ENVP U6233x Environmental Finance Prep The course material provides a familiarity with some basic concepts in Finance, especially for students planning to take the Environmental Finance Course in the spring who do not have any background in Finance. The topics covered include: Time Value of Money and Valuation, Cost of Capital and Capital Markets, Capital Markets, Commodity Markets, Futures and Options This course is required for students who do not have a background in Finance and plan to take the Environmental Finance Class in duing the Spring semester.SIPA: E&E- IEMP. SIPA: E&E- Environment Policy. SIPA: Short Courses. SIPA: PESP.

INAF U4090x Humanitarian Affairs Practicum 1.5 pts. This seven-week practicum is designed to give students from a variety of disciplines a background in some of the psychosocial issues associated with fieldwork in the context of complex emergencies. Practitioners from humanitarian aid organizations, public health experts, trauma specialists and managers from international organizations will present sessions focusing on psychosocial issues that confront fieldworkers in conflict settings. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U4409x Political, Social & Economic Development in Brazil 1.5 pts.Not offered in 2012-2013. This course is a practicum, which has been designed to enable you to discuss major problems of contemporary Brazil with important political figures, business representatives, activists and analysts. Normally the guest speaker will make an opening statement of approximately 40 minutes and the rest of the time will be devoted to a discussion. Guest speakers may recommend one or two articles or documents they have written, or that they think are particularly relevant, for the policy issues they will discuss. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Latin America. SIPA: USP- Urban Policy Track. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U4410y Political, Social & Economic Development in Brazil 1.5 pts. This course is set-up in a form of a practicum where major activists concerned with Brazilian political, social and economic development will be asked to address a policy problem and discuss their proposals for effective changes. Other speakers will analyze the government's policies but will also discuss major new reports or studies, and bring to our attention key issues that are not yet on the policy agenda. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Latin America. SIPA: USP- Urban Policy Track. SIPA: USP- Social Policy Track. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U6051y Infrastructure Investment and Development 1.5 pts. Key question: How to harmonize the diverse objectives of private investors, public sector officials, multilateral institutions and other key actors in the development of international infrastructure projects. This course will examine the principles underlying global infrastructure investment and explore effective strategies to encourage development of facilities for transportation, water, energy, healthcare and education. The classes will focus primarily upon three or more specific case studies of recent projects. Subjects of examination will include Linha Quatro of the Metrô de São Paulo, the Kenya-Uganda Rift Valley Railway and the Guangdong Province water system. The projects will be examined from the perspectives of financial investors, industrial operators, creditors, including commercial banks and multilateral institutions, government policymakers and the public. Issues discussed will include risk allocation, delivery methods and the evolving cast of global investors. Course dates: 1/23/2012 - 3/5/2012SIPA: EPD. SIPA: IFEP- Economic Policy. SIPA: USP- Urban Policy Track. SIPA: Short Courses. SIPA: Development Practice.

INAF U6151y Human Rights and Children 1.5 pts.Not offered in 2012-2013. This course is designed to introduce international law and standards on children's rights, analyze the ways in which they have been implemented (or ignored), and consider ways in which these rights can be achieved. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the leading international treaty on children's rights, has been in effect for twenty years and sets forth states' obligations to enforce these rights. The course will focus on five substantive areas: children and armed conflict, including the use of children as soldiers and attacks on education; worst forms of child labor, including child trafficking; juvenile justice; right to health; and migrant children. Class discussions will include how to identify violations of children's rights, how to form a strategy to eliminate or ameliorate them, how to raise national and international consciousness of these abuses, and how to evaluate the effectiveness of the strategies and advocacy undertaken. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U6154x Humanitarian Communications This course will take a close look at the information systems that play a role in the development and understanding of humanitarian situations around the world. Students will learn how to respond to and operate within a humanitarian situation, both natural disasters (hurricane, earthquake, etc) and man-made ones (war). They will also analyze best practices for understanding and addressing humanitarian topics (safety, security, legal rights, women and children's rights, housing, water and sanitation, etc.) through international aid agencies and local information platforms. SIPA: IMAC. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U6166y African Institutions 1.5 pts. The course seeks to give you the perspective and analytical capability to deal with in-depth consideration of the complex challenges facing Africa's regional and sub-regional institutions. In particular, the course aims to enable you: a) to acquire knowledge and understanding of the recent history and contemporary developments of selected African organizations; and b) to examine the context and consequences of current and emerging global political and economic challenges for African institutions. The course will seek to challenge you to approach these issues through the prism of African and international decision-makers, and to be able to offer them policy relevant recommendations. SIPA: Africa. SIPA: Intl Org. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U6216x and y Communique 1.5 pts.

This two-hour weekly class will produce content for the print and online editions of Communique, SIPA's online newspaper. Professor Liza Featherstone will help SIPA students conceive and report stories about international affairs and the Columbia community. Students will develop reporting, writing and editing skills. Some will also contribute to the Communique blog, and we as a class will work to better define and help execute the online presence of the publication. Those who are interested will also have the opportunity to work on humor and first-person writing. While the course will be rigorous, bringing higher standards to Communique, it will also allow students considerable freedom to pursue their particular interests, whether those be feature writing, opinion writing, profiles, investigative reporting, spot news, or line editing. Since this is a journalism class, we will naturally be reading some of the masters of the craft, including George Orwell, Joan Didion and Alice Steinbach. We will also learn how to think hard about our readers. Some of those considerations will be timeless: we'll be asking who they are, what they want to know, what we have to offer them and above all, how to get and keep their attention. But we will also be learning to work in the contemporary media environment: strategizing how to keep our print product relevant in the age of Twitter, Facebook and tumblr. All levels of journalistic experience welcome. SIPA: IMAC. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U6222x National Intelligence Estimates 1.5 pts.Not offered in 2012-2013."National Estimates and National Security" explores the evolution of estimative intelligence porcess and related technologies as well as their application to the current national security environment. Beginning with an overview of Intelligence Community organization; the intelligence process; and its relation to policy-making, the course considers important questions and strategic estimates of the Cold War, and Cold War era, as well as estimates related to the problems posed by state and non-state actors; terrorists; and the development of nuclear weapons by nations such as Iran and North Korea. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U6234x (Section 001) Public Opinion, Energy and Environment 1.5 pts.Not offered in 2012-2013. Public opinion is a key determinant of public policy. To learn about policy we thus need to understand the shaping forces and determinants of opinions. In a basic framework, voters acquire information which is then transformed into political preferences. How information is transformed into preferences and opinions is dependent on a multitude of factors. The transformation is also the key element of how public opinion is shaped. Once public preferences and opinions are formed they constitute constraints on the policy space of political actors. An enlightening example of this process is the issue of climate change, where public opinion severely shapes the possible avenues of policy design. This course is designed to give students a general understanding of the determinants of public opinion and how it is measured. A theory heavy first half of course work is combined with a second half focusing on case studies from environmental policy and energy policy in order to provide a deeper understanding public opinion on these policy areas. In this part of the course special attention will be given to climate change. Besides giving students knowledge about how public opinion is shaped and constrains policy design and implementation, it will also provide students with the basic skills to assess public opinion polls. COURSE DATES: 9/8/11 - 10/20/11SIPA: USP- Urban Policy Track. SIPA: USP- Social Policy Track. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U6290y Challenges to democracy and governance in times of global crises: Europe and Greece Our citizens, our democracies, are confronted with looming and often unprecedented challenges in a globalized economy. Europe (as with the developed world)is faced with issues such as the debt and competition from the emerging markets, global climate change and the need to transition to green growth. At the same time Europe is challenged tomaintainits legacy of lasting peace, democratic processes, equality, employment and social cohesion. Has the EU run its course? What were the underlying (political, institutional, financial) hindrances Europe faced and continues to face in dealing with the financial crisis? Has itbecome an ongoing locus of instability? Or (as the Nobel Peace Prize Committee would have it) does Europe continue to provide us with a model of cooperation and empowerment of our societies? Can Europe overcome its obstacles by a democratic re-designing of its institutions? What might these look like? Can democracy work beyond borders, regulating markets, empowering people, creating a transnational political identity or are nationalisms, xenophobia and populism going to take the upper hand in politics? How do these questions relate to the wider issue of global governance in an interdependent world economy? We will investigate these questions using the Greek crisis as a starting point. SIPA: IFEP- Economic Policy. SIPA: Europe. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U6368x Women and Globalization 1.5 pts. This course will relate the topics of globalization to women and focus on how globalization has and is affecting women's lives around the world. With a case-study focus, we will explore how globalization has either fostered or inhibited the utilization of the female talent pool in certain contexts. Case studies will include Middle East, India, Russia, China and Latin America. Course Dates: 9/06/12 - 10/18/12SIPA: EPD. SIPA: USP- Urban Policy Track. SIPA: USP- Social Policy Track. SIPA: Gender Policy. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U6370y (Section 001) Women & Global Leadership 1.5 pts. This practicum will explore the progress of women's leadership on a global scale. We will look at women's leadership in both the public and the private sphere. In addition to understanding the current status of women's leadership around the globe, we will examine the competitive advantages successful integration of women brings about for a country or a company. Finally, we will look to understand the obstacles which have inhibited women's further progress in both of these arenas. The course will be taught in an interactive seminar format. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: USP- Social Policy Track. SIPA: Gender Policy. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U6373x or y Gender Policy Practicum The Gender Policy Practicum creates a forum in which policy experts from different academic disciplines and fields of practice can share their experiences and perspectives with SIPA students. Through the Practicum, students will explore gender integration in various SIPA concentrations and specializations, as well as in multiple arenas of policy development and implementation. Students will be introduced to current trends and debates related to the promotion of gender equality in different fields of policy practice and will be encouraged to think critically about these issues and their relevance to their academic and professional goals. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Gender Policy. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U6406x International Response to Landmine Challenge 1.5 pts. The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction effectively seeks to permanently eliminate landmines. The origins, negotiation, and implementation of this December 1997 international agreement forms the substantive core of this course. The course will continue by examining the operationalization of the Convention. What programs have been implemented and which have proved to be successful? What is the geographic scope of the humanitarian threat posed by landmines in October 2004? What roles are states, international organizations and nongovernmental organizations playing? As a practical example of global humanitarian intervention by the international community, what challenges remain and how best can they be tackled? Finally, how "successful" has the Ottawa Convention been?SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: Intl Org. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: UN Studies. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U6490y International Humanitarian Law 1 pt. The overall aim of the course is to help students to understand the system of international humanitarian law and to obtain the professional skills and insight to use that knowledge in the context of complex humanitarian operations. Upon completing the course, students should understand the historical development and system of international law applicable in armed conflict situations, be familiar with the basic principles of international humanitarian law applicable to all armed conflicts including the basic rights of those who support victims in wars and conflicts, be able to analyze specifically the law guiding humanitarian operations, understand the rapid development of the law in responding to changes in warfare strategies in tactics and understand basic responses to serious violations of the law. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: UN Studies. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U6497y Humanitarian Crisis-East Congo 1 pt. The overall aim of the course is to help students to understand the situation in Eastern Congo and how humanitarian organizations intervene. Upon completing this course students should: 1. Understand the historical development and current status of the conflict in Eastern Congo. 2. Be familiar with the basic operations, dilemmas, as well as achievements and shortcomings of several humanitarian NGOs active in Eastern Congo. 3. Understand the breakdown of state or better administrative institutions, in particular the education and health systems. SIPA: Africa. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: UN Studies. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U6561y Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding & Development 1.5 pts.Not offered in 2012-2013. Course objectives are to to become acquainted with conflict environments and the broad range of actors and approaches, notably within the UN, involved in promoting development in crisis and post-conflict situations; To engage the students in the policy and programme elements of a development-oriented response to conflict and post-conflict and to introduce them to the research and policy development and programming methods of the United Nations or other international organisations; to introduce students to what it feels like to work with these issues daily, within the UN or other work environments, and to guide them through the complexities of the ogranisations' policy-setting and decision-making arrangements; to become familiar with the case studies, and through this, develop practical understanding of the issues and the tools available to the international community. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: ISP. SIPA: UN Studies. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U8092y Government use of financial instruments 1.5 pts.Not offered in 2012-2013. The menu of financial instruments available to governments is large and growing. Borrowing, asset sales through equity issuance or trade sale, leasing, asset acquisition and a wide range of derivatives are widely used. The opportunities provided by financial markets can greatly expand what a government can do to serve its public. They can also allow governments to take action, intentionally or through misunderstanding of the implications of the steps they are taking, to impose large costs on the public. In this course we will bring together the objectives of governments and the opportunities provided by a range of financial activities and explore the relationship between the two. The emphasis will be on practical decision-making in the environment in which officials operate with examples from experience in both industrialized countries and emerging markets. Students should expect to sharpen their understanding of how to think broadly about financial decisions in a public sector setting, not to learn cookbook approaches to specific transactions. Students should have basic coursework in economics, quantitative analysis and corporate finance or other finance courses that make concepts like present value, mean-variance and option value familiar. SIPA: IFEP- Finance. SIPA: Management. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U8101x Microfinance and Capital Markets 1.5 pts. Prerequisites: One prior class in microfinance, prior microfinance work experience, or a graduate-level corporate finance class. Microfinance & the Capital Markets is targeted at students who are interested in exploring a career in microfinance and deepening their understanding of how microfinance institutions (MFIs) access capital to grow their operations. The course focus is on commercial funding and will explore several landmark finance transactions in the microfinance industry globally; current trends in financing microfinance; and capital raising strategies from the MFI perspective. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U8210x or y Introduction to Political Risk Analysis 1.5 pts. The first module of "Managing Political Risk" will focus on building a solid theoretical foundation to analyze political risk, andexaminethe value of having a structural view for identifying and monitoringpolitical risks. The course will explore how political science theory can serve as a basis to study how politics influences a variety of macroeconomic indicators, portfolio investment (financials) and fixed investment (corporates), by introducing a range of analytical tools to explore a variety of case studies. SIPA: IFEP- Finance. SIPA: IFEP- Economic Policy. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U8211y Political Risk Analysis and Communication 1.5 pts. Prerequisites: INAF U8210 "Managing Political Risk" module two will utilize the theoretical framework of module one and focus on strengthening the skills necessary to deliver solid political risk analysis that is relevant for investors and policy makers. It will aim to answer questions such as: Why has the political risk industry blossomed and how is political risk analysis executed in practice? Where does understanding political risk create value? SIPA: IFEP- Finance. SIPA: IFEP- Economic Policy. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U8235x Leading by Doing: Effective Strategies for Nonprofit/NGO Management 1.5 pts.Not offered in 2012-2013. This course is designed to provide management concepts and practical tools to assist in the successful launch or re-design of nonprofit agencies. Students will learn how to analyze the field to see if a new nonprofit, or activity within an existing nonprofit, is needed; how to define a mission that instantly communicates passion for a cause; how to set realistic goals that measure progress; how to build and inspire a team of board and staff, find partnerships in government and the private sector to enhance the likelihood of success; develop sources of revenue to sustain a nonprofit's activities; and tell their story to funders, rating agencies, and the general public. COURSE START DATE 9/07/11; COURSE END DATE 10/19/11SIPA: Management. SIPA: USP- Urban Policy Track. SIPA: USP- Social Policy Track. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U8559x Building Peace after Conflict 1.5 pts. This short course traces the outlines of the international community's steep learning curve in addressing the challenges of post-conflict peace building. It will examine some of the early UN and World Bank experiments in restoring nation states, follow the institutional changes meant to build capacity in the field of post-conflict recovery, look at the methodological and funding tools developed to strengthen field operations, and review some case studies illustrating the impact of this evolution.SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Intl Org. SIPA: ICR. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U8689x or y Future of Global Financial Institutions 1.5 pts. In today's global world, there is no aspect of business that is not directly or materially affected by the giants of the financial services sector. The study of international commerce, then, should include an understanding of the current and future role of global financial institutions, key drivers influencing the industry, and strategic challenges and opportunities facing today's financial services' CEOs. This course will provide a student, without a financial institution background, with critical fundamentals to apply to their own experiences. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: IFEP- Finance. SIPA: IFEP- Economic Policy. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U8792y Women & Nonprofit Management 1.5 pts. This course is designed as an introduction to the dynamic world of non-profits as seen through the eyes of women leaders in the field. Non-profits play a vital role in our society. Their missions are as diverse as the varied needs of the communities they serve and include many organizations founded by women such as: the American Red Cross, the Girl Scouts, the League of Women Voters, Planned Parenthood, the first settlement houses, Inwood House as well as a host of other large and small organizations all working to improve the circumstances of individuals, social groups, states and countries. The course will introduce students to the history of women's leadership in the non-profit arena as well as to a number of women who currently lead non-profits. Women's leadership styles, the importance of the mission statement and methods of managing will be discussed as well as the opportunities available in the non-profit world to make an impact. The class will be highly interactive, and a number of leaders of non-profit organizations will speak on a variety of topics. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Management. SIPA: Gender Policy. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U8835x or y New Venture Practicum is a role playing class in which Martin Varsavsky, the professor, is the moderator and the students play two simultaneous roles being entrepreneurs and venture capitalists (VCs). This workshop focuses on the "magical moment" in which an idea becomes a funded enterprise. SIPA: IFEP- Finance. SIPA: IFEP- Economic Policy. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U8882y Practicum on Education in Emergencies 1.5 pts. This course will focus on preparing students to understand the importance of education in the "emergency" settings; to reflect on the ways in which education interfaces with protective or non-protective forces in these settings; and to articulate the best practices and minimum standards for implementing education programming across these settings. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U8912y Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Goals 1.5 pts. It has become vital (because of mass poverty,climate change,biodiversity rapid erosion,water and food crisis,...), to shift to a more sustainable form of development.This will require effectively mobilizing all resources of human societies:scientific and technical resources,as well as behavioral and institutional moving forces.None may be neglected,and the way they are articulated will be decisive. SIPA: Applied Science. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: E&E- Environment Policy. SIPA: Short Courses.

PUAF U6427y Innovative Economic Development Strategy: NYC Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment A City agency's role in repositioning and marketing the media and entertainment sector in post 9/11 New York City, stimulating the local economy, creating workforce training and diversity programs, and establishing NYC Digital to support the growing tech and digital community. SIPA: USP- Urban Policy Track. SIPA: Short Courses.

PUAF U6440y Econ Dev in NY during Econ Downturn 1.5 pts.Not offered in 2012-2013. This class will explore the challenges, and opportunities, facing New York City's economic development agenda in today's economic and political environment. Class instruction will focus on the real life players, processes and negotiations that shape both large and small development projects across the City. We will then turn to case studies of actual City initiatives and discuss the challenges faced in these projects and how, and why, the City has sought to push these projects forward. Finally, during the last two classes, students will work in teams to develop and present economic diversification goals for the City's economy. Course dates: 3/19/2012 - 4/30/2012SIPA: Short Courses.

PUAF U6460x Benchmarking Education and Skills Development 1.5 pts. Benchmarking is the process of continuously comparing and measuring against other organizations' performance, and analyzing the philosophies, practices, and measures that help an organization improve performance. Benchmarking goes beyond competitive analysis and encourages practitioners to examine organizations in markets that are different from their own. Benchmarking goes beyond quantitative analysis, and practitioners will consider organizational dynamics and qualitative characteristics in performance. Using a public sector-based case study with hands-on group activities, as well as various other examples given by the instructors, this course will teach students the benchmarking process along with the different tools and techniques to be used in implementation. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Management. SIPA: USP- Social Policy Track. SIPA: Short Courses.

PUAF U8237y Housing Policy & Equitable Development 1.5 pts. The class is designed to introduce students to housing policy and programs and their impact on communities and cities. Utilizing case studies, lectures, and readings, the class will focus on the problems of housing affordability; the loss, maintenance and/or creation of mixed income housing and communities; and the loss, maintenance and/or creation of segregated housing and geographically segregated communities based on race, ethnicity and/or religion. With New York City as a laboratory for housing policies and programs which have addressed all of these issues in some way over time, the class will compare and discuss other cities which have experienced one or more of these issues and examine how well their policy and program responses successfully addressed them. Other cities to be discussed include New Orleans, Liverpool, Belfast and Leipzig. Students will examine how public policies and programs can both create these problems in cities and also how they can work to resolve them; what tools are most effective; what constraints must be considered; and the impact of unintended consequences. SIPA: Management. SIPA: USP- Urban Policy Track. SIPA: USP- Social Policy Track. SIPA: Short Courses.

PUAF U8241y Global Urban Policy and Development This course will provide an overview of the key worldwide issues and trends, institutions and initiatives, with respect to global urban policy and development. Several sessions will address specific challenges and solutions, including urban economies and metropolitan economic strategy; infrastructure, transportation, land-use, energy, and environment; poverty, informality, jobs, livelihoods, housing, and communities; and inclusive and sustainable economic development. SIPA: USP- Urban Policy Track. SIPA: Short Courses.

PUAF U8510x Women and Power: the Impact of Public & Private Sector Policy 1.5 pts. This practicum takes a hard look at the gains of the "women's revolution" and the gains across a range of sectors. A group of prominent individuals (business and civic leaders, scholars, policymakers), all pioneers in the own right, will assess how far women have come in a variety of fields -- Business, Philanthropy, Government, Non Profit and Entrepreneurship -- and describe what they see as the unfinished agenda. Particular attention will be paid to exploring policy proposals that encompass both public and private sector initiatives. Course Dates: October 20 - December 8.SIPA: APEA. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: USP- Urban Policy Track. SIPA: USP- Social Policy Track. SIPA: Gender Policy. SIPA: Short Courses.

REGN U6120y Crime, Corruption and Transition in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union Not offered in 2012-2013. Organized crime and corruption represent one of the central challenges facing all governments in transition from the planned to the market economy. Over two decades after the fall of Communism, they still form a considerable barrier to economic growth and the consolidation of democratic institutions. Dramatic real-life narrative will enhance the solid theoretical foundations of the course. SIPA: East Central Europe. SIPA: ISP. SIPA: Russia. SIPA: Short Courses.

REGN U6200x Troublespot or Hotbed of Creativity? The Politics of Hatred and Fear in the History of Eastern and Central Europe 1918-1990 This territory in the heart of Europe, stretching from the Baltic to the Adriatic, from the river Elb to the Eastern Carpathians has ever since the mid-19th century been in the midst of world history. This is the homeland of scientific, technical, literary and artistic excellence but also the home of powerful hatreds and fears. Famous for tremendeous creativity and blamed for causing world wars and bringing about terrible sufferings to many millions of people. The course will try to explain the contradiction. SIPA: East Central Europe. SIPA: Europe. SIPA: Short Courses.

REGN U6330x Post Neoliberal Policies in the Andes The purpose of the course is to examine the origins and the scope of the post neoliberal policies adopted in the Andean region, particularly in Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela. SIPA: Latin America. SIPA: Short Courses.

REGN U6535y The Geopolitics of Russian Oil and Gas This class will examine the Russian energy polices with the focus on oil and gas industry. Oil and gas exports remain a source of major revenue for the Russian budget and provide Russia with the considerable bargaining power in the geopolitical sphere. For the foreseeable future Russia will remain one of the major players at the world energy scene. However, the rising competition from unconventional oil and gas production compels Russia to readjust its energy strategies. The challenge may be an opportunity for Russia to advance its energy industry, or it may turn into a problematic disadvantage if no changes pursued. Existing political patronage for two major state energy companies (Rosneft and Gazprom) may appear to be not efficient for the needed changes. Limitations and restrictions to smaller independent companies for market participation are not helpful to the Russian industry. What changes are needed to sustain rising competition? What new geopolitical alliances Russia may attempt to form in search for energy security of supply? These and other related questions will be examined in the seminar. SIPA: E&E- IEMP. SIPA: E&E- Environment Policy. SIPA: Russia. SIPA: Short Courses. SIPA: E&E- Energy Policy.

REGN U6545x Human Rights in the Western Balkans This course focuses on the Western Balkans of the Former Yugoslavia in a contemporary context. The course focuses on war crimes and their respective consequences that have occurred during the most recent Balkan Wars 1991-1999 in the Former Yugoslav states and will include a detailed review and examination of human rights policies and practices carried out by international, regional and national bodies, laws, organizations, frameworks of transitional justice and evaluative tools employed in an effort to stabilize a post-war, post-Communist, post-conflict scenario. The course will present and examine in detail policies and practices deployed by international and national state structures to address the legacies of war crimes and the emergence of new human rights issues that are currently present in the Former Yugoslav space. SIPA: East Central Europe. SIPA: Europe. SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: Short Courses.

SIPA U4001x Math Lab for Economics: Level 1 Math lab is intended to supplement the core economics requirement. Math lab placement will be determined by student performance on the math assessment test given during orientation. Registration of math lab will be determined at this time. Attendance is mandatory. SIPA: MIA- Economics. SIPA: MPA- Economics. SIPA: Short Courses.

SIPA U4002x Math Lab for Economics: Level 2 Math lab is intended to supplement the core economics requirement. Math lab placement will be determined by student performance on the math assessment test given during orientation. Registration of math lab will be determined at this time. Attendance is mandatory. SIPA: MIA- Economics. SIPA: MPA- Economics. SIPA: Short Courses.

SIPA U4003x Math Lab for Economics: Level 3 Math lab is intended to supplement the core economics requirement. Math lab placement will be determined by student performance on the math assessment test given during orientation. Registration of math lab will be determined at this time. Attendance is mandatory. SIPA: MIA- Economics. SIPA: MPA- Economics. SIPA: Short Courses.

SIPA U4010x and y (Section 1) Intermediate Excel for International and Public Affairs This 5-week mini-course is a survey of key Microsoft Excel features useful in SIPA courses and in professional settings. Core topics include understanding Excel's function library, building complex formulas, constructing basic models, controlling formatting and presentation, parsing and manipulating data sets, creating charts, and using PivotTables. The course does not cover specific financial or other applications, but rather aims to build proficiency in the broad toolset that Excel provides. Students are expected to have basic familiarity with opening and navigating Microsoft Office programs and Excel workbooks before enrolling. The course is open to SIPA students only. SIPA: Electives. SIPA: Short Courses.

SIPA U4010x and y (Section 2) Intermediate Excel for International and Public Affairs This 5-week mini-course is a survey of key Microsoft Excel features useful in SIPA courses and in professional settings. Core topics include understanding Excel's function library, building complex formulas, constructing basic models, controlling formatting and presentation, parsing and manipulating data sets, creating charts, and using PivotTables. The course does not cover specific financial or other applications, but rather aims to build proficiency in the broad toolset that Excel provides. Students are expected to have basic familiarity with opening and navigating Microsoft Office programs and Excel workbooks before enrolling. The course is open to SIPA students only. SIPA: Short Courses.

SIPA U4011x and y Advanced Excel for International and Public Affairs Prerequisites: SIPA U4010 or equivalent This 4-week mini-course builds on SIPA U4010 to explore advanced Microsoft Excel features and specific techniques for building highly functional worksheets. Topics covered include constructing dynamic formulas and models, integrating disparate data sources, building user interfaces using Excel controls, and creating macros and custom functions with Visual Basic for Applications. SIPA U4010 or equivalent Excel proficiency is a prerequisite. The course is open to SIPA students only. SIPA: Electives. SIPA: Short Courses.