues in Northeast Asia, including the challenges of missile proliferation, missile defenses, and the evolving security dynamics in the region. We review in detail the security and arms control policies of the major powers in the region and discuss the impact of their interactions on regional peace and stability.

This course is an introduction to the field of conflict resolution and is intended to provide a solid foundation for further inquiry and application. The course is deliberately very broad and it so designed to facilitate students to pick and choose specific topics they would like to study in-depth in future. This course is both theory and skills based. Theories useful for understanding the root causes, dynamics and the resolution of the conflict (primarily inter-state conflict) will be examined. In the latter half of the course, students will focus on developing skills (primarily negotiation, mediation and facilitation) as third party interveners. Students will be encouraged to find their style of intervention, analyze complex conflict situations, develop intervention strategies and suggest methods and processes for implementing agreements reached.

This course introduces the use of quantitative methods in environmental analysis. Students will learn how to apply basic principles of natural science to a variety of globally important environmental problems. Topics covered include estimation techniques and stock-flow modeling; population and resource use; biogeochemical cycles; acid deposition; climate change; stratospheric ozone depletion; toxic pollution and public health; and ionizing radiation. Coursework features weekly readings, bi-weekly quantitative problem sets, a mid-term exam, and a final exam. This is a challenging course for students with limited math and science backgrounds, but no student who works diligently will be left behind. The methods taught in this course have proven useful not only for aspiring environmental scientists, but also for those working in public policy, environmental law, ecological economics, international development, business, and journalism.

This is an introductory course on the theory and practice of cross-cultural communication. The centerpiece of the course will be the Kluckhohn anthropolgical model of value orientations, and much of the discussion and one of the papers will relate to this model. The course will also focus on a number of selected topics in the field, for example: foreign travel as a factor in attitude change, nonverbal communication and intercultural problems, re-entry shock, American, Japanese and Russian value orientations, etc. One of the main purposes of the course is to enhance the student\'s analytical abilities when approaching foreign cultures and, indeed, one\'s own culture. Another goal is to sensitize students to the value orientations of a wide variety of cultures. Some of the assignments will involve experiential learning. A full-day Saturday culture-learning field trip to Big Sur is included.

This course uses a systems approach to explore how nongovernmental and social purpose organizations generate resources, create programs, and manage for the achievement of mission. Special emphasis will be given to how such organizations approach poverty alleviation, civil society development, and capacity strengthening within the context of developing countries and transitional states. We will seek to understand the significance of the “learning organization” approach to leadership and will assess the degree to which selected nongovernmental and social purpose entities fit this framework. Among the topics covered are: revenue generation; strategic planning; budgeting; the human resource function; use of technology; leadership; governance; and organizational capacity development. Students work in small teams to study a local social purpose organization. Case studies are a feature of many class meetings. Course requirements also include a mini-internship and a project(either in multi-media or traditional format) related to course themes.

This course serves as an introduction to the environments, processes, and main issues that compose the universe of trade policies. Because of the growing complexities of a more interdependent international environment, students need to expand their knowledge, sensitivity and skills in trade policies. Focus on the changing international environment, its trading institutions, key actors and issues; practices of analyzing, formulating and negotiating key trade policy issues.

Traditionally public organizations (civil services, state-owned enterprises) have been the principal instruments for delivering public goods and services, e.g., health, safety, education, electric power, water, transportation, etc. Today it is also common for the provider of public goods to be a private business, e.g., road construction, waste disposal, or nonprofit organization, e.g., the Red Cross, or the World Food Program of the UN. The business or NGO supplies goods or services under contract to a public authority, whether municipality, state, region, or international organization. If organizations are to deliver the purported benefits, they must be well managed. Goals must be identified, plans made, tasks defined, targets set, resources mobilized (human, financial, information), standards established, operations monitored and evaluated, etc. All this is management. We shall examine both the theory and practice of organizing and managing public goods and services at different levels of governance.

The first part of this course looks at both the theory and practice of international trade. Topics include an analysis of the gains from free trade and the effects of barriers to trade such as tariffs, subsidies, quotas, VER’s and other instruments of commercial policy. Other topics of discussion include the proliferation of regional trade arrangements, the WTO, and issues of specific concern to emerging market economies. The second part of the course focuses on international monetary theory and practice, and macroeconomic policymaking in an open economy. Topics include balance-of payments analysis, the foreign exchange market, theories of foreign exchange rate determination, emerging market currency crises, and European monetary union.

This course addresses a broad range of abuses and injustices, particularly those that have been exacerbated by post-Cold War trends, through the wide-angle lens afforded by a human rights perspective. The globalization of markets, the dissolution of states, new generation of conflicts, the emasculation of the public sector, the manifest hegemony of the private sector, and the increasing stress on ecological systems have generated new vulnerabilities and new categories of victims. We examine the utility of human rights treaties, regimes, organizations, and coalitions for assessing accountability, promoting reconciliation, and protecting the abused and endangered. We seek to build a model for human rights impact assessment.

This class serves as an introduction to the main multilateral and international rules, regimes and organizations governing trade and investment relations. By understanding the principles of international law and why governments have established regimes, intergovernmental organizations and adhered to their legal principles, students gain a thorough appreciation of the important role these organizations, rules and regimes play in shaping and determining the flow of international trade and investment. Students acquire knowledge on how these regimes and organizations govern relations among states, how they function, the roles of member governments and secretariat officials, how decisions are made and their consequences, and how disputes are resolved. As a result, students should be able to identify how and why an international organization or regime can -or cannot- contribute to the resolution of specific problems faced by governments, firms, or NGOs as a result of international trade and investment.

Strategic trade controls-particularly export controls-are important instruments available for international nonproliferation efforts. These controls when used effectively can raise the cost of WMD acquisitions, prolong the time needed for development, and deny proliferant actors easy access to items and technologies necessary for WMD programs. This course will broadly focus on three important issues. One is how states balance between the pursuit of wealth and security. Second is the issue of cooperation among states on nonproliferation-related trade controls in light of a globalized economy. The third is the effectiveness of strategic trade controls as instruments in supporting nonproliferation objectives given the changing nature of technology and the global trade environment. The theoretical debate on these issues continues to revolve around the question of how states initiate, implement, and sustain international cooperation against the competing pressures of trade, domestic politics, and national security.

Introduction to International Development will introduce students to the field of international development and its subfields (including the theories, major debates, practices, and professional opportunities). The first section will cover theories of development will cover economic, sociological and political theories of development and will place development in its historical context. The second section will discuss specific development policy areas, such as development aid, democratization, human rights, and governance, community development, gender, environment, poverty, human security and education. Students will have a chance to hear guest lectures from MIIS faculty who teach in the development subfields. The purpose of this course is to ascertain that students get a general understanding of the international development field, and give them a chance to begin narrowing down their own interests. During the course, they will compile a list of references in the subfield of their interest, and explore the professional opportunities therein.

This course provides an introduction to budgeting, accounting and financial analysis. Students will also gain an understanding of how governmental and nongovernmental organizations manage their finances. Topics to be covered include financial reporting; cash management; financial controls; and standards of financial integrity. Special attention will be given to an examination of how the budgeting process influences overall organizational performance. Students will also learn basic accounting concepts as well as financial information presentation and retrieval skills.

This course focuses on the major systemic causes of political violence in the Middle East at both the state and non-state levels. At the state level, sources of violence include the consolidation of state power in fragmented societies, survival strategies by weak states, and competition for scarce regional resources. Violence by non-state actors is also examined, including violence associated with the Jihadist movement and with the conflict over Palestine.

Students from all areas of MIIS will form a team and deploy to a rural area of El Salvador to practice skills and expand their knowledge base in a real-life setting with a local NGO in El Salvador. All work is conducted in Spanish. They will plan and implement a variety of tasks during the three-week Winterim period. Illustrative tasks include but are not limited to needs assessment, collecting environmental and socioeconomic data from specific communities, developing and conducting ESL classes for adults and/or youth, advising on local business plans, and developing a project for future teams from MIIS. Students can receive four units of academic credit for their work. Additionally they can meet the language requirement for 4 units of Spanish-language for participating in this program, based on standards set by MIIS. The final product of the course is a bilingual team report.

This field study program is an opportunity for participating students to gain valuable field experience in addition to developing their problem solving skills focused on critical issues in the developing world with qualified experts to guide that experience. A selected and limited number of students will participate in this field practicum traveling to Belize over the Winter Session. Monkey Bay, a registered NGO in Belize, will host the program and arrange all transportation, food and lodging for the duration of the 17-day trip. Program academic goals include: 1. increasing student awareness, understanding and appreciation for the natural history and cultural diversity of Belize; 2. Cultivating and exercising critical thinking and evaluation skills; 3. Developing critical field skills in project needs assessment, design, planning and implementation in a developing country setting. Two field program focus areas include Eco-Development and Education Development (i.e.: Information and Communication Technologies for Development). Student participants in both groups will be required to develop and submit detailed Management Plans on selected topics. Final presentations are also required by each team to interested students and faculty at MIIS following the scheduled trip in February.

Scholarship and research since the mid-1990s has revealed social problems which are truly global in scope and increasingly being addressed by a growing global public policy sector. These issues are at the heart of the policy events which grab the headlines all over the world and in fact are the ones you will be dealing with when you graduate: corruption, illicit trafficking, economic development, human rights, international trade, environmental degradation, disease, violence and the spread of weapons. Any students addressing these issues are invited to take this course. It is especially recommended for MPA students who desire a career at the international organizational level. National governments continue to be central to the solution of these problems - unilaterally, bilaterally, and multilaterally in regional and international organizations where they have chosen to join other governments and NGOs with shared interests. In this course you will examine how these international organizations function, both internally and externally, to perform (or not perform) what is now called global governance. he course starts with defining global issues, the actors who manage these issues (with a focus on international governmental organizations-IGOs), how they partner and collaborate (or don’t!), and the global norms that guide their work. There will be a comprehensive midterm and a final group project in which students evaluate how a specific global issue of their choice is managed by global actors.

This course introduces interdisciplinary tools for energy analysis, including essentials of energy science and technology, energy resources and markets, environmental aspects of energy supply and demand, energy security, and energy regulation and policy. These tools are applied to topical modules on oil and gas; coal; nuclear power; renewable energy; energy efficiency; electric power; and transportation. Coursework will include lectures, weekly readings and discussion, quantitative homework, and written assignments including a semester research project. With energy in the news on a daily basis, there is no shortage of fodder for topical discussions and application of the tools developed in this course. The course may include field trips to energy facilities in the greater Monterey area, subject to availability and schedule. There is no pre-requisite for this course but taking IPOL 8512 first is helpful, as is other prior coursework in energy science and economics.

The question of why poverty is so persistent and why some countries remain poor, seemingly against all odds, has intrigued economists and other social scientists, and is the central concern of modern development economics. Since the mid-twentieth century, when many former colonies gained independence and started out on their own, experimenting with new economic policies, the questions of development economics have come to acquire an urgency that was not there earlier. And the last twenty years or so have seen an enormous resurgence of research interest in development economics. With so many international organizations and so many governments trying to craft effective policy for development, the rise of interest in development economics is not surprising. But apart from this practical importance, the foundational questions of development economics are also intellectually exciting. This course will give a fairly comprehensive account of modern development economics. We will cover the basics of development theory and policy. Fundamental to this are issues of definition and measurement, testing of theories, familiarity with problems of both short and long run, application of both micro and macroeconomics, interdisciplinary analysis, use of social benefit-cost analysis, and sources and uses of data for use as a country-desk officer of a bank or international agency.

The focus of this course is on American foreign policy since 1939 and in particular on the troubled effort of the United States to strike a proper balance between idealism and realism, isolationism and interventionism, in her international relations. Special attention will be given in this regard to the background, character and intellectual perspectives of the various American Presidents. The method used in the class will essentially be the "case study" approach, in which certain key episodes in contemporary American foreign policy will be subjected to close scrutiny and analysis. The class will be a combination of lectures and group discussions, with the emphasis being on the latter. In order to participate fully in these discussions, it is paramount that students keep up with the assigned reading according to the schedule offered below.

This course will examine the different techniques employed in the three stages of money laundering (placement, layering and integration), the macroeconomic impacts of money laundering, the legal framework, the latest law enforcement strategies, and techniques employed by terrorist groups to move funds and their sources of funds. Examples will be taken from organized criminal groups around the world, and many different terrorist groups (as designated by the U.S. OFAC). Students will write a research paper on a specific topic of their choosing (with the professor’s prior approval).

This course will introduce students to migration as an object of policy studies, various aspects of migration as a social phenomenon, and policies designed to encourage, discourage, or otherwise affect the flow of people within and between countries. Among the issues to be addressed are: economic-development aspects of migration; human trafficking and relevant policy; gender and migration; public health issues associated with migration; demography-development link; migration as a factor in international relations; terrorism & border control issues relative to migration; refugee issues and policy; and the integration of migrants at destination. The course will also introduce students to international laws and other norms and frameworks dealing with migration and migrants, as well as to international organizations and non-governmental organizations actively involved with migration issues. Illustrative examples of problems of migration, migrants, and policy responses will be drawn from various countries and regions of the world. Students will begin developing skills in analyzing demographic, social, economic, and political factors in the migration process; dynamics of and policy responses to forced migration, the effectiveness of legal and policy instruments to regulate migration, and national and human security implications of migration.

This course examines the decline and fitful recovery of both governance and economic development in selected African countries over the past fifty years. We shall pursue an understanding of what is going on under three broad headings: (i) Domestic conditions: history, personal rule, patronage politics, violence and improvements in governance; (ii) Core development issues: slow growth, economic reforms, development assistance, debt and other limits on the life chances of citizens; and (iii) Global engagements and challenges: African regional institutions, trade and investment, the environment for business, and, finally, the changing strategic landscape of Africa.

The course will provide an overview of several commonly utilized strategies for improving the health and nutrition behaviors of target beneficiaries in public health programs throughout the developing world. Case examples will be drawn from Project Concern International’s work In behavior change communication (BCC) at household and community level in Africa, Asia and Latin America to illustrate how these strategies are designed and implemented on the ground. Strategies covered will include the BEHAVE Framework, Barrier Analysis, Doer/Non-Doer Analysis, Trials of Improved Practices, and Positive Deviance/Hearth. By the end of the course, students will have a better understanding of basic behavior change theory, available tools and methods, as well as an appreciation for the real life challenges of designing and implementing effective BCC strategies in the developing world.

This course surveys the issues surrounding the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and ballistic missiles. It also provides an introduction to nuclear and radiological terrorism, and an overview of the international nonproliferation regime. The course is divided into three main parts. Part 1 provides an overview of the trends and technologies of WMD proliferation. We then turn to several case studies of regions of the world posing a challenge to the nonproliferation regime, and examine the motivations of states for obtaining nuclear weapons. Part 2 considers the nonproliferation regime in detail, concentrating on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the conventions banning chemical and biological weapons, supplier regimes and export controls, and verification and compliance issues. Part 3 returns to challenges to the nonproliferation regime, including states of proliferation concern known or believed to be developing WMD outside or in defiance of the NPT, CWC, and BWC and tensions within the nonproliferation regime, and discusses the range of international, multilateral, and unilateral responses to these challenges.

Humanitarian Engagement is a large-scale simulation exercise designed to replicate program operations involving non-governmental organizations (NGOs), international organizations (IOs), the military (national and international), national and local offices of government, beneficiaries, the corporate sector, and the media. The exercise is directed at mid-level managers engaged in program operations in the field and at headquarters. This simulation will challenge participants’ knowledge and understanding of the complexities of program management during response to natural or manmade disasters.

This course covers a wide array of topics in three areas: the international relations, the investment and trade, and market competition. A more detailed list of the topics in the international relations area includes the Chinese imperial legacies and revolution, the contemporary political institutions and policy making processes, the opening of China and reforms and their resulting challenges, China’s role in global peace and development, China’s relations with U.S., the other Asian powers and the other world powers, and the mainland-Taiwan relation. The major topics in the trade and investment area include the evolution of China’s trade and investment policy before and during the reform era, the Chinese economic regime and policy making process, China’s accession into the WTO and integration into global economy, the regional economic cooperation between China and East and Southeast Asia, China’s industrial policy and national standard strategy, Sino-US economic relations and China’s environmental and energy challenges and sustainable development. In the market competition area, the major topics are the rise of private businesses and reform of state-owned enterprises, the Chinese-style enterprise management, the changing consumer behavior, sourcing in China, and dynamic competition among Chinese firms and multinationals in China and in global marketplaces. In each of these areas, the learning focuses on the important institutional and individual players, processes, policies and strategies at the different levels of social, economic and political activities in China and beyond.

Sustainable Development is infamous for being difficult to define, even more impossible to achieve, and tough to measure. It can be like a chameleon, changing its stripes to match its surroundings. Anybody can use the concept for almost any purpose, to support almost any goal. Yet it is nonetheless recognizable. So what would it look like on the ground, really? Students will carefully define the opportunity, baseline data, goals, politics, and methods of the project. They will research, experiment, visit other models, think, write, and then present a plan for an innovative sustainable solution to the client. Teamwork is essential, but students will also be graded on individual work. This class is for students interested in development, environment, public administration, and business.

This course is designed to provide a critical introduction to international terrorism, an often misunderstood phenomenon that has particular salience in the wake of 9/11. Its aim is to clarify fundamental definitional and conceptual problems, introduce students to the burgeoning literature on the subject, describe basic terrorist organizational and operational methods, survey a wide range of terrorist groups and ideologies, and tentatively assess the future nature of the terrorist threat.

This course is a simulation of U.S.-Russian strategic arms reduction talks. Students will assume the roles of U.S. and Russian arms control negotiators representing organizations such as the Department of State, National Security Council, Department of Energy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, Strategic Rocket Forces, etc. They will be charged with negotiating a follow-on accord to the current START Treaty, which will expire in December 2009. It is anticipated that the Monterey negotiation simulation will parallel actual U.S.-Russian nuclear negotiations. As the heads and other members of the "real world" delegations often have been involved in CNS/MIIS activities, an effort will be made to engage them directly or indirectly in class deliberations.  Dr. Nikolai Sokov, a former Russian arms control negotiator, will assist in the class as will other CNS experts.

This course will consist of approximately 10 talks by prominent environmentalists, researchers, academics, and business leaders on a range of global environmental topics TBD. Background readings on the issues will be provided in advance, and extended discussions will follow every Monday talk. Students will be required to complete a research project on one of the topics raised during the semester and will be expected to participate in the discussions with the speakers. This course is aimed at two audiences: students who are not currently in the environmental policy program but are interested in global environmental issues and want to learn more, and environmental policy students who want to network with leaders in the field, get exposed to the latest environmental policy issues from the experts, and do more advanced research on a chosen topic.

This practicum gives students a hands-on experience in field research involving surveys and interviews. The subjects of the research will be members of the migrant communities in the Monterey Peninsula Area. Open to students who have taken formal course work, the practicum assumes the students are familiar with the basic terminology, concepts, and theoretical approaches used in the study of migrant communities. Students will propose group research projects that will require surveys and interviews for data/information collection, and either narrative/qualitative or quantitative analyses, or both. Guidance will be provided on the theoretical background and rationale for the research design. Information to be collected and analyzed may include, but is not limited to: (1) the background of migrants, e.g., country of origin, citizenship, language, and religion; (2) vital information, e.g., age, gender, education, marital status, size and age structure of the family, previous employment experience; (3) sources of family income and expenditures; (4) relations with other migrant families; (5) relations with service providers; (6) future plans of family members; and (7) migrants’ views of various institutions in the local community, e.g., law enforcement, public health, schools, social service, employment, mass media, NGOs. The first weekend will be spent developing a research proposal, the second weekend to conduct the research, and the third weekend to present the results of the research projects. The final product will be a 20-25 page research paper and a presentation using audio-visual methods, e.g., PowerPoint slides, videos, and posters. Between the weekends, the instructors will be available for consultation.

This class is intended to explain the multiple causes of the very large immigration flows from Latin America to the US. The course has a strong emphasis on the flows from Mexico to the US due to the fact that the largest number of legal and illegal immigrants comes from the former. Students will explore the political, economic, legal and social causes, as well as consequences of a phenomenon that far from declining, has been increasing at a sustained pace. Textbooks and articles will be in Spanish, except for the US Bills dealing with the regulation of immigration into the US. Also listed as SPLA 8597: Immigration Issues: US - Latin America/Mexico.

This course is about saving life on earth. It provides the scientific foundation required to formulate sound environmental policies capable of addressing human population growth, habitat destruction, resource overexploitation, and other anthropogenic factors that continue to undermine the earth’s ecological systems. The course focuses on scientific underpinnings of conserving the world’s remaining biological diversity (aka “biodiversity”). It draws from biology, ecology, and other natural sciences to deliver the broad scientific training that future policymakers need. As a short survey course, the goal is not to transform you into a biologist or an ecologist, but rather to equip you with the basic knowledge you need to understand how the natural world works, speak the language with confidence, and use science to develop sound environmental policy.

This seminar focuses on the advanced application of theories and "best practices" related to the management of nonprofit organizations engaged in international development, student exchange, relief or related activities. Special emphasis will be given to strategic planning, team-building, facilitation, capacity assessment and leadership. Through case studies, the examination of primary source documents from international nonprofits, and extensive small group activity, class participants develop a repertoire of management tools that can be used in a broad range of nonprofit settings. The class culminates with a seminar-designed service project that links participants to local nonprofit organizations.

Rapid economic growth in Asia lead to a wide discussion and sometimes emulation of the "Asian Miracle." Asia's growth was noteworthy not just for its pace, but for the accompanying improvements in social indicators (education, life expectancy, etc.). Yet challenges to its sustainability have been brought by economists, environmentalists, and other social scientists. New problems, from the 1997-98 financial crisis to the 2001 trade recession, are emerging in both the "miracle" countries and those who were left behind by the recent wave of growth. In this course, we will address questions such as: How can development policies in Asia be adjusted to make growth more sustainable? How should different Asian countries, at different levels of development, respond to challenges such as poverty alleviation, governance, financial development, the IT revolution, and regional cooperation? What lessons can be learned from high-growth Asian countries, and can and should they be applied to developing countries in Asia and other regions?

The goal of the International Trade Policy Capstone Seminar is to offer each trade student the opportunity to discuss, choose and work on a specific trade policy issue. Students will learn to identify and define a trade policy problem. They will be expected to integrate their analytical tools and practical skills acquired at MIIS to research and compile relevant materials related to the project and, depending on their topic, present policy alternatives. It is important that candidates bear in mind that such projects can be utilized for further research and/or for presentation to prospective employers. Where possible, students are encouraged to incorporate their work on an internship project, with government, business and Non Governmental Organizations or interest groups, the former being related to trade issues.

The capstone experience is a culminating learning opportunity for students in the MPA program. The capstone requirement has two objectives. First, it enables students to integrate and apply the knowledge and the range of skills they have acquired in the MPA program. Second, this experience is designed to help students prepare for specific career paths they wish to pursue once they graduate. The capstone deliverables - the final report and its presentation to the MIIS community - must demonstrate the student’s mastery of the MPA core competencies. Students can choose applied and/or research capstone projects, which can be pursued individually or in teams. The capstone projects should respond to public and/or nonprofit organizations’ needs; for example, they can focus on public policy analysis, organizational assessment, or program evaluation, among others. It is strongly encouraged that the capstone projects relate to students’ internship or previous professional experiences, and incorporate comparative approach.

This seminar introduces students to Chinese foreign policy, arms control, nonproliferation, and security issues. It begins with a brief history of phases in Chinese foreign and security policy and then gives an overview of major theoretical approaches to the subject. These theoretical perspectives are useful in examining a wide range of policy issues, including the relationship between ballistic missile defense and Chinese strategic modernization, the evolution of Chinese arms control policy, the sources of China’s nonproliferation behavior, security trends in the Taiwan Strait, civil-military relations, the Chinese foreign policy process, and the domestic sources of Chinese foreign and security policy. The course is taught as a seminar, with students expected to write a book review, a research design and bibliography, and a final research paper. Students will be required to do assigned reading, participate actively in class discussions, make oral presentations of their book review and research paper, and serve as a discussant for one of their classmates’ papers. Students who write a research paper on a topic related to nonproliferation will receive credit towards the certificate in nonproliferation studies.

This advanced seminar course builds on the student’s foundation in interest-based negotiation theory and practice obtained in one of the prerequisite courses. The course is designed to provide students with a framework for researching and presenting the dynamics of a selected international negotiation. The selected topic of the research must be approved by the professor. Students participate in a weekly seminar to present their case research and final case studies. The course is designed to allow students to gain an in-depth understanding of the people, interests, tactics employed, and outcomes of an international negotiation or mediation.

Since the term "sustainability" was first used in the United Nation’s report, "Our Common Future," chaired by Gro Harlem Brundtland in 1987 it has become one of the most ubiquitous buzzwords in policy circles. Its meaning, however, is often vague or so all-encompassing as to include disparate views of economic development and environmentalism. In addition, fervent debate continues regarding fundamental assumptions which underlie the meaning of sustainable development; including the definition of human welfare and need, the rights of non-human species, the limits to ecological carry capacity, environmental uncertainties and risks, whether poverty should rightly be considered a form of environmental degradation, and the degree by which technology can ameliorate, or is a root cause of, our environmental problems. The course will begin with a short history of the larger debate on economic development and the environment as well as an assessment of the current debate over both the meaning of, and priorities for, sustainable development. We will then move on to a survey of the major economic issues relating to sustainable development, their measurement, and implementation.
The aims of this course are threefold:

1. To introduce the theoretical and philosophical issues and debates underlying the concept of sustainable development, as well as its measurement, with special attention paid to the economic dimensions

2. To apply the concept of sustainable development in a variety of contexts in order to better understand what it actually demands for crafting and critiquing policy

3. (For students) to make the term operational in a real-world policy context of their choosing

This seminar explores linkages between trade, foreign investment, and global sustainable development. Using case studies and institutional analysis, the seminar has two main foci: 1)conflict and congruence between existing and emerging global, regional and bilateral trade and investment regimes and environmentally and economically sustainabie growth; 2) the potential for innovations in governance to enhance the benefits of trade and foreign investment for sustainable development. All students write a research paper on a topic they select in consultation with the professor.

With human population climbing and natural resources dwindling, conflicts over environmental issues continue to rise in frequency and intensity. As a result, there is growing demand for professionals capable of building consensus among competing stakeholders and interests. This course provides in-depth training in how to design, manage, and participate in multi-party collaborative problem-solving processes. Emphasis is on environmental issues of international concern, including case studies from more than a dozen countries. Topics include situation assessments, facilitation techniques, and strategies for getting parties to the negotiating table, alternative models for structuring a collaborative process, negotiation strategies, cross-cultural considerations, and problem-solving tools.

The range of moral issues that are presented when countries resort to military force, or contemplate doing so, in protecting or securing their interests are explored. The seminar assumes that ethical concerns and constraints are relevant to the use of force and indeed may be identified, at least in broad stroke. Topics for discussion and possible student research projects include the use of nuclear weapons, the application of force in specific circumstances (e.g., the war in the Gulf), the circumstances surrounding terrorism and guerrilla warfare and efforts to combat same, the concept of war crimes, individual rights and duties in wartime, the responsibilities of commanders and soldiers, treatment of civilians and prisoners of war, issues of neutrality, and general international standards governing morally acceptable behavior in armed conflict.

This seminar introduces students to the field of gender and development and prepares them to conduct gender analysis. It starts with an overview of the gender and development theories. The second section turns to the rise of a global gender equity regime, with its own norms, principles and legal instruments and the involvement of the UN system agencies, and global women’s networks. We will be particularly interested in the implementation of the global gender equality norms (as stipulated by the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women) in specific countries. How do universal norms get filtered through particular historical, social and political contexts to make sense at the national and local levels? What kinds of initiatives are taken at the local levels to interpret and implement these norms? We will examine particular issue areas such as women’s human rights, gender based violence, and democratic governance to answer these questions. Finally, we will be interested in examining different types of gender analysis undertaken by the international organizations, the kinds of constraints they work under as they mainstream gender. Thus, the students will learn the theories of gender development (write an essay on these theories), do a group project using a country case study on the extent of implementation of universal gender equality norms, and learn how one particular international organization integrates gender analysis in its operations.

The purpose of this course is to complete a project of professional quality, using the analytical tools and concepts introduced in IP 542: Environmental & Natural Resource Economics and other IEP courses. This project will be done in small teams of 3-4 and should become a central component of students’ graduate portfolios. Students have a choice from the following list of potential projects:

1. A contingent valuation study on an environmental issue in the Monterey Bay area
2. A detailed plan for the greening of an institution
3. A detailed environmental policy recommendation for a government entity; local, state, national, or international
4. A detailed proposal for a new green business (e.g. ecotourism, renewable energy, certification, etc.)
5. A detailed training module for government entities or NGOs in the developing world on an environmental topic(s) (e.g. on energy efficiency, recycling programs, legal avenues for environmental improvement, ecological restoration, etc.)
6. A video, podcast, or multimedia presentation on efforts to address an environmental issue (either one that has received little attention or a new perspective on a more popular issue)
7. A cost-benefit analysis of an environmental policy proposal

This seminar explores the growing role of the private sector in promoting sustainable development goals in low and middle income countries through core business activities. The overarching aim of such business models is to reduce poverty and promote sustainability by: 1) stimulating access to global markets and supply chains; 2) delivering affordable and sustainable goods and services; 3) responding to the demands of climate change mitigation and adaptation; and/or 4) promoting local capacities for sustainable production. The seminar will examine case studies of five business models, ranging from small-scale, for-profit and non-profit enterprises to partnerships between multinational corporations and NGOs and/or development agencies. Students will work in teams to undertake their own case studies. Together, we will seek to draw lessons for scalability.

This seminar will help participants develop skills for analyzing and evaluating the environmental assessment of development projects, particularly at the international level. The following questions will be considered: What are the components of a successful process? How do politics, the public, and the courts effect the outcome? What are the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches? How can they realistically be improved? The class will briefly consider the planning context for environmental assessment in California, and then analyze the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and, to a lesser extent, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as examples of how environmental assessment of development projects can be conducted. These have been important models internationally for developing legislation and policy. Real world case studies will be presented to exemplify the workings of the process. CEQA and NEPA will then be used as a base to compare assessment practices in other countries. Participants will choose a country to concentrate on, and prepare a detailed analysis and evaluation of its environmental assessment process.

This seminar will focus on various aspects of the work of the American intelligence community, including analysis and estimates, counter-intelligence, collection, and covert action. The primary emphasis will be on the CIA and in particular its historical and current role in the making of American foreign policy. In discussing this matter, special attention will be given to the dilemmas and tensions of secret intelligent activities that take place within the parameters of an open and democratic society. Students will be asked to prepare a major research paper on a topic of their own choosing relevant to the concerns of the course.

International migration now appears to surpass fertility and mortality as a topic of global concern, and raises complex questions regarding the nature of the nation-state, citizenship, and ethnicity. Government, NGO and private sector practitioners need to understand relations of international migration and migration policies to global flows of labor, communications, capital, goods, services, and conflicts. They further need to know what to do to alter unfavorably perceived aspects of migration. Topics include: (1) the nature of legal, labor, undocumented or illegal, gender, refugee, and asylum seeking migration, and internal population displacement; (2) the determinants and consequences of migration and migration policies; (3) the relations of migration and migration policies to development and to global flows of communication, capital, goods, service, diseases and conflicts. A brief overview is provided of the state of knowledge concerning the determinants and consequences of migration and migration policies in various countries and areas, with suggestions on how to tap the existing knowledge base regarding specific migration topics. Discussions include issues regarding migration to and from "old core" migration receiver countries in North America, Europe and Australasia; "new core" receivers in East Asia, "core extension" and potential core receiver countries, labor gathering countries, and migrant source areas. Students choose a government, NGO, or private sector client concerned with a current migration problem and then research and prepare a policy memorandum, regarding this problem.

This course will develop students' knowledge and understanding of the various terrorist movements, organizations and activities in modern Russia. Attention will be given not only to separatist and jihadist terrorism but also to skinhead and Russian chauvinist terrorist organizations and incidents. Students for the most part will study this subject using primary source, Russian-language materials. Classes will combine presentations by Dr. Hahn on the subject of terrorism with language activities led by Professor Vassilieva geared towards understanding of specific vocabulary and linguistic strategies of materials posted on terrorist sites.

The international nuclear nonproliferation regime faces a variety of new and continuing challenges, which threaten both its near and longer-term viability. The current balance of proliferation pressures and constraints may be upset by certain trigger events, the occurrence of which may set in motion a variety of regional and global proliferation developments. Potential trigger events include further North Korean nuclear tests, Iranian defection from the NPT, a coup d’état by radical Islamic elements in Pakistan or Egypt, nuclear weapons use by the United States, a failed 2010 NPT Review Conference, the erosion of existing U.S. security guarantees to non-nuclear allies; a demonstrated nuclear capability by a non-state actor such as al Qaeda; and the emergence of a new A. Q. Khan-like nuclear supplier network. This seminar will analyze prior nuclear proliferation decisions and trigger events in order to identify proliferation trends for the next ten-year period. Students will conduct original research on possible regional and global nuclear proliferation developments and their precipitants. They also will assess the likely consequences of these developments and propose policy options for preventing or postponing their occurrence.

This seminar course is designed primarily to allow students to deepen their understanding of this complex and important phenomenon by carrying out specialized research on aspects of terrorism that they are particularly interested in. Hence the specific focus of the seminar will be determined in part by the interests of the students taking the class, who will be expected to participate actively in class discussions and present oral reports in addition to preparing research papers. Even so, given the pressing need to comprehend and respond effectively to terrorist threats in the present era, one of the main emphases of this seminar will be on understanding the ideologies, doctrines, political goals, and operational objectives of the radical jihadist organizations and networks that nowadays regularly engage in terrorism.

Faced with continued worldwide declines in ocean health, many countries are creating marine protected areas (MPAs) to ensure the long-term conservation of their most important marine habitats and resources. In spite of the growing prevalence of MPAs in the U.S. and abroad, they remain a relatively innovative, complex and often controversial approach to ocean conservation. This seminar will explore the science and policy foundation of important issues in the design, establishment, management, and evaluation of MPAs throughout the world. Weekly classes will examine major MPA themes through case studies, critical reviews of published literature, and group discussions. Examples will be drawn from both domestic and international MPAs. The course will also include a number of visiting speakers from U.S. and international MPA programs, and field trips to nearby activities that demonstrate aspects of MPA design and management. Students will do a course project involving research, analysis and synthesis of important issues that bride the science and policy of MPAs.

This course raises three basic questions about the media: How should its messages be read and understood, or "de-coded?" What is its role, or impact, as a social institution? And how might we use it effectively to promote policy or program objectives? We will deal with the impact of contemporary global trends on the profession of journalism and on the media industry and the influence of media coverage on policy approaches to urgent problems. And we will examine media self-assessment - that is, media coverage of media coverage of some particularly shocking events or controversial issues. Students will engage in some role-playing and will prepare Op-ed and article-length (8-10 pages) pieces for newspapers or magazines.

The goal of this course is to develop and apply the fundamental needs and assets assessment skills necessary for a career in international development. We will examine Needs Assessment in development policies, programs and projects. The following topics will be covered: 1) An overview of Asset-based development (including the importance of an asset-based approach in sustainable development; types of assets, including social capital); 2) an overview of Needs Assessment (purposes and methodologies; 3) Identification of needs and assets as an empowerment process. We will examine both participatory techniques such as focus groups, structured observations, community mapping and action research and learn to use and analyze secondary data such as national development plans, or poverty reduction strategy papers; 4) Institutional needs and assets (organizational capacity assessment); 5) Managing, leading, and encouraging participatory identification of needs and assets: how external facilitators interact with local participants and other stakeholder groups; 6) Working with civil society organizations to identify assets and needs; 7) Sector-specific discussions of needs and assets identification: civil society, democratization and governance, gender equality, human rights, and education (environment and health may also be covered). At the end of the course the students should be able to use all the techniques of needs assessment listed above and apply a combination of them to a real-life Needs Assessment that they will conduct in the Monterey Bay area.

Asia is changing the shape of the world economy and the scope and nature of global competition. Over the past fifty years Asia has become important to the US in terms of both security and economics. From the rise of Japanese economic power, and to Asian financial crisis, rise of China, and increasing economic integration in the region, East Asian issues are now a central part of U.S. policy circles. The aim of this course is to survey and analyze the dynamic interaction between the U.S. and East Asia, defined for our purposes as including Japan, China, South and North Korea, Taiwan and the member states of ASEAN. The focus is on economic relations (trade and investment) between the U.S. and the countries within the region and the challenges they pose for US policy.

This seminar will first examine cross-border (International) migration trends in various parts of the world, the challenges and opportunities they present to both the countries of origin and the countries of destination, and the policies the home and host countries employ to manage the migration phenomenon. The class will then develop a comparative analytical framework to compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of current policies. In the second half of the semester, each student will select a country or region of interest to her/him and apply the comparative framework developed in the seminar to a critical evaluation of the country's/region's migration situation and policy and develop a proposal to improve the policy and deal with its unintended consequences. Each student is encouraged to submit an op-ed based on her/his analysis to a newspaper in the country/region thus studied.

The seminar will provide an overview of the issues surrounding the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and ballistic missiles in the former Soviet Union. Particular emphasis is on Russia as a nuclear weapons state and also the state with the bulk of Soviet nuclear, chemical, and biological infrastructure, and also a state that is actively engaged in both military and civilian applications of nuclear power. Considerable time will be spent on Central Asia. The course will emphasize the interrelationship between nonproliferation regimes and political and economic developments - both domestic and international and explore the impediments to the strengthening of WMD nonproliferation. The interaction between NIS states and three issues key to global nonproliferation will be covered in detail: Iran, North Korea, and South Asia.

This seminar will survey and analyze the political, social, and economic landscape of Russia and other countries of post-Soviet Eurasia, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and their relations with the countries of the south Caucasus, Ukraine, and Belarus.  Students will examine the nature and role of political institutions to gain an understanding of the cultural and historical background, demographic factors and their implications for the new Eurasia. Other topics will be studied and discussed, with a view to forming a comprehensive perspective of the region's realities and developing analytical skills to present research findings.

Seminar focuses on developing skills needed to apply a variety of evaluation approaches and models to public sector and nongovernmental organizations engaged in various facets of Third World development work. Key issues include: uses of evaluation; alternative evaluation methodologies; evaluation as the process of testing hypotheses about linkages and causality; evaluating for sustainability; cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness; internal versus external evaluation; stakeholder identification; participatory approaches to evaluation; cross-cultural perspectives on evaluation; funding evaluation; and, the role of organizational leadership and management in evaluation. Seminar participants review and critique evaluations of development assistance projects sponsored by bilateral, multilateral, and nongovernmental organizations. Additionally, they develop case studies that allow them to apply critical seminar concepts to a real-life situation-an evaluation of a nonprofit organization's evaluation-related practices.

National parks and other protected areas form the cornerstone of global biodiversity policy. Despite tremendous popularity and importance, these bastions of biodiversity face conflicting mandates and escalating threats. This course examines protected area policies in an international context, emphasizing key policy issues that transcend national borders. We will analyze several case studies from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and North America, seeking to isolate factors of apparent success, failure, and institutional learning. Key questions include: How have protected area paradigms changed over time? Can parks be financially self-sustaining? How can protected areas balance conservation with local economic development?  What role can and should local communities play in protected areas? What is an appropriate role for the private sector in establishing and operating parks? How can we evaluate the effectiveness of protected areas? Can “transboundary” protected areas foster international peace and security? The course includes field trips to local protected areas representing different management regimes and challenges. It also includes an overview of career opportunities with a wide variety of international organizations ranging from The World Bank, USAID, WWF, IUCN, The Nature Conservancy, and others.

Partnerships between private sector, civil society and government actors are emerging as a primary mode both to deliver public goods and to provide public governance. This course examines public private partnerships (PPPs) as a vehicle for promoting environmentally and economically sustainable enterprise and livelihoods, especially in developing countries. Environmental sustainability will focus especially on climate change mitigation and adaptation. We will analyze the rationale and limitations of PPPs, explore and evaluate different ways that PPPs are structured, and examine case studies of PPPs, including those involving multinational corporations.

The United States and Mexico share one of the longest borders in the world; they also have one of the most complex bilateral relationships yet, it is one that is not always understood and explored adequately. In this seminar students will be exposed to the key historical events that have shaped the present relationship. They will explore the similarities and differences of a relationship that makes it one of the toughest to manage. Students will explore the key aspects that make up a bilateral agenda that can be considered one of the most challenging in international policy: An uneasy past, constant immigration pressures, drug trafficking, trade issues, environmental problems and new security challenges. For more insights into this course please see the US-Mexico Relations Seminar website.

Students will have an opportunity in this course to delve deeply into a human rights issue of their choosing. Working with national, international, or local organizations, and employing a range of instruments and assessment tools, they will identify abuses or protections and their systemic roots; assess directions, degrees, and modes of change in manifestations of impacts; and fashion strategies for meeting policy or programmatic objectives. Impact assessment papers prepared for the course may draw upon internship experience or fieldwork already completed or may serve as preparation for IPSS or other professional field experience.

The class will begin with a description of the planning and environmental assessment process in California and the United States, and will then analyze how environmental assessment is conducted in other countries. The following questions will be examined: How is environmental assessment integrated into the decision making process? What are the components of a successful system? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches? How can they realistically be improved? Students will learn about the planning context for environmental assessment in California, and then focus on the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as an example of an approach to the environmental assessment of development projects and plans, policies and programs with environmental impacts. Real world case studies will be presented to exemplify the workings of the process. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) will also be briefly considered. These U. S. systems have served as a model for most of the world and the class will use them as the basis for comparing environmental assessment approaches employed internationally. In addition, a more comprehensive review of selected other countries will also be briefly presented. Students will choose a country to concentrate on, and prepare a detailed analysis and evaluation of its environmental assessment system.

In the wake of the Cold War, many global social problems have emerged that have engaged the international community. One of these problems is the growing level of insecurity and armed violence that is preventing desperately needed economic, social and political development (good governance). As governments, NGOs and IGOs collaborate to solve this problem, several specific challenges or obstacles to development have emerged that are grouped under the concept "Security and Development." These include: 1) the presence of anti-personnel landmines that deny the use of land and exact a humanitarian toll; 2) the negative effects of excessive proliferation, accumulation availability and misuse of small arms and light weapons; 3) the presence of corrupt and poorly trained and equipped security forces which requires security sector reform; 4) the lack of human security- freedom from fear, injustice and want; and 5) the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) of former combatants, a major focus of the World Bank, UN Agencies and donor states. All of these problems are major components of post-conflict reconstruction. In this seminar the student will be introduced to all of these topics, selecting one on which to focus for a major research paper.

This seminar examines Middle East security and nonproliferation concerns from a variety of perspectives. The major focus of the seminar is on contemporary development of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons in the region. Additionally, the seminar covers regional arms control initiatives and efforts by terrorist organizations based in or operating in the Middle East to acquire and use weapons of mass destruction. Reading assignments and presentations, by the instructor and other seminar participants, will survey threat perceptions and security objectives of the Middle Eastern states within their regional and global contexts; the role of domestic politics in security policy-making; and the concerns and objectives of US policy in the region. The culminating requirement of the seminar will be a research paper of publishable length and quality. In the seminar’s weekly meetings, students will participate in discussions of specific issues related to WMD and the Middle East, deliver presentations based on their individual research projects, give constructive commentary on the research of other students, and present and debate options for policies toward WMD and nonproliferation from the perspective of regional states and other parties. Students will also be expected to meet individually with the instructor outside of class to develop and discuss research projects.

This seminar includes a brief introduction to the political and economic structure of South Asia, before moving on to deal with issues of conflict and cooperation in the subcontinent. Special attention will be given to the realignment of national interests in the region in the wake of the Afghan and Iraq war, and as actors in the region respond to the challenges of insurgency and economic globalization. Much of the seminar will be devoted to conventional security issues, but broader issues of human security also will be addressed.

The Applied Humanitarian Studies (AHS) Advanced Humanitarian Assistance course builds on the (prerequisite) introductory course in preparing students for effective involvement with humanitarian service. The course will require applied research in key humanitarian themes (policy, procedure, practice) and interaction with targeted practicing professionals. Students will become familiar with emerging data-gathering and analysis techniques and e-tools.

This course will provide students with an understanding of terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Students will learn about terrorism and WMD proliferation theory, technical aspects of WMD, the history of WMD terrorism, current debate on the likelihood of WMD terrorism, and policy tools available to address the threat of WMD terrorism. Students will be able to view the threat of WMD terrorism in the context of the threat of terrorism more broadly. Students will be able to understand the 9-11 attacks and subsequent anthrax letters in context.

This seminar explores the connections between ideology, extremist movements, and terrorism on the part of both states and non-state actors. Through presentations, simulations, debates, and other learning activities, the seminar examines the definitions of ideology and extremism and surveys extremist movements, focusing on political and religious extremism in the 20th and 21st centuries. Working individually and in teams, students will analyze the political, social, economic, and psychological characteristics of extremist movements and evaluate strategies for preventing and countering political violence motivated by ideological extremism. Students conclude the seminar by writing and presenting a paper of publishable length and quality or a similar project.

Goals of the seminar: to illuminate two large questions: (a) How, exactly, are trade and development interdependent? and (b) What policies, national or international, should follow from the understanding we gain of (a)? We shall pursue these goals, both individually and collectively, through readings, structured discussions, external research, reporting of findings and writing.

This seminar will provide students with the opportunity to examine and understand the role of international organizations, treaties and regimes in dealing with contemporary arms control and nonproliferation challenges. Students will have unique opportunities to work with authentic, primary materials, interact with "real world" practitioners such as diplomats and international civil servants, and engage in "real world" problem solving scenarios. The seminar will also help students to develop the necessary professional skills in critical thinking and problem-solving in a hands-on, multilateral, and intercultural environment. The objective of the seminar will be to produce a series of journal quality research papers on the causes of and multilateral responses to the most pressing nonproliferation and arms control challenges, and to identify ways in which various international organizations and stakeholders could cooperate in addressing them. Students will work in small issue based study groups to develop these research papers, and will present their findings at the end of the semester at an appropriate event.

The Applied Humanitarian Studies (AHS) "Humanitarian" Engagement practicum is an intensive simulation exercise designed to replicate program operations involving non-governmental organizations (NGOs), international organizations (IOs), the military, governmental interests (local and international) and the corporate sector. The exercise, to be held on-campus, will challenge the knowledge and understanding of the complexities of program management under the circumstances of emergency response as well as testing decision-making and communication skills of the participants. The practicum offers an opportunity for participants to improve their knowledge base and technical skills though direct collaboration with peers in a controlled situation structured to stress the elements of emergency response. The course brings together practicing professionals and humanitarian graduate studies students. It is thus a blending of academic insights and professional experience.

This course discusses the characteristics of terrorism in South Asia, and examines the main cases of such violence. These cases include terrorism related to Kashmir and Punjab, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka, United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) in India, and terrorist violence by sectarian and jihadi groups in Pakistan and Bangladesh. The course examines motivations, ideologies, methods, financial/logistical networks of the groups, and discusses measures taken by the concerned states. The course also examines the connections between South Asian terrorist groups and networks around the world, as well as their connections to organized crime entities.

This seminar will focus on the global women's human rights norms as embodied in legal instruments such as CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women) and the Beijing Platform for Action and their acceptance, reinterpretation, redefinition or rejection in national and local contexts. How do religious, cultural and traditional gender norms complement and/or contradict global norms on women's rights? How are women in the Muslim world reshaping their own societies? How are masculinities being redefined? How are gender relations being reshaped? What types of advocacy efforts at local, national and international levels are under way to establish a dialogue among different constituencies with different worldviews on women's rights? We will explore different rights, such as the right to be free from violence of all forms, the right to education, political and economic participation, and reproductive rights. We will examine some theoretical works, as well as case studies of different countries.

This course covers a set of more sophisticated statistical tools, and is intended to be a continuation of the Data Analysis course and it requires a (more than) basic understanding of statistics. The main modules are Non-Linear Regression, Factor Analysis, and Time Series Analysis. It is structured as an "applied" course with a strong emphasis on policy analysis applications, with a combination of lectures and computer examples. Students work on their own project, using their own dataset and background knowledge on issues and or countries. It is highly desirable that students start the course with datasets already available for their projects.

The seminar combines negotiation theory with the memoirs and reflections of professional diplomats and statesmen. The cases that we will study this term are the Congress of Vienna, which ended the Napoleonic Wars in 1816; U.S.-Indian nuclear arms negotiations, and the American mediation in the Bosnian War, 1992-1995. Theoretical readings focus on the structure of negotiation, negotiation strategies, the role of culture in negotiation, and mediation. Each student is required to write and present orally an independent case study of an international negotiation, or a research design, in the form a formal research proposal for an aggregate study of some aspect of diplomacy.

This seminar introduces students to the nonproliferation and terrorism issues associated with the anticipated global spread of nuclear energy. It begins with an overview of the nuclear technologies currently being promoted under the rubric of the "nuclear renaissance," and the implications for the demand for sensitive fuel cycle services. Various policy proposals to control the proliferation and terrorism risks posed by the front end (enrichment) and back end (reprocessing) of the nuclear fuel cycle will then be examined, including the possible internationalization of fuel cycle services. The course will then turn to an examination of new technologies, such as new reprocessing techniques, new reactor types, and new fuels such as thorium, that have been proposed as ways to limit proliferation risks. Particular focus will be paid to the implications of new proposals for IAEA safeguards.

Services are the most dynamic component of both developed and developing economies around the world. The rapid growth of trade in services and its evolving nature and significance in global economic activity has led to international agreements, such as the WTO’s General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), promoting their liberalization. This course is an introduction to this increasingly important aspect of modern international trade. It starts with a discussion of conceptual issues including the nature of services, followed by a look into the determinants of trade in services. Commercial policy is covered both from a theoretical point of view as well as in the context of specific services such as telecommunications and finance. The course also provides an introduction to the GATS and derives its implications for future services trade. Differing viewpoints on liberalization based on private versus public ownership of the service sectors are assessed and the role of regulation as opposed to liberalization is considered.

This seminar is intended to be a follow-up to the ‘Introduction to Conflict Resolution course’. The course will look in-depth into characteristics of deep-rooted conflict; examine the theories and frameworks that underlie different peace-building strategies and through a study of four cases (Tentatively Plan: South Africa, Cyprus, Sri Lanka, Guatemala) understand the complexity and challenges involved in implementing peace-building strategies. For the seminar paper, students will research and present an analysis of the opportunities and challenges to peace building in the context of one conflict torn society (a case selected by the student for study).

There is growing acceptance to the argument that alienation of non-state armed groups does not bring an end to violence. A question being increasingly asked by third party interveners, policy makers/ analysts and scholars is: ‘how to effectively engage with such groups?’ ‘Understanding’ groups is the first step when attempting to intervene in the conflict. In order to do, one must examine the leadership of the group. This is central to any political analysis. The leader and the nature of leadership creates and to a large extent influences every other aspect of the group such as ideology, goals, leadership, structure, culture and commitment. Every student will examine the nature of leadership in one non-state armed group and comment on the implications for those choosing to engage with that particular group. Specifically, the students will research on: (1) Profile and Personality of the Leader/s; Origins of Leadership (2) Type of Leadership (3) Source of Power (4) Maintaining Authority and Control/Ensuring Follower Compliance and Commitment (5) Dealing with threats, change and Crisis Management (6) Negotiating with Leadership/Group - Implications for Practitioners, Policy Makers and Scholars.

This course deals with the history, motivations, strategies and characteristics of weapons of mass destruction in South Asia. The main focus is the India-Pakistan rivalry, as well as the role of China in the equation. Recent developments, such as the U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement as well as the revelations of the A.Q. Khan network are discussed. An important section examines cases of crisis situations in the subcontinent, such as Operation Parakram (2001-02), Operation Brasstacks (1986-87), and how they impacted on nuclear calculations of the concerned parties. Other sections of the course deal with the threat of leakage of nuclear materials and nuclear terrorism in the region, as well as the safety and security of the nuclear weapons complex in both countries. Apart from the issue of nuclear weapons, the course also examines chemical and biological weapons policy in South Asia. The course also looks at the debates in the region over international treaties and regimes dealing with proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Frequent negotiations between governments, international organizations, companies, and other nongovernmental actors are central in specifying what globalization and global governance mean for people. But what happens in these negotiations? What determines their outcomes? Could the negotiators do better? This seminar concentrates on this ubiquitous process of international negotiation over economic and other issues and helps students launch original research on this subject. This course is designed to help improve your skill as a negotiator, while you learn more about bargaining theory in the context of global political economy. It offers a conceptual framework to help you diagnose most bargaining situations. It begins simply and adds complications one at a time. You will develop a feel for the process by dissecting what professionals did in historical episodes--economic, environmental, and military-political--and by watching experienced negotiators and mediators on tape. You will practice applying these ideas by negotiating with other students through in-class simulation.

This course will deal with the changing nature of issues, policy challenges, and alliances among Western Hemisphere states, including the United States and Canada, and between those states and the global community. Using teamwork and role-playing, students will consider the policy implications of such issues as national and indigenous resource rights versus multinational corporate claims; social activism, nationalism and secessionism; regional and cross-border environmental issues; anti-drug and anti-terrorist operations; economic integration, trade, aid, immigration, and human rights. Grades will be based on classroom participation and the preparation of policy-option briefs on three topics.

The ‘Politics and Islam in Russia and Eurasia’ seminar is designed for those interested in the causes and resolution of violent conflict, separatist insurgencies, terrorism, non-proliferation, and comparative Islamic politics. It offers students an in-depth introduction to the role played by Islam and Russia’s and Eurasia’s ‘forgotten Muslims’ in both the region’s domestic and inter-state politics as well as globally. Through the careful reading of primary and secondary sources, the course examines the place of ‘Russian Islam’ and Islam in Central Asia within the context of the global umma, and the relationship of the region’s Muslims, both ‘ethnic Muslims’ and believers, with both their respective states and societies. The seminar’s central purpose is to engage students in a detailed comparative examination of the historical, geographic, ethnic, theological, institutional, and global factors that shape identity politics and frame other political issues for Russia’s and Eurasia’s Muslims.

The course’s core is the politics of Islam and Muslims in Russia, Azerbaijan, and Central Asia. The seminar broadens its scope by: comparing these cases to those of other Muslm populations within larger Eurasia space, including Kosova, Bosnia, Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran, and Xingjiang province in China; examining theories of nationalism, federalism, ethno-politicization, identity politics, separatism, conflict resolution, non-proliferation, and terrorism across and outside the region comparatively; and by looking at the ways Eurasian Muslims and Islam interact with an increasingly globalized world, umma, and jihadi movement. Major foci include: the complex history of the ambivalent relationship between the Russian Tsarist state and society, on the one hand, and Eurasia’s Muslims, on the other; the dramatic fate of Muslims under Soviet rule; the role of Muslims and Islam during the Soviet demise and the varied post-Soviet transformations; the competing explanations for the recent rise of jihadi terrorism in Russia and other parts of Eurasia; and the implications of jihadist terrorism in the region for the challenges of conflict resolution, non-proliferation, and global jihadi terrorism. In particular, we look closely at the peculiarities of ethnicity, national identity, and confession of Eurasia’s numerous Muslim ethnic groups, their relations both with each other and with their respective states and societies, and the rise of Islamism and jihadism in Russia and Eurasia in comparative perspective.

By looking at these phenomena through the prism of nationalism theory, comparative nationalism, and comparative Islamism, the course focuses on the formation and consolidation of national identity, the politicization of such identity, and the transformation of ethno-nationalism into pan-Islamic, political Islamic, Islamist, and jihadist trends and movements. Using federalism theory and comparative federalism, we compare states and regime types in Muslim-populated states (minority and majority) in Eurasia and other regions and the various systems’ influence on Muslim-state relations. The seminar reviews socioeconomic, demographic, ideological, theological, and political trends in contemporary Eurasia to those in other predominantly Muslim countries, paying particular attention to the role of regime type, economic development, and the relative role of Islam as factors shaping the state, society, state-society relations, and Muslim-state relations.

It also analyzes competing explanations of the causes and continuing failure to resolve peacefully the Russo-Chechen conflict, Moscow’s ongoing accommodation with Tatarstan and the other constituent Muslim and national republics of the federation, and the rise of jihadism and terrorism, especially in the North Caucasus and to a lesser extent in Central Asia. A broad set of ideological influences and trends affecting Russia and Eurasia’s Muslims are examined, including reformist jadidism, syncretic Eurasianism, and reactionary Islamist jihadism, among others. We also discuss cases of, and potential scenarios involving the use and proliferation of WMD materials and weapons by Caucasus and Central Asian jihadi terrorists. Finally, we look at the influence of Islam and the respective Muslim populations of the regions’ states on their foreign and national security policies and the influence of globalization, ‘globalized Islam,’ and the Islamic umma on Eurasia’s Muslims.

This seminar investigates the psychological, historical and cultural factors that produce charismatic leaders and their devoted followers. Seminar readings will introduce the basic psychological theories used to organize research on the character and style of political leadership and the resonance that charismatic leaders develop among their followers. Those theorists range from Freud to Malinowski to Weber. Classic biographies in the field will be used as models for the seminar paper that will be a case study on a particular leader and her political culture. Questions about the universal appeal or cultural limits of the leaders chosen will be central to seminar discussions.

This seminar probes the theoretical, empirical and policy interface between foreign direct investment (FDI) by multinational corporations (MNCs) and sustainable industrial development. First, we will develop a conceptual framework for sustainable industrial development based on three parameters: 1) economic growth/industrial transformation, 2) environment/ecological modernization, and 3) social equity/broad-based growth. Next, we will examine case studies of FDI in two global industry sectors, electronics and extractive industries. Finally, we will explore debates about how national policies can harness FDI to the goals of sustainable industrial development; and examine the governance of FDI in global, regional and bilateral investment agreements, especially constraints on national “policy space".

The world’s oceans face growing pressure from new and often poorly understood human activities. Increasingly, ocean management agencies and policy-makers must make consequential decisions on a variety of competing ocean uses with imperfect information about their impacts on ecosystems, economies or other users. Through targeted readings, group discussions and guest lectures, this seminar will explore the scientific basis and policy implications of key conservation challenges facing ocean managers worldwide. Examples of emerging issues in ocean management include: global climate change, alternative energy operations, desalination, offshore aquaculture, rigs to reefs conversions, invasive species, acoustic pollution, and the evolving ecosystem-based approaches to ocean zoning and governance.

This research seminar will address a range of practical issues of moving to and implementing complete elimination of nuclear weapons. A particularly challenging element of the task that has not been tackled in real life is involving other nuclear states, particularly China, in the process. Students will discuss and assess a range of papers on various aspects of that goal prepared by a group of former senior statesmen and leading experts in the field, draw their own conclusions, and prepare research papers on a topic relevant for the class. The seminar is intended to foster independent critical thinking and is for students with prior exposure to the subject and foresees in-depth exploration of a variety of political, military, and technical issues pertaining to elimination of nuclear weapons. Attention will be primarily concentrated on past, present and future U.S. policy in the area of disarmament, but the seminar will also address nuclear policies and approaches to disarmament in other nuclear weapons states.

This course uses a comparative approach to study regime transformations in all its forms. In recent years scholars have devoted considerable attention to uncovering the conditions which instigate, drive forward, break down and define different kinds of ‘transition’ to democracy and the processes and political dynamics present during the stabilization or "consolidation" of democratizing transitions. Less attention has been paid to comparisons of types of revolution and to comparison of revolution and transition. The concepts, theories and debates of revolutionary change, democratization, "transitology" and "consolidology" are the foci of this course. However, the course eschews political science’s traditional divisions of these fields. Although the four main types of internally-driven regime transformation we study - revolution from below, revolution from above, "pacted" or negotiated transition, and imposed transition - are ultimately distinct modes, they include many similar and overlapping political processes. Specifically, in comparing and contrasting the four main types of regime transformation, we will examine in detail several cases in each category of transformation mode, comparing the structural, social, economic, demographic, cultural, institutional, political-strategic or "intentional," and leadership processes and factors that define each type. Students will learn to compare and contrast regime transformations and democratization cases in regard to their transformational mode and revolutionary or transitional type, the extent of societal and oppositional mobilization, issues of state breakdown and elite splits, political economy, the role of dual power or dual sovereignty, the degree of "pact-making," the structure of the political contest and its effect on pact-making, the institutional context, and the international context. We will also address such issues as agency versus structure and the definition of "revolutionary situation" as well as test hypotheses and develop theories to explain why transformations occur by way of imposed transition, others by negotiated transition, and others by revolutions either from below or from above. Mexico’s 1990's imposed transition, the late 20th century Spanish and Polish pacted transitions, the early 20th century Russian and Chinese violent revolutions from below, the Czeckoslovak and Philippino peaceful revolutions from below, the Nazi violent revolution from above, and the Soviet/Russian peaceful revolution from above are among the cases we will examine.

How can we reverse the depletion of our bio-diverse natural assets, notably in the developing world where the rule of law may be weak and local communities often struggle with poverty, disease, and rapid population growth? One possible solution is conservation incentive agreements that apply basic economic theory and community-based development experience. Their overriding goal is to invest in the conservation of bio-diverse habitats in ways that make local resource owners the primary recipients of investment proceeds. 
The purpose of this seminar course is to develop competency in the conservation incentive agreement model, including an understanding of the economic principals and practical field experience upon which it is based. Students will learn directly from three economists who helped to create this model and work on implementation of the more than 30 projects in 12 countries. The emphasis will be on the development and application of this emerging tool.

The seminar investigates the causes of war from several theoretical and methodological perspectives. The readings include case studies of particular wars or crises, as well as studies of the causes of war more generally. The phenomena of interest and the level of analysis vary from study to study. We will discuss the authors’ methods, including their strengths and weaknesses, as well as their substantive insights and findings. The methods employed in the selected readings range from psychological insights, to formal logic, to qualitative case studies, to documentary accounts, to studies combining theory with quantitative analysis, to research combining case studies and empirical analysis. Students will be presumed to have a basic understanding of statistics.

The course will introduce the students to the discussion among the Japanese intellectual and policy communities about Japan's place in the changing world. Among the main themes in this discussion that the course will examine are:

•  Japan's relations with its neighboring countries, including China, North and South Korea, Russia, and the United States with an emphasis on the impact of the legacy of history on that relationship, the current state of relations, and future prospects;
•  Japan's relations with the United States
•  Within the context of the items above, such specific topics as: o the revision of the Japanese constitution;

•   the revision of the basic law on education; o the issue of Japanese history textbooks; o the Yasukuni Shrine controversy;
• Japan's bid to gain a permanent seat on the UN Security Council; o the North Korean nuclear and missile development and Japan's response; o the territorial disputes Japan has with China, Korea, and Russia; o nationalism in Japan, China, Korea, and Russia;
• the changing nature of the Japan-U.S. alliance and the changes Japan may need to make in its domestic legislation, defense capabilities, and international security role;
• Japan's economic relations with the other major Asian economies; o socio-economic changes in Japan that require major policy decisions on how open Japan should become to foreign influences and peoples; and, o the self-definition of the Japanese as a unique people with a unique civilization.

In addition to the reading assignments, students will be required to undertake the following assignments:

•  A series of short (2-page) commentaries on a selection of reading assignments;
•  A panel discussion of main opinions in Japan on one of the topics listed under item 3 above;
•  A research paper (15-pages) on a different topic than the one for the panel discussion; and,
•  A letter to the editor (1 page) on the same topic as for the research paper.

Focuses on articles related to Japanese business and trade in Asia and the United States. Acquisition of advanced writing skills and effective expression on various topics, including business, personal and academic.

Aims at developing communicative effectiveness with accuracy in spoken and written Japanese in the context of contemporary concerns of Japan.

Develops fluency and accuracy in reading and written communication with the emphasis on mastering basic grammar structures and intermediate level expressions.

Develops fluency and accuracy in oral communication and in reading and writing narrative and expository texts on current cultural and social topics.

Develops advanced oral communication skills in various situations encountered in visiting, working, and living in Japan, with special attention to different speech levels.

A project-based course aiming at developing oral and reading skills through reading a great deal of authentic materials concerning current political, economic, social state of Japan. Multi-media materials are also used to enhance class discussion on current issues.

This is an intermediate/advanced Japanese course designed to develop language skills that are necessary to understand current news in Japan. Listening to authentic news as well as further developing oral and written communication skills through discussion on the news, summarizing and presenting the content, writing your opinions/views on the issues, etc. will be focused in the class. The authentic NHK TV Japan news will be utilized for materials as well as some newspaper/magazine articles for supplementary reading. The students will practice both extensive (listening to get the general information) and intensive (listening for details) listening skills, and become used to the most current news in Japan in the area of international relations, politics, economics, and social issues. Weekly journal will be used for the students to express themselves in writing and thus acquire and solidify newly learned vocabulary and structures in class. In addition, portion of the class time will be devoted to reviewing intermediate grammar and expressions, to improve the students’ overall language understanding.

Enables students to understand and use Japanese in a wide variety of business-related situations. Familiarizes them with customary expressions and frequently used terms in business dialogues, documents, and articles.

Studies Japanese newspapers and TV news. Familiarizes students with textual features of Japanese media through developing skills for scanning, skimming and Internet browsing.

Emphasizes development of skills and practical knowledge that may be necessary when working in Japanese environment. Topics include basic translation, conducting survey, making presentation and public speaking.

This is an advanced Japanese language course focusing on further developing oral communication skills that are needed when you use Japanese for professional purposes. The use of Japanese for professional purposes is differentiated from that for academic purposes or survival purposes. This course aims to develop 1) the ability to understand the Japanese used in a variety of situations and circumstances related to professional (business and formal) settings, and 2) the communication skills to attain such functions as stating opinions, persuading, complaining, negotiating, etc. Also, such topics as writing business letters and email, effective self-introduction, usage of keigo, writing resume and cover letters, use of phone in offices, effective presentations, etc., will be addressed. This course is particularly recommended for those who wish to do an internship in Japan in the future.

Further develops reading and communication skills through authentic materials from multi media sources. TV program, radio broadcasting, newspapers, and magazines will be used to enhance reading and discussion. Review of advanced grammar as needed basis.

Develops advanced reading skills, including scanning, skimming, prediction, anticipation and deduction by doing extensive reading and researching, and further oral communication skills by studying and discussing on topics that are currently 'hot' in Japan. Review of advanced grammar as needed basis.

Develops reading skills, including scanning, skimming, prediction, anticipation and deduction. Practices reading suited to specific objectives and reading materials.

Explores issues involved in teaching Japanese in different settings such as high school, community college, universities and private companies. Includes textbook/material selection, curriculum and course design, and class activities.

Provides an overview of political, economic and social issues that Japan faces at the turn of the century. Topics include political and economic reforms, aging society, educational system, environmental problems, and women on the job.

Discusses gender issues in Japan with respect to legislation, economy, work, education, society, culture, media and language use. Topics include family relations, roles and status of women in family, gender issues hidden in society and custom, recent changes and new trend.

Serves as an introduction to linguistic analysis. Includes projects based on fieldwork in phonology, morphology, syntax, discourse, and pragmatics. Discusses importance of language awareness. Includes pedagogical strategies for consciousness-raising.

Introduces the interplay between language and society. Discusses regional and social dialects as well as the role of linguistic attitudes and language variation in language learning and teaching.

Surveys, in seminar format, research in second-language learning relating to language teaching and learning. Discusses the role of affective variables, interaction, learner strategies, and learner factors in the language acquisition process. Prerequisite: Language Analysis

This 2.0 unit cross-disciplinary media development course will introduce students to best practices for the goal-setting, planning, production and distribution of content-based, digital media projects.  The course will discuss concepts that will best communicate the change students would like to see in the world.  Topics may include storytelling, interviewing, creating your vision, understanding emotion and breaking through the media haze.  In-class hours will be spent discussing strategy and time will be allotted outside of the classroom to learn the media tools with the assistance of the digital media commons.  Projects will be based on the students own interests and should intersect with coursework or activities outside this course.  To build their understanding of the concepts in communicating for change, students will develop personal blogs, create a digital story and present with new media tools in class.  Finally, students will develop individual "intersection projects" that combine their personal, academic and/or professional interests with the skills learned in the class.  The tools used to make these projects will be determined by the student, taking into consideration the skill level of the individual. 

Available to all Institute students, the course addresses cross-over issues and skills linking policy, business, languages, translation and interpretation.

The objective of these courses is: to familiarize the students with the leading sociological research institutions in Russia and their findings about the most important social, economic, and political issues facing the population. Students' activities consist of reading and translating the results of different opinion surveys, presenting their findings in Russian, and developing skills to analyze a variety of surveys and applying the findings to a broader understanding of modern Russia. The reading materials are taken directly from the internet sites and publications of the most respected Russian sociological research institutions.

Students will be working with authentic Russian language materials from different media sources in Russia and CIS. The course work has two distinct goals. The first goal is to significantly increase the scope of vocabulary related to politics, sociology, security and culture as well as the ability to read, translate and analyse the primary sources of information. The second goal is to be exposed to a variety of interpretations of current political, social and security related trends that are leading the media and governments's discourse on the most acute subjects - such as relationship of Russia and other near abroad countries, prospects of joining NATO and the EU by Georgia and Ukraine, energy ties and development of civil society.

Acquaints the students with the leading Russian publications, online reports, and TV programs. Offers a comprehensive picture of contemporary politics and society in Russia through the eyes of a newly emerging capitalist mass media.

The objective of this course is to introduce students to a variety of Russian media sources and help them navigate hundreds of available internet information sites in Russian. Students will be reading, translating, and analyzing selected articles. The emphasis will be put on expanding Russian language vocabulary related to politics, social and economic issues. The course should enable students to work with Russian language electronic media on their own to support their research interests and supplement information on Russia available in English.

The goal of this course is to study the Russian language electronic media discourse on the most acute issues of politics and society in post-Soviet states. Students will read, translate, and analyze journalistic, analytical, and sociological overviews of such issues as forthcoming parliamentary and presidential elections in Russia, corruption in post-Soviet states, migration, ethnic conflicts, CIS politics, and foreign policy of the Newly Independent States. Students will hone their public presentation skills, expand their vocabulary, and improve their skills in analytical writing. Special effort will be made to improve students' understanding of cultural and historical factors driving political changes in modern Eurasia.

Part I - a review of intellectual discourse in Russian and Western press. Part II - the study of materials related to social realities and the problem of migration in Russia. Part III - students will be separated into groups according to their interests to work on presentations. Part IV - focused on preparation of individual presentations and the writing of a course essay.

This course is taught in Monterey model format. The Russian section of the course will deal with the most pressing issues related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the most important documents related to the current nonproliferation regime, and interviews with experts in the field. Students will gain the expertise and completely new vocabulary in this very important area of modern politics. They will make presentations and write research related to individually selected topics in Russian.

Covers Spanish grammatical structures and idioms, combining oral practice and a systematic study of vocabulary. Expression of ideas on discussion topics related to contemporary trends, current events and everyday life.

Continuation of Language and Culture I, review of structures, idiomatic expressions, and features of Hispanic cultures of several regions and countries. Written exercises, frequent oral reports, discussions of current issues from authentic sources.

This course explores modern day Colombia and current events focusing on major issues confronting contemporary Colombian society such as poverty, drugs, narco-terrorism, Free Trade Agreement, Plan Colombia, and globalization. Special attention will be given to grammar concepts that are still problematic to the majority of students through diverse exercises and oral and written reports related to the above topics.

Based on authentic material from newspapers, magazines, cinema, internet resources, this course surveys briefly all the Spanish-speaking countries, including the United States. Students write brief essays, research and report on short items each week, and prepare a major presentation for a final project. Language study is based on student background.

This course is designed for intermediate students who seek to use Spanish in a global marketplace from a Hispanic cultural perspective. It introduces business terminology which will be used in oral presentations and develops writing skills through the writing of business correspondence and a review of grammar concepts that are still problematic for students. It will help prepare students for upper level courses in Business Spanish.

This course will introduce students to different issues in Latin America: State terrorism, Military Repressions, The Dirty War and the Disappearance of people: Human Rights, Drug Cartels in Latin America, Terrorist attacks on Amia (the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association) Argentina is home of the largest Jewish population in Latin America and this was the Argentina's deadliest bombing. Truth Commissions in Latin America.

Readings will be drawn from a wide variety of published and on-line materials. Requirements include a take-home midterm, class presentations, quizzes, final test and regular participation in class discussion.

This course offers an introduction to environmental issues. Environmental concerns often appear in the news, and it can be difficult to tell what matters, or what choice we have. In fact, future international professionals, whether they work in the policy, business, or language sectors, will encounter environmental issues on their agendas. Today we are threatened by the big environmental issues of the 21st century: global warming, climate change, pollution, and gross contamination of the atmosphere, land and oceans. Every nation faces essentially the same task of achieving its environmental protection goals while balancing other economic and social demands. Yet they all construct environmental policy in their own way and pace: founded upon their unique political, economic, legal, cultural, and geographic realities... HS483 concentrates in the country of Spain: in its environmental conditions, its responses to the environmental problems, and the mechanisms that are used by both the State and private organizations to prevent, combat, control and reduce impacts of human activities on the environment.

Provides students with an opportunity to understand Mexico's socio-economic and political development through films and in depth readings in Spanish.

Provides students of Spanish, Business, Translation, Interpretation and International Relations an opportunity to study the process of European integration, with special attention to Spain. The aim of the course is to answer the following broad questions. What is the European Union? How and why did it evolve? What does it do? How does it work? What difference does it make?

Facilitates the transition from the classroom to the first professional assignment by offering students a wide range of interpretation experiences. Advanced interpreting students become comfortable with working in settings in which different modes of interpretation are called for and where relay interpretation is the norm. Students provide simultaneous and consecutive interpretation at Monterey Institute public events and taped conferences, for Institute interdisciplinary courses, and as part of community outreach; they also work intensively together in multilingual practice groups during the semester. Reinforces the concept of reflective practice, requiring students to evaluate their own performance as well as that of their peers. Students are expected to complete an interpretation portfolio.

This course offers an economic approach to understand the US-China trade relations. It draws on the theories and insights of economics, trade and international relations to examine the US-China trade relations. It thereby helps students develop a better understanding of how US-China trade relations have been built based on interdependence of bilateral economy and trade, engagement of American strategy, the rising power of China and its impacts on the US-China relations.

This course addresses the importance of negotiations as a tool for the manager in resolving organizational conflict and guiding organizational change. The course will focus on routine organizational interactions (worker performance, interpersonal disputes, worker grievances), customer service and strategic planning. In each case, the lectures and exercises will examine how applying negotiations, facilitation and mediation techniques can enhance the ability of the manager to perform his or her many organizational roles. There will be a series of group exercises and simulations. Beginning the first evening, students will work in small groups on a course project- creating a negotiations training in-basket exercise. Time will be assigned to this activity each session.

This course deals with the relevant elements that are combined in counter-terrorism while stressing the typical dilemmas surrounding it. The course will present both practical and theoretical aspects of the counter-terrorism field. This field has become a hot topic following the extensive media coverage of terrorist attacks and the subsequent interrelated issues of civil and human rights.

This workshop allows for a unique opportunity for students to obtain tangible experience in the methodologies used by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for the recovery of sealed radioactive sources.  Knowledge of on-the-ground operations of projects initiated by the Nuclear National Security Administration (NNSA) will enhance future policy makers understanding of the challenges and barriers associated with implementation of policy.

"NGO sustainability" is a term frequently associated with moments of crisis in the lives of development organizations—moments which threaten an organization’s ability to operate and be "sustainable" over time. Crises all too often prompt decision-makers to conclude the organization simply needs more money. Many organizations confuse financial stability with organizational sustainability. This workshop is designed to clarify the conditions that are necessary for an NGO to become sustainable, as well as the processes that can help an organization consciously build a sustainability strategy. The workshop will combine lecture, case studies and significant group work to explore effective organizational sustainability strategies. Specific themes to be covered include: Strategic refinement and value proposition clarification; Identification, development and packaging of products and services (linked to the value proposition); Market and donor alignment and resource generation and diversification; Cost recovery and cost effectiveness.

This workshop provides practical tools about how to respond to conflict where religion is a major factor. Students will see how social science has improved upon the notion of inequity resulting in violence leading to a newer group of theories that account for the role of consensus building and the purposeful development of a moral justification for killing those of another group. Practical tools will include how to counter incitement and how to intervene in situations of high tension using early warning/early response approaches. The major emphasis will be on ethno-religious conflict at a local level but, later in the workshop, there will be a focus on implications for conflict in the so-called "clash of civilizations."

The continuing existence of thousands of nuclear weapons, altogether some 100,000 times more powerful than those used over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, poses the greatest threat to humankind and the planetary environment. That these facts are mostly ignored in the public arena and understood by few increases the danger. An opportunity is unfolding for action to be taken towards the only safe solution—the total elimination of nuclear weapons. Topics of this course will include: the origin of nuclear weapons; their subsequent development and proliferation; the measures taken so far to control them; the present intolerable dangers they pose, including that they can be launched irreversibly in under 10 minutes; and, then identify the actions that can be taken to eliminate them and to establish a new global security structure.

This workshop will provide a basic framework for understanding water quality issues and the range of options for managing various types of problems that arise from impairments to water quality. It will also integrate the concept of recognizing the true value of water in a policy and management context and how various services and benefits are provided by water and investments in water projects or management strategies.  Management strategies to be covered will include pollution prevention, supply options, watershed management, distribution systems, storage systems and treatment.  Technological solutions such as on-site treatment, regional treatment, source treatment, in-line treatment, and use of natural systems will also be discussed and reviewed.

An overview of water quality issues worldwide will also be presented. The various indicators of water quality and sanitation will be reviewed along with the development of various standards and criteria for measuring quality for different uses. Numerous readings and a syllabus will provide addition material for discussion and use in preparing a briefing/issue paper (with a prescribed format) on a particular issue to be selected by each student from a list of optional case studies.

With a focus on gender, this workshop will examine conflicts in five African countries: Rwanda, Angola, Zimbabwe, Sudan and Somalia, as case studies. The workshop will examine the importance of gender perspective to both theory and practice in conflict resolution. Topics to be discussed include peace versus masculinity, polarizing pairs of femininity, sexual violence in war, and the role of men and women in military groups and peacekeeping operations. The workshop will also explore how gender affects the way information is processed, communication and negotiation are experienced, power is exercised and understood, risks are evaluated and decisions and agreements are reached. The role women play in constructing governments of national unity will also be explored. The students will be provided with an opportunity to simulate "real" life negotiations related to the mediation of patriarchy and sexism in conflict resolutions.

Anthropogenic climate change is the global environmental issue of the twenty-first century. Policymakers will increasingly find themselves dealing with climate change, including mitigation of human influence on climate, adaptation to inevitable climate change, and international policy questions relating to this global problem. Although details of future climate are uncertain, the fact of anthropogenic climate change rests on a firm scientific basis. This course introduces that science at a level appropriate to students of international environmental policy who do not necessarily bring a scientific background to their studies. Major topics covered include the energy flows that establish Earth’s climate, the role of humankind in altering climate, what we know from past climates, and how we model climate futures. The course includes some quantitative work, appropriate to students who have had high-school algebra.

Starting with the basic premise that conflicts are inevitable but manageable and even vehicles for change, this workshop aims to help participants define and identify conflicts around them. Also in this workshop, participants will learn to recognize the source of many everyday conflicts (workplace, family, societal) and reflect on how to effectively deal with them, through a greater awareness of their own conflict resolution style. Participants will leave the workshop with their own toolkit of skills for managing conflicts.

The universal right to education is a globally accepted national norm, investment priority of most economists and donors, key aspiration of parents worldwide for their children, and U.N. Millennium Development Goal #2. While progress has been made, achieving "education for all" has not proven easy, challenging policymakers, donors, program leaders, educators and civil society since the development era began in earnest after World War II. Numerous questions abound regarding strategies, monitoring, measurements and constraints upon success.

In attempting to answer these questions, this course will focus on how education systems, communities and civil society actors in developing countries provide basic education and how international actors support these efforts. The course will illuminate such policy issues as: What constitutes ‘basic education’ in a rapidly changing world; How basic education is financed, organized, delivered, evaluated; How education quality and results are conceptualized and measured; Diversity, inclusion, exclusion and equity in basic education; Trade-offs in increased access and scale, quality and equity; Relationship between formal and nonformal education; Language of instruction, religion and schooling, control over content; Children’s rights in schools, violence and punishment in schools. The course is intended to be engaging, challenging and thought-provoking, and will involve participants actively in reading, case studies, group research and problem-solving projects, discussions and debate.

This workshop is designed to examine the key preconditions of success in effective human resource management (HRM). Special attention will be given to HR processes that yield highly capable, motivated and accountable personnel, as well as organizational commitment and systems that provide an enabling, productive work environment. The workshop will combine lecture, case studies and significant group work to explore effective HRM.

This workshop serves as an overview to Iran's nuclear program since its development during the Shah period in the 1970's to the Islamic Republic in the present. Topics that will be covered include the geopolitics of Iran, the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the Middle East, and Iranian threat perceptions. Also, Iranian national security in a regional and global context and the role of domestic Iranian politics in the state's nuclear policy will be examined. Finally, the workshop covers the concerns and objectives of U.S. policy towards Iran's nuclear program efforts and nonproliferation and arms control initiatives of international institutions vis-a-vis Iran.

This course will explore how and why the United States spent more than $6 trillion to build some 70,000 nuclear weapons, conduct more than 1,000 nuclear tests, and deploy and maintain a worldwide network of delivery systems, sensors, and communications assets capable of unleashing (or defending against) unimaginable devastation. Key developments and turning points in the history of the nuclear weapons program will be discussed, and the economic, environmental, and human health costs of the testing, production, and deployment of U.S. nuclear weapons will be quantified and assessed. Basic knowledge of nuclear weapons is helpful but not essential. This course includes select films and a special guest lecture by award-winning author Richard Rhodes (The Making of the Atomic Bomb, Dark Sun, and Arsenals of Folly).

This course will first introduce students to basic technical information on both offensive and defensive missile systems capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction. Offensive delivery systems includes both ballistic and land-attack cruise missile systems. It next turns to current and prospective trends in the spread of ballistic and land-attack cruise missiles in the Middle East, South Asia, and Northeast Asia. In light of these offensive missile trends, the course will examine the role and potential effectiveness of missile defense systems in each of the three regions noted above, as well as in protecting the U.S. homeland. The course next turns to the role played by nonproliferation policy, including export controls, in terms of their effectiveness to date and challenges they face in light of new missile proliferation incentives.

The purpose of this workshop is to explain fundamental principles and implications of international trade transactions which require goods movement. We will explore key relationships between the commercial agreement, the financial aspect of the transaction and the physical movement of the goods (international air and sea freight). An important focus will be risk minimization through the pragmatic use of international terms of sale, intermodal bills of lading, surveys and insurance. In addition, other current areas of concern in the field of international logistics will be reviewed, including shipping markets, non-tariff barriers, security, foreign trade zones, and currency fluctuations.

This workshop is delivered by a representative of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the Hague, the Netherlands. It covers such topics as the CWC, the mandate of the OPCW, the steps taken during the delivery of assistance operations upon requests from Member States, roles and responsibilities of ACAT (Assistance Coordination and Assessment Team) during delivery of assistance activities, IAU (Investigation of the Alleged Use) team, NA/LEMA (National Authority/Local Emergency Management Agency) and OSOCC (On-Site Operation Coordination Center) concept. In addition, students become familiar with individual protection, decontamination, detection equipment and principles and their limitations. Series of table-top exercises introduce the topics of rapid assessment, evaluation and reporting in the field. The theoretical part of the workshop is followed by short practical exercises which require dressing and undressing in the protective equipment. The workshop is concluded by a short multiple-choice test on the material and information presented by the instructor during a workshop.

This workshop explores international refugee law and policy in theory and practice. The workshop provides an introduction to the concepts and causes of refugee flows, the key features of international refugee law, its history, and explores the refugee systems of a range of countries, including the United States and Australia. Particular attention will be drawn to many case studies of contemporary refugee issues such as Afghanistan, Cuba, Haiti, Iraq, North Korea and Sudan. The workshop introduces students to basic principles of international law, examines international obligations under the Convention [and Protocol] relating to the Status of Refugees and outlines the present laws and policies in relation to asylum seekers. The discussions, exercises and working-group sessions during the workshop invite students to critically reflect on the nature and objectives of international refugee law, and understand the rationale of international, regional and domestic policies in this field. Moreover, the course seeks to improve communication, teamwork, argumentative, writing, and research skills and is designed to enhance students' abilities to research relevant material, critically analyze policy documents and legislation, case studies and scholarly writing, and elaborate practical recommendations for law reform and policy change.

This workshop is designed to examine the ways in which NGOs are wittingly or unwittingly used to support terrorist objectives and activities. Special attention will be given to the following issues: (1) why terrorist groups exploit NGOs; (2) how terrorist groups exploit NGOs; (3) telltale signs that can be used to distinguish between legitimate and illicit NGOs; and (4) actions governments and NGOs can take to maintain NGO legitimacy (including a discussion of appropriate legal frameworks; good governance; and self-regulation). The workshop will combine lecture, case studies (including a review of NGOs that have contributed to the financing of al-Quaida) and simulations. The topics to be covered should be of particular interest to students interested in NGO management; security issues; and field-based emergency response or development work.

The science substantiating human-induced global warming is increasingly robust. Governments, via the Kyoto Protocol, and in the U.S., via state greenhouse gas reduction commitments, and in China, via energy intensity reduction commitments, are banding together to cap greenhouse gas emissions. Energy is the central challenge to bringing greenhouse gases under control. This course will explore the two main avenues to transforming energy toward a sustainable path - (1) renewable energy and (2) energy efficiency technology commercialization. We will assess (1) the energy delivery potential of the main renewable energy technologies (in both the electricity and fuels sectors), (2) the potential for mobilizing renewable energy and energy efficiency in both developed and developing economies, (3) the future of fossil fuels, and (4) the potential for public policies to deliver technology transformation and usher in a sustainable energy future.

The term counterterrorism probably means many things to those who read, hear or speak the word. Though uttered for centuries, and increasingly in the U.S. for the past 23 years, it has not been more widely misunderstood or created more cognitive dissonance and political bashing as it has since September 11, 2001. This workshop will attempt to define counterterrorism by examining its multiple layers from pre-diplomatic assessment, government intervention through the use of military and armed conflict, to post action evaluation. The purpose of this workshop is to make students aware of how policy gets interpreted and carried out in terms of counterterrorism ideologies and operations. We will discuss the immediate and long-term effects of U.S. and other counterterrorism actions throughout the world.

This workshop introduces participants to a variety of evaluation approaches appropriate to public sector and nongovernmental organizations. Key issues include: uses of evaluation; alternative evaluation models; the basics of designing and implementing an evaluation; and, internal versus external evaluation. Workshop participants will gain proficiency in using a limited number of tools to design program or project evaluations.

This workshop will provide the student with a comprehensive understanding of global human trafficking. In addition to an overview of the global issues we will examine causes, costs, political and other means of reducing the problem, and ways to personally impact this world-wide disgrace and disregard for human dignity.

This is an intensive workshop created to provide students a foundation for writing common policy documents both in academic and professional venues. This workshop will offer practice and feedback for continuation and development of solid writing skills. To promote effectiveness as a communicator via writing, students will be called upon to participate in various writing activities and assignments that require critical analysis of current policy problems and issues. Students will also be required to participate in discussions, peer review sessions, and self-critique, all in order to promote better policy writing skills. By the end of the workshop, participants should have a greater understanding of how to write some basic documents required of policy students and professionals, including an Op-ed article, a policy memo and a press release.

This course has three specific objectives: 1. To better understand the mediation process and its effectiveness in improving interpersonal communication, building consensus in organizational decision-making and settling disputes, 2. To expand one’s own repertoire of negotiation skills and strategies based upon interest-based negotiation principles and techniques, 3. To develop entry level and advanced skills as a mediation practitioner with orientation to all phases of the mediation process. These objectives will be achieved through a combination of lectures, guest speakers, participant analysis and discussions, and a variety of simulation exercises that will allow participants to play the roles of disputant, attorney, and mediator.

This course will explore the impact of national security law on international trade. We will discuss why and how individual countries and groups of countries enter into agreements to restrict or prohibit normal trade and cross-border transactions for national security reasons. At our first meeting, we will look at the World Trade Organization ("WTO") agreements to review the exceptional circumstances under which Member States may discriminate against others based on national security grounds. At our next meeting, we will explore specific applications of the exception to justify actions taken by one country against another. Finally, at our last meeting, you will have an opportunity, working as a group with a few of your classmates, to develop a legal brief to submit to an international tribunal on one of several hypothetical "crises" that will be presented in class.

The workshop will explore how businesses and governments develop and implement strategies for pursuing international trade and investment policy oriented goals. We will examine the different ways in which both business and government establish trade and investment strategies, and how they identify issues for policy action and international negotiation in the context of such strategies. We will then explore the issues facing some typical multinational corporations and national governments in coping with the challenges of globalization, and how their efforts to deal with those issues is driving the international trade and investment negotiating agenda. Against this background we will discuss some of the current controversies in international trade negotiations.

"Microfinance" is a term that is used to describe a broad range of financial services targeting poor and low-income clients. Microfinance interventions range from simple revolving loan fund schemes in rural areas to complex banking and insurance services. The core concept is that the poor have the same rights of permanent access to financial services as the rest of the world’s population. The workshop provides an overview of microfinance, including a brief history of the modern microfinance movement, the different methodologies practiced and current standards of accepted "best practice." It is appropriate for anyone interested in pro-poor policies, poverty reduction, economic development, private sector and business development, employment promotion, and gender.

Students will gain important skills needed to write and develop all aspects of successful proposals including: executive summaries, problem and need statements, goals and objectives, methods and milestones, activities and budgets. Proposal evaluation sections will also be developed. Students will be required to research and write a proposal during the weekend workshop. This will be one of the more difficult - and practical - courses you will ever take as well as a wonderful addition to your resume!

This 15 hour class will examine the role of intelligence analysis in addressing today's proliferation threats. It will provide you with information about the organizations that make-up the US intelligence community; the process by which raw information may become an intelligence assessment; and the various pressures and dynamic existing within the intelligence community. The class will also examine several cases, such as the South Asian nuclear weapons tests, North Korean uranium enrichment activities, accounting for Iraq's WMD, and Iran's uranium enrichment development efforts, where the intelligence community appears to have failed or at least faltered. Using these case studies, we will examine the reality and the fallacies underlying this perception. Finally, we will briefly examine the intelligence efforts of other countries and their role within their own governments. The class is pass/fail.

This is a practical course on how to do cross-cultural training. In the first half, students are instructed on the various components of cross-cultural training: lectures, critical incidents, role-playing and simulations. Numerous examples are given of each. Guest lectures are offered on training for businesspersons, Peace Corps training, and cultural mindsets. Students then need to prepare their own specific cross-cultural training program or orientation (example: orientation for American students going on a home-stay exchange program to Japan), which they will present to the class during the second weekend three weeks later. The students will then critique each of the presentations, and the final paper will take into account these critiques.

The workshop will cover the questions that need to be asked when analyzing trade policy issues for decision making or international negotiations. We will analyze the impact of trade policy decisions on the commercial interests of enterprises, on the performance of the national economy, on the achievement of trade-related domestic policies, and on the bureaucratic interests of government departments. We will then explore how he stakeholders involved use the political process to influence decisions, and how domestic laws and international trade rules influence decision making in trade. We will then apply the analytical framework to a number of trade policy disputes, and explore how the analysis can shape the subsequent negotiations or dispute settlement efforts.

This workshop will provide students with an overview of the state of the global trade regime, exploring issues in the World Trade Organization (WTO) multilateral negotiations authorized by the Doha Ministerial Declaration, progress in the Free Trade of the Americas (FTAA) negotiations, ongoing efforts to address transatlantic and transpacific trade and investment challenges, and developments in securing a seamless North American market. It will focus on some of the issues and challenges faced by the world trade community as governments seek ways to develop institutions, rules, and procedures commensurate with the changing nature of trade and investment, the rapid pace of global and regional economic integration, and the values and priorities of their electorates.

Why is it that nuclear weapons have given humankind a totally unprecedented level of destructive potential? Why is nuclear-weapons technology spreading despite our best efforts to stop it? What policies can help reduce the threat from nuclear weapons? The answers lie, fundamentally, in the science of the atomic nucleus. The “nuclear difference” is the million-fold difference between the energy bound in the nucleus versus that of everyday chemical reactions. The potential for nuclear proliferation—and our hope of slowing it—lies in subtle properties of the elements uranium and plutonium. This course introduces basic nuclear science at a level appropriate to students of nonproliferation policy who do not necessarily bring a scientific background to their studies. After the appropriate background is established, the course will emphasize issues of uranium enrichment and plutonium production, as well as connections between nuclear power and nuclear weapons.

This course will examine the evolution and current status of militant Islamic organizations in the Middle East. The course will briefly introduce the evolution of militant Islamic ideologies and paradigms up to the 21st century. The bulk of the course will be devoted to contemporary militant Islamic organizations with special focus on transnational Islamist networks with global reach and other notable regional networks in the Levant and North Africa. Islamism and its variants will be discussed, as well as the history of suicide warfare methods and tactics. This course will discuss short-term and long-term solutions to Islamic militancy in the Middle East.