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Graduate courses are offered on the Rose Hill campus, which houses the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Below please find the graduate course listing for Fall 2008. For the LALS graduate course inventory, please click here.

Download the Spring 2009 Graduate Course listings here.



Graduate Courses: 
Economic Development Policy                                  ECGA 5015 Schwalbenberg  
Prerequisite: ECGA 5011 M 5:30-7:20
Using economic methodology, this course examines the interaction between political and 
economic institutions in the determination of economic policy in developing countries. 
Topics may include population control, urban bias, agrarian reform, trade policies,
foreign aid and macroeconomic adjustment policies.  

Epidemics and Development Policy                           ECGA 5260 Tassier
A study of epidemics in developing countries, their transmission, control and governmental T 7:30-9:20
policy.

Stabilization Policy in Developing Countries             ECGA 5450 McLeod
Prerequisite: ECGA 5011 and either ECGA 5510 or ECGA 5410 or ECGA 6560. W 7:30-9:20
This IPED core course studies various stabilization policies chosen by developing countries 
to adjust to macroeconomic crises (hyper-inflation, volatile exchange rates, capital flight, 
etc.). Also examines the structural adjustment programs of the World Bank/IMF.  

Latin American and Latino Cultures                           LLGA 5001  Penry
An interdisciplinary course that offers students multiple perspectives on central issues in  W 4:45-7:15
Latin American and Latino Studies. Guest lecturers from various disciplines, such as 
history, literature, anthropology, art history, sociology and theology provide students an 
overview of current debates in the field.

Comparative Political Analysis                                   POGA 5500  Entelis
Problems of stability and change in the First, Second, and Third Worlds are examined with M 7:30-9:20
relation to socioeconomic factors that affect, and are affected by, institutions, processes, 
and policies.

Analysis of International Politics                                POGA 5600  Rennstich
Designed to stimulate and clarify our theorizing about foreign policy and global politics; also T 7:30-9:20
it presents a critical overview of many of the key perspectives and problems that
characterize such analysis.

Political Economy of Development                            POGA 6530  Berger
The course will focus on an analysis of contending interpretations of the consequences of W 5:30-7:20
the economic interrelationship between industrially developed and developing states. 

Multicultural Seminar                                                 PSGA 6171 Wade
Focus on multicultural perspective for understanding and working with diverse populations. M 11:30-1:20
Will examine issue of gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, etc. in the 
provision of psychological services.

Population Processes & Development Issues             SOGA 6506 Heisel
The relationships among population processes and the major sectors of development,  T 7:30-9:20
including economic and socio-cultural development, politics, and government, natural 
resource management, rural development, the status of women, health and nutrition, and 
development planning and policies in the developing countries.

U.S. Latin@ Christianities                                           REGR 6128 Burgaleta
This course presents a comprehensive introduction to the principal issues related to U.S.    T 3:30-5:20
Latino Christianities from and ecumenical perspective. The course is divided into four 
parts: the Landscape of Latinos in the U.S., Latinos, the Church and Social Issues,Latinos
and the Churches, and Hispanic Ministries. Among the topics covered are: the history of 
the principal Latino groups in the U.S. (Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans), the church’s 
responses to Latinos, parish ministry, youth ministry, the sacraments, popular religiosity, 
and an introduction to U.S. Latin@ theology. 


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