The three tracks within the Global Development Policy MA are detailed below. Prerequisites are noted in parenthesis after course titles. Courses without credits denoted are worth four credits.
A few courses (noted in parentheses) are taught only as part of Geneva or Tanzania summer study abroad programs.
Actual year to year course offerings vary depending on faculty availability. Most classes are taught once per year, but some may be taught less frequently.
Governance & Political Economy
Methods Course
- CAS MA 614 Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences
Required Track Course
Students choose two of the following three classes:
- GRS IR 621 Global Governance, Economic Development, & Human Rights (Geneva only)
- GRS IR 759 Understanding Global Money
- GRS IR 789 Globalization, Governance, & Development
Optional Track Courses
Students select sufficient coursework from the list below to bring their credit count for their track to at least 20. Classes included both in the list below and in the Required Track Courses list, above, cannot be used to fulfill both categories; students must choose which category to apply each class to.
- CAS IR 512 Global Resource Geopolitics
- CAS IR 520 (PO 562) The State & Public Purpose in Asia
- CAS IR 527 (PO 527) Political Economy of China
- CAS IR 532 Trade Law and Development
- CAS IR 575 (PO 553) Political Economy of Mexico & NAFTA
- CAS IR 587 Political Economy of the Middle East
- CAS IR 590 (PO 550) Political Economy of Latin America
- CAS IR 592 Economic Development & International Institutions
- CAS IR 594 (GE 594) Global Environmental Negotiation & Policy
- CAS IR 597 (GE 597) Development & Environment in Latin America
- CAS IR 599 (GE 599) Science, Politics, & Climate Change
- GRS IR 621 Global Governance, Economic Development, & Human Rights (Geneva Only)
- GRS IR 711 (AN 711) Civil Society & the State
- GRS IR 758 Comparative Political Economy of China & India
- GRS IR 759 Understanding Global Money
- GRS IR 789 Globalization, Governance, & Development (IR 704)
- GRS IR 825 Women & Social Change in the Developing World
- GRS HI 751 Environmental History of Africa
- CAS PO 526 Global Justice
- GRS SO 839 State Building & Failure in the Developing World
- QST SI 870 (3 credits) Strategies for Sustainable Development
- LAW BK 935 (2 credits) Microfinance & Development
- LAW BK 971 (2 credits) Lessons from the Financial Crisis
- Credit for this course is variable. Interested students should contact William Kring, wkring@bu.edu.
- SPH GH 757 (2 credits) Fighting Corruption Through Accountability & Transparency
- SPH GH 885 (2 credits) Global Trade, Intellectual Property and Public Health
- Requires permission of instructor. To register for the above two classes, please contact Lorrain Kaplan, lekaplan@bu.edu.
Environment & Development
Methods Course
- CAS GE 516 Multivariate Analysis
Required Track Courses
- CAS GE 510 Physical Principles of the Environment
- GRS GE 660 Resource Economics
Optional Track Courses
Students choose two of the following courses.
- CAS GE 505 Geographic Information Systems
- CAS GE 519 Energy, Society, & the Environment
- CAS GE/IR 594 Global Environmental Policy & Decision Making
- CAS GE/IR 597 Development & Environment in Latin America
- CAS GE/IR 599 Science, Politics, & Climate Change
- GRS GE 712 Regional Energy Modeling
- GRS GE 805 Spatial Analysis Using GIS
- GRS GE 794 Current Issues in Environmental Affairs
- CAS AN 538 Human Ecology of Modern Africa
International Public Health
Methods Course
- SPH BS 704 (3 credits) Introduction to Biostatistics
Required Track Courses
- SPH EP 713 (3 credits) Introduction to Epidemiology
- SPH GH 745 Monitoring & Evaluation of International Health Programs
Optional Track Courses
Students select sufficient coursework from the list below to bring their credit count for their track to at least 20.
- SPH GH 703 (2 credits) Global Public Health: History, Approaches, & Practices
- SPH GH 704 The Organization, Delivery, & Financing of Medical Care Services
- SPH GH 707 (6 credits) Tanzania Field Practicum in Public Health & Environment (Tanzania Only)
- SPH GH 720 Social & Behavioral Sciences in International Public Health
- SPH GH 757 (2 credits) Preventing Corruption in Health Programs
- SPH GH 773 Financial Management for International Health
- SPH GH 795 Global AIDS Epidemic: Social & Economic Determinants, Impact, & Responses (IH 720)
- SPH GH 800 (2 credits) Clinical Development of a New Medicinal (BS 704, EP 713)
- SPH GH 805 (2 credits) Controversies in Global Control & Eradication of Infectious Diseases (BS 704, EP 713)
- SPH GH 811 Applied Research Methods in International Health (BS 704, EP 713)
- SPH GH 885 (2 credits) Global Trade, Intellectual Property, & Public Health*
- SPH PH 709 The Biology of Public Health
*Requires permission of the instructor.