Courses

• CAS IR 591: The Making of the Modern Middle East
  (Meets with CAS HI 591.) Examines the modern Middle East, with its new and old states and its current contested frontiers as a product of European rivalries in the region in war and peace, 1798-1922.
• CAS IR 592: Economic Development and International Institutions
  Examines the role of international institutions in economic development. Analyzes how development- related international institutions makes rules and affect national policy choices. Applies those lessons to concrete policy challenges, including possibilities for institutional reform.
• CAS IR 594: Global Environmental Negotiation and Policy
  (Meets with CAS GE 594.) Key concepts, actors, concerns, and issues related to the process of negotiating global environmental policies. Overviews of the international system and environmental problems; an international negotiation simulation; case studies of global agreements on ozone depletion, climate change, desertification, and biodiversity, among others.
• CAS IR 596: Globalization and Contemporary Capitalism in Advanced Industrialized Nations
  Meets with CAS PO 538. How has globalization affected national sovereignty and control? Competing hypotheses are examined with specific reference to the internationalization of trade and the financial markets, and its impact on the three postwar models of capitalism.
• CAS IR 597: Development and Environment in Latin America
  (Meets with CAS GE 597.) Provides an empirically based understanding of the social and environmental aspects of economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) for purposes of analyzing the numerous trade and development policies that nations in LAC are currently considering.
• CAS IR 598: International Business Intelligence and Security Practices
  Introduction to practices of international business intelligence and industrial security, including legal and ethical issues, and investment and market analysis for strategic planning. Lectures are supplemented by a team exercise on dealing with risk in the overseas environment.
• CAS IR 599: Science, Politics, and Climate Change
  Applies a science and technology studies perspective to climate change science and policy. Examines the relationships between scientific and political systems at global, national, and local levels. Also offered as CAS GG 599.
• CAS LA 111: Hausa 1
  Introduction to conversational Hausa using orally oriented approach with immersion techniques.
• CAS LA 112: Hausa 2
  Continuation of CAS LA 111. This four-skill African language course in second-semester Hausa leads toward proficiency in oral expression, listening comprehension, reading, cultural understanding, and writing (using both the Latin alphabet and the Arabic-based script known as Ajami).
• CAS LA 211: Hausa 3
  Orally oriented approach supplemented by reading and writing. Culturally oriented text involves students in dialogues discussing aspects of Hausa culture and traditions.
• CAS LA 212: Hausa 4
  Continuation of CAS LA 211. This fourth-semester four-skill Hausa course develops competence and confidence in the use of Hausa in reading, writing, speaking and listening in culturally acceptable ways. Students learn to communicate at an intermediate high level of proficiency.
• CAS LA 311: Hausa 5
  In this fifth-semester course, students study and discuss various contemporary issues in Hausa society and culture, including traditional and contemporary literature written in both Latin and Ajami scripts. Instructional materials include internet resources and Hausa cinema.
• CAS LA 312: Hausa 6
  In this sixth semester course, students continue to study and discuss various issues in Hausa society and culture, including traditional contemporary Hausa literature (folk tales, stories, proverbs, etc.) written in both Latin and Ajami scripts.
• CAS LC 111: First-Semester Chinese
  Essentials of structure, oral practice, introduction to the writing system.
• CAS LC 112: Second-Semester Chinese
  Essentials of structure, oral practice, introduction to the writing system.
• CAS LC 116: Chinese Reading and Writing I
  An intensive course covering first-year Chinese in one semester for students who speak Mandarin fluently but possess limited or no reading and writing skills. Emphasis on reading and writing and analysis of grammar.
• CAS LC 211: Third-Semester Chinese
  Review of structure and grammar, practice in conversation and writing, introduction to reading.
• CAS LC 212: Fourth-Semester Chinese
  Review of structure and grammar, practice in conversation and writing, introduction to reading. Satisfactory completion of CAS LC 212 fulfills the CAS language requirement.
• CAS LC 213: Conversational Chinese
  Systematic practice in oral Chinese as it is used in real-world situations today. Conversational strategies, vocabulary, role-plays, contemporary media.
• CAS LC 216: Chinese Reading and Writing II
  An intensive course covering second-year Chinese in one semester for students who have completed LC 116 or students who speak Mandarin fluently and possess some reading and writing skills. Emphasis on reading and writing and analysis of grammar. Satisfactory completion of CAS LC 216 fulfills the CAS language requirement.

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