Global Development Policy Tracks

The three tracks within the Global Development Policy MA are detailed below.  Click on the title of the track to jump to the appropriate description.

Governance & Political Economy

Environment & Development

International Public Health

Governance & Political Economy

Statistics/Methods Course

  • GRS IR 702 Research Methods for International Relations Practitioners

Required Track Courses

  • GRS IR 759 International Institutions for Finance Development, and Trade
  • GRS IR 789 Globalization, Governance, and Development

Optional Track Courses

Students choose two of the following courses.

CAS IR 520 (PO 562) The State and Public Purpose in Asia
CAS IR 575 (PO 553) Political Economy of Mexico and NAFTA
CAS IR 587 Political Economy of the Middle East
CAS IR 590 (PO 550) Political Economy of Latin America
CAS IR 594 (GE 594) Global Environmental Negotiation and Policy
CAS IR 597 (GE 597) Sustainable Development in Latin America
CAS IR 594 (GE 599) Science, Politics, and Climate Change
GRS IR 711 (AN 711) Civil Society and the State
GRS IR 718 International Migration and Diaspora in World Politics
GRS IR 768 Reform of the State: Political and Institutional Reforms in Latin America

CAS AN 538 Human Ecology of Modern Africa
CAS AN 712 People and Culture in Africa

GRS HI 894 Environmental History of Africa

CAS PO 504 Human Development: Measuring and Promoting Social Change
CAS PO 523 Global Justice
CAS PO 565 Government and Politics of Contemporary Africa
GRS PO 842 Comparative Development and Underdevelopment

GRS SO 720 Seminar: Developed and Underdeveloped Countries

Environment & Development

Statistics/Methods Course

  • CAS GE 516 Multivariate Analysis

Required Track Courses

  • CAS GE 541 Economic Geography of Transport
  • CAS GE 542 Models of Urban Transportation Systems
  • GRS GE 913 or 914 Topics in the Geography of Development

Optional Track Courses

Students choose one of the following courses.

CAS GE 505 Geographic Information Systems
CAS GE 519 Energy, Society, and the Environment
CAS GE 550 Modeling Environmental and Social Systems
GRS GE 625 Energy and Environmental Policy Analysis
GRS GE 660 Resource Economics and Policy
GRS GE 723 Advanced Economic Geography

International Public Health

Statistics/Methods Course

  • SPH BS 701 (3 credits) Elementary Biostatistics
  • OR SPH BS 703 (4 credits) Biostatistics

Required Track Courses

  • SPH EP 711 (3 credits) Introduction to Epidemiology
  • SPH IH 704 (4 credits) The Organization, Delivery, and Financing of Medical Care Services
  • SPH IH 871 (4 credits) Program Evaluation
  • SPH PH 709 (4 credits) The Biology of Public Health

Optional Track Courses

Students choose one of the following courses.

SPH EH 806 (4 credits) Development and the Environment

SPH IH 700 (4 credits) Health in Lower Income Countries: Issues and Approaches
SPH IH 719 (4 credits) Community-based Approaches to Health and Development
SPH IH 748 (4 credits) Managing Projects, People, and Resources for International Health
SPH IH 757 (2 credits) Preventing Corruption in Health Programs
SPH IH 758 (2 credits) Applied Mental Health in Low-Resource Countries
SPH IH 760 (4 credits) Health Systems Research for Developing Countries
SPH IH 763 (2 credits) Financial Management for International Health
SPH IH 764 (2 credits) Social Determinants: Impacts and Responses to the Aids Pandemic
SPH IH 773 (4 credits) Financial Management for International Health
SPH IH 811 (4 credits) Applied Research Methods in International Health
SPH IH 820 (4 credits) Global Issues in Pharmaceutical Policy and Programming

SPH MC 790 (4 credits) Global Maternal and Child Health