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Social Science & Policy Studies Courses

Social Science & Policy Studies Courses

Undergraduate Courses

  • ENV 3500. Women and the Environment
  • GOV 2100. Engineering and Public Policy
  • GOV 3312. International Environmental Policy
  • SOC 1500. The Sociology of Race
  • SOC 3500. African American Political Thought
Experimental Undergraduate Courses
  • ECON 210X. INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
  • ECON 216X. ECONOMIC LESSONS FROM THE DUTCH GOLDEN AGE
  • ECON 291X. ECONOMICS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
  • ENV 130X. SMART & SUSTAINABLE CITIES
  • ENV 200X. CLIMATE CHANGE: VULNERABILITY AND MITIGATION
  • ENV 210X. CLIMATE CHANGE, RESILIENCE, AND THE DEVELOPING WORLD
  • ENV 300X. FIELD COURSE IN EUROPEAN URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
  • GOV 233X. SOCIAL ACTION AND POLICY CHANGE
  • GOV 235X. INTERNTIONAL MIGRATION AND POLITICS
  • GOV 236X. WOMEN IN POLITICS

Graduate Courses

  • DEV 501. Social Innovation and Global Development
  • DEV 502. Design for Social Change
  • DEV 510. Design Studio 1
  • DEV 520. Design Studio 2
  • DEV 530. Ethics and Social Justice in Science, Engineering, and Development
  • DEV 540. Research Methods
  • DEV 550. Policy Evaluation
  • DEV 595. Special Topics in Design for Science, Technology and Innovation
  • DEV 596. Independent Study
  • DEV 597. Directed Research
  • DEV 598. Graduate Qualifying Project
  • DEV 599. Masters Thesis
  • SS 560. Artificial Intelligence: Exploring Technology, Ethics and Policy
  • SS 590. Special Topics in Social Science and Policy Studies
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