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Syllabus

Course Description

This class aspires to develop relevant knowledge and practical skillsfor students interested in engaging inpositive change in a complex world.

The course will make use of specific case studies from Haiti, Peru, Bangladesh, Uganda, Mexico, Rwanda,Pakistan, and Chile, among others, drawing lessons from instructive stories of failure and inspirational storiof change. The course focuses significant attention on bright spots in development where specificinterventions have made real and meaningful contributions. Furthermore, the instructor aspires to help trainstudents to think like creative, effective, and thoughtful development professionals.

The course is highly interactive and will require active student participation in class discussions, as well as multiple exercises and group projects. For the capstone project, students will work together in small groupswith a client organization to address a real world development problem or opportunity identified by theclient.

The class is particularly relevant for students who have engaged or hope to engage in international summerservice internships, study abroad, or research, or for those considering professional opportunities in areasrelated to social and economic development in the international context.

Course Objectives

In this course on international development, students will:

examine the processes that bring about individual and societal change in an international context;explore the roles, complexities, opportunities and constraints of development projects in areas such aspoverty reduction, social development, health, and education; and,develop practical skills related to project design, planning, management, negotiations, communicationand the evaluation of international development projects.

Required Textbooks

Fisher, Roger and William Ury. Getting to Yes. Penguin, 3rd edition. ISBN 978-1101-539-545(preview)Karlan, Dean and Jacob Appel.More Than Good Intentions: Improving the Ways the World's Poor

Borrow, Save, Farm, Learn, and Stay Healthy. Dutton Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0525-951-896 (previewKidder, Tracy.Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Curthe World. Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2009. ISBN 0-8129-7301-1 (preview)Novogratz, Jacqueline. The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor in an

Interconnected World. Rodale Books, 2010. ISBN 978-1-60529-476-6 (preview)Reifenberg, Steve. Santiagos Children: What I Learned about Life at an Orphanage in Chile.University of Texas Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-292-71742-8 (preview)

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Grading

Component Percentage

Final paper development checklist 100%

Class participation 20%

Quizzes, negotiation exercises, and short assignments 20%

Two short essays, three or four pages each 20%

Capstone project 25%

Final Examination 15%

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