Classes

GOV 1100/SA 52: Political Economy of Development

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2010
Course website (iSites)

Teaching Fellow (Course Head: Robert H. Bates)

Growth and development imply a transformation in the politics and economics of nations. How does this transformation take place? What economic forces and political struggles propel it? Drawing on anthropology, political science, and economics, the course explores the process of urbanization, state formation, war-making, and development.

GOV 1008: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2010
Course website (iSites)

Teaching Fellow (Course Head: Sumeeta Srinivasan)

This course introduces Geographical Information Systems and their applications. GIS is a combination of software and hardware with capabilities for manipulating, analyzing and displaying spatially referenced information. The course will meet two times a week. Every week, there will be a lecture and discussion as well as a laboratory exercise where students will work with GIS software on the computer.