Watson Institute at Brown University
International and Public Affairs

Electives Spring 2023

Petition for Approval
Students seeking approval of electives not on this list should send to Professor Susan Moffit:

  • the course number and title
  • description from C@B
  • brief note of justification.
Note: Electives must be 1000-level or higher

Development  |  Policy & Governance  |  Security

Development

ANTH 0100Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 0800Sound and Symbols: Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
ANTH 1150Middle East in Anthropological Perspective
ANTH 1301Anthropology of Homelessness
ECON 0110Principles of Economics
ECON 1110Intermediate Microeconomics
ECON 1130Intermediate Microeconomics (Mathematical)
ECON 1210Intermediate Macroeconmics
ECON 1370           Race and Inequality in the United States
ECON 1540International Trade
ENVS 0490Environmental Science in a Changing World
ENVS 0705   Equity and the Environment: MOvements, Scholarship, Solutions
ENVS 1350            Environmental Economics and Policy
ENVS 1555            Urban Agriculture: The Importance of Localized Food Systems
ENVS 1580            Environmental Stewardship and Resilience in Urban Systems
ENVS  1925         Energy Policy and Politics
HIST 0234              Modern Latin America
HIST 1333              The Mexican Revolution
HIST 1960S              North African History: 1800 to Present
HIST 1977I           Gender, Race, and Medicine in the Americas
IAPA 1402Beyond Sun, Sea and Sand (Contemporary Caribbean)
IAPA 1404Economic Development of China/India
IAPA 1801VDiplomacy and Development: Related but Different Missions
JUDS 1711History of the State of Israel: 1948 to the Present
POLS 0200           Introduction to Comparative Politics
POLS 1240            Politics, Markets, and the States in Developing Countries
POLS 1290            The Rise of China
POLS 1825E          Health Care Politics and Policy
POLS 1825Q            Political Development, Democracy, an Integrtion in Europe
SOC 1270              Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the Modern World
UNIV 1207Eco-Entrepreneurship

Policy & Governance

ANTH 1301Anthropology of Homelessness
ANTH 1601Reimagining Climate Change
BIOL 1530Emergency Medical Systems
BIOL 1555Methods in Informatics and Data Science for Health
CLPS 1250Human Factors
CSCI 1951ICS for Social Change
ECON 1070Race, Crime, and Punishment in America
ECON 0110Principles of Economics
ECON 1110Intermediate Microeconomics
ECON 1130Intermediate Microeconomics (Mathematical)
ECON 1170Welfare Economics and Social Choice Theory
ECON 1210Intermediate Macroeconmics
ECON 1350Environmental Economics and Policy
ECON 1370           Race and Inequality in the United States
ECON 1410Urban Economics
ECON 1430The Economics of Social Policy 
ECON 1540International Trade
ECON 1630Mathematical Econometrics I
EDUC 1300Schools as Sites of Social Welfare
ENGN 0020Transforming Society-Technology and Choices for the Future
ENVS 1547Finance and the Environment
ENVS 1555            Urban Agriculture: The Importance of Localized Food Systems
ENVS 1580            Environmental Stewardship and Resilience in Urban Systems
ENVS  1925         Energy Policy and Politics
HIST 1502The Early Republic
HIST 1977I           Gender, Race, and Medicine in the Americas
IAPA 1402Beyond Sun, Sea and Sand (Contemporary Carribean)
IAPA 1404Economic Development of China & India
IAPA 1700AProgram Evaluation
IAPA 1700BModes of Social Change
IAPA 1700DLaw and Public Policy
IAPA 1700ENon Profit Organizations
IAPA 1801EPrison Abolition as Policy
IAPA 1801VDiplomacy and Development: Related but Different Missions
IAPA 1804BGlobal Megaprojects
PHP 1610Tobacco, Disease and the Industry
PHP 1650Race, Racism, and Health
PHP 1680UIntersectionality and Health Inequities
PHP 1854The Epidemiology of Control of Infectious Diseases
POLS 1100U.S Congress
POLS 1130The American Presidency
POLS 1140           Public Opinion and American Democracy
POLS 1225           The Politics of Nuclear Weapons
POLS 1310           African American Politics
POLS 1315Social Groups in America
POLS 1820FBlack Protest: Theory and Praxis
POLS 1821NPolitical Journalism
POLS 1825EHealth Care Politics and Policy 
SOC 1100Introductory Statistics for Social Research
SOC 1120Market and Social Surveys
SOC 1270              Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the Modern World
SOC 1490Power, Knowledge, and Justice
URBN 1000Fieldwork in the Urban Community
URBN 1250The Political Foundations of the City

Security

ANTH 1150Middle East in Anthropological Perspective
CSCI 1360Human Factors in Cybersecurity
ECON 1070Race, Crime, and Punishment in America
ENGL 0100MWriting War
HIST 0276History of the Atomic Age
HIST 0659AExcessive Force: State Violence, Vigilantism, and the History of Law and Order America 
HIST 1333The Mexican Revolution
HIST 1967CMaking Revolutionary Cuba, 1959-Present
IAPA 1700DLaw and Public Policy
IAPA 1801VDiplomacy and Development: Related but Different Missions
POLS 08201Crime Mafias in Prison
POLS 1225The Politics of Nuclear Weapons
POLS 1290The Rise of China
POLS 1445Contemporary African Politics
RUSS 1220Nationalism and Nationalities