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These are more or less for fun since I've already finished my degree requirements, but:
PSC 288 - Government and Politics of Africa
This course is designed as an introduction to the major themes and theories of African politics at the graduate level. The primary course objectives are: 1) to provide a better understanding of the context shaping political and economic reform and conflicts in Africa; 2) to familiarize students with important formal and informal political institutions of African politics and various approaches used by scholars in the study of these institutions; and 3) to enable students to understand and evaluate prospects for and potential obstacles to political reform in Africa.
ANTH 220 - Anthropology of Development
Theoretical perspectives that distinguish the contribution of anthropology to understanding processes of change in the Third World. Focus on health, population, environment, gender, and tourism issues. The role of anthropology in planning and implementing projects and policy.
I'm considering a second program in International Education though, so I may opt to take a Comparative Ed course:
EDUC 202 - International and Comparative Education
This course provides students with an opportunity to read, think, talk and write broadly and deeply about educational issues across systems and national contexts. The intent is to expose students to a range of ideas and issues in international and comparative education. By providing resources and a class structure, it is hoped that students may construct a substantial foundation in the theories, vocabulary, preoccupations, and concerns of comparative and international education. By examining different approaches to common problems across systems, it is hoped that students will acquire a good sense of educational practice internationally. Believing the maxim that nothing is as practical as good theory, emphasis will be placed on discussing the variety of theoretical and empirical approaches to comparative education, enabling students to make sense of the practices seen in the world of education and to envision alternatives.
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EDUC 204 - Designing and Managing International Education Development Projects
This will be a hands-on course that will take students through the process of project design and then explore the very practical "how to" issues involved in managing large international development education projects. Course content will include the development of actual proposals for projects by students, including the development of technical narrative, implementation plans, monitoring and evaluation plans, budgets and other pieces that are key to the project design process. This activity will comprise approximately half to two-thirds of the course; students will work in groups and will be expected to produce complete proposals in response to solicitations put out by actual funding agencies.
The project management section of the course will focus on the challenges of operationalizing a project proposal document, once it is funded. Implementation issues to be explored will include the development of yearly workplans and technical implementation challenges in general, donor and partner relations, staffing issues, setting up an M&E system, budget monitoring and project reporting. This section of the course will use a case study approach, drawing on cases from projects that the two instructors have been involved in and possibly others. Again, students will work in teams to produce workplans, M&E reports, and project reports. In this section of the course, students will work individually and assignments will generally be in the form of case study analyses.
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We'll see, I've been registered for the first two since March, and the two Ed courses are still well below cap.
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