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Dear second-year EPD students,
We hope you’ve had a relaxing and productive summer and have stayed well. We look forward to hearing about your summer experiences and seeing you on campus this fall. Below you will find important information about the Methods course, a required fall course for all second-year EPD students.
We also included updates on our EPD core courses and highlighted new electives added to our professional focus areas. You can review a comprehensive list of all fall 2021 courses in our professional focus areas here.
We would also like to inform you that we have incorporated the phrase “sustainable development” into the headings of EPD course requirements and into several of our course titles to raise the visibility of the sustainable development approach in EPD’s curriculum (reflected in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the SDGs). However, there has been no substantive change in the EPD curriculum or in EPD courses.
Headings of EPD core requirements have changed from:
- “Political Development Core Courses” to “Political Dimensions of Sustainable Development Core Courses”
- “Economic Development Core Courses” to “Economic Dimensions of Sustainable Development Core Courses”
- “Development Practice Courses” to “Sustainable Development Practice Courses”
Headings of EPD Professional Focus Areas have changed from:
- “Economic Development” to “Economic Dimensions of Sustainable Development”
- “Political Development” to “Political Dimensions of Sustainable Development”
- “Social Development” to “Social Dimensions of Sustainable Development”
- “Sustainable Development” to “Environmental Dimensions of Sustainable Development”
We also have changed the titles of the following EPD courses:
- INAF U6827 “Methods for Development Practice” to “Methods for Sustainable Development Practice”
- SIPA U9001 “Capstone Workshop in Development Practice” to “Capstone Workshop in Sustainable Development Practice”
- INAF U6178 “Political Development” to “Politics of Sustainable Development”
- INAF U6438 “Persistent Problems in the Global South” to “Persistent Problems in the Global South: Policies and Politics for Sustainable Development”
We’d also like to provide a quick update on EPD’s STEM eligibility proposal. We’ve been advised that we may not have a decision from the Provost’s Office until early September, due to their ongoing preparations for the fall semester. We’re very sorry for the delay, and will let you know as soon as we have more information to share.
Finally, at the bottom of this email, you will find an invitation to Columbia 2021 Hacking for Humanity Hackathon, a great opportunity for those interested in developing entrepreneurial skills and experience.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Best wishes,
The EPD Team
U6827 METHODS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE
The Methods for Sustainable Development Practice course is a required fall course for second-year EPD students, and a prerequisite for participating in the Capstone Workshop in Sustainable Development Practice (EPD Workshop). This fall, there will be three sections of the Methods course, two on Wednesday - at 11:00 am, and 4:10 pm, and one on Thursday at 9:00 am. There will also be three lab sections on Friday - at 9:30 am, and 11:00 am. Each class section will be linked to one lab section. A few optional speakers and skill building sessions may also be scheduled at lunchtime.
Application & deadline
The Methods course is set up as an application course so that we can gather information on your background and interests. To access and complete your application, follow this link
https://fs23.formsite.com/SIPA/MethodsDevPractice_App/index.html. At the end of the application, you will be asked to upload a one-page resume. Applications will open on Monday, August 16th at 9:00 am and will be due on Wednesday, September 1st at noon.
Registration
Registration for the Methods course is currently closed, and there is no need to add yourself to the waitlist for one of the Methods sections. All EPD concentrators can assume they will be accepted in the Methods course. Students should attend any section of the first class on Wednesday, September 15 or Thursday, September 16. (There will be no class on Thursday, September 9.) During the first class, we will collect information about your preferred class and lab sections. We will assign and confirm sections after the first class, and THEN you can register for the course through SSOL.
If you have four or more years of development management experience, and would like to take a more specialized course in place of Methods, please email your resume to Prof. Jenny McGill (em419) before September 1st.
Finally, if you have a potential client or project in mind for the Workshop in Sustainable Development Practice, and haven’t contacted us yet, please email Jenny (em419) or Ilona (iv2105) and we’ll follow up with you.
EPD CORE COURSES
If you need to fulfill your political dimensions of sustainable development and/or economic dimensions of sustainable development core requirements this year, these will be your options in 2021-22:
POLITICAL DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CORE
FALL 2021
INAF U6178 Politics of Sustainable Development
Gizem Acikgoz
Section 1: Thursday, 9:00-10:50 am
Call #: 16338
Section 2: Thursday, 11:00-12:50 pm
Call #: 16340
Note on registration: Priority in registration will be given to EPD students. Only students who officially declare EPD as their concentration (which would be reflected in their SSOL profile) will be initially able to register. If space permits, non-EPD students may be allowed to register as well.
SPRING 2021 (schedule will be available in the fall)
INAF U6438 Persistent Problems in the Global South: Policies and Politics for Sustainable Development
Rumela Sen
INAF U6538 State Building in the Developing World
Daniel Corstange
INAF U8260 Authoritarianism: Accountability and Policy-Making in Non-Democratic Settings
Lisa Anderson
ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CORE
SPRING 2022
INAF U6602 Economic Development for International Affairs
Subha Mani
INAF U8145 Advanced Economic Development for International Affairs
Eric Verhoogen
OTHER EPD COURSES IN 2021-2022
Fall 2021
INAF U6114 Working with the Private Sector for Development Outcomes
Barbara Magnoni
Monday, 11:00-12:50 pm
Call #: 16326
INAF U6173 Migration and Human Development
Daniel Naujoks
Tuesday, 11:00-12:50 pm
Call #: 16337
INAF U6205 Technopolitics, Democracy and Development
Timothy Mitchell
Tuesday, 4:10-6:00 pm
Call #: 16918
INAF U6359 Global Economic Governance
José Antonio Ocampo
Monday, 9:00-10:50 am
Call #: 16368
INAF U8246 Comparative Development: East Asia, Its Lessons and Other Regions
Akbar Noman
Wednesday, 2:10-4:00 pm
Call #: 16622
INAF U8350 Finance for the World’s Poorest
Jeffrey Ashe
Tuesday, 6:10-10:00 pm (meets every other Tuesday)
Call #: 16623
INAF U8842 Economic Crisis Management in Developing Countries (new course)
José Antonio Ocampo
Tuesday, 9:00-10:50 am
Call #: 16637
PUAF U8349 Intersections of Race and Power in Development (new course)
Shawna Wakefield
Thursday, 9:00-10:50 am
Call #: 17411
Note on Registration: Priority in registration will be given to EPD, MDP, IO/UN and GPP students. Registration for this course will be managed through a waitlist. Interested EPD students should therefore add themselves to the waitlist as soon as they can register.
Spring 2022 (schedule will be available in the fall)
INAF U6163 African Development Strategies: Policies, Institutions and Governance
Akbar Noman
INAF U6303 Financial Inclusion: Models and Products to Enhance Financial Access for the Poor
Camilla Nestor and Louise Moretto
INAF U6658 Politics and Policies of South Asia
Rumela Sen
INAF U6891 Impact Evaluations in Practice
Jyotsna Puri
INAF U6892 Monitoring and Evaluation Is Everyone’s Job: Driving Evidence-Based Development and Humanitarian Aid
Kevin Hong
INAF U6914 Policies and Practices in Human-Centered Digital Development
Savita Bailur
INAF U8354 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development
Zaki Raheem and Lief Doerring
INAF U8785 Gender, Politics and Development: Theory, Policy and Practice
Jenny McGill and Maxine Weisgrau
EPD PROFESSIONAL FOCUS AREA COURSES
We have updated our professional focus area course lists with the following new courses.
Economic Dimensions of Sustainable Development
- INAF U8842 Economic Crisis Management in Developing Countries
- INAF U6889 Measuring and Evaluating Impact in the 21st Century
Economic Dimensions of Sustainable Development - Regional
- REGN U6405 Sino-African Relations in History and Present
Political Dimensions of Sustainable Development
- PUAF U8349 Intersections of Race and Power in Development
- INAF U6889 Measuring and Evaluating Impact in the 21st Century
Political Dimensions of Sustainable Development - Regional
- REGN U6405 Sino-African Relations in History and Present
Social Dimensions of Sustainable Development
- PUAF U8349 Intersections of Race and Power in Development
- INAF U6889 Measuring and Evaluating Impact in the 21st Century
Social Dimensions of Sustainable Development - Regional
- REGN U6405 Sino-African Relations in History and Present
Environmental Dimensions of Sustainable Development
- INAF U6889 Measuring and Evaluating Impact in the 21st Century
Environmental Dimensions of Sustainable Development - Regional
- REGN U6405 Sino-African Relations in History and Present
To view the latest list of all fall 2021 courses in our professional focus areas, click here.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY INVITES YOU TO THE 2021
Hacking for Humanity Hackathon
Do you have a new venture idea addressing a problem affecting people or the planet?
Do you want to reinvent or improve an existing business venture doing so?
Are you looking to join one of these teams?
HACKING FOR HUMANITY
Team Building Mixer
Be an early Hackathon registrant and have the benefit of engaging in team building! Register now as a founder or a team member.
Wednesday, August 18
5-6:30 PM ET | RSVP
Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions, meet other participants, and form venture teams. Each team will ideally have a minimum of four team members, with at least one Columbia/Barnard current student to be eligible to participate.
How will this work?
- If you’re a founder and want to build your team: Pitch your idea for 30 seconds and find teammates.
- If you want to join a team: Introduce yourself for 15 seconds and share your skills and interests.
About the Hackathon
Hacking for Humanity at Columbia University will harness the diverse talent and resources of the campus community and beyond to solve pressing global challenges affecting people and the planet. Such solutions will leverage new technologies and span a broad range of industries.
For three days (September 10–12), students, alumni, and researchers from across the campus will form interdisciplinary teams to design and develop innovative solutions to urgent problems, refine their ideas with advice from experienced mentors, and pitch their startups to expert judges.
These venture teams will develop valuable entrepreneurial experience, build professional relationships inside and outside the University, and compete to win both awards and prizes to further develop their ventures.
How do I participate?
The Hackathon is open to those in the cross-campus community and beyond who are interested in startups that are solving urgent global challenges. Below are examples of ways you can get involved:
- Students can join as founders seeking teammates or individuals seeking a venture to join. For additional programming prior to the Hackathon, students can apply to take the Social Venture Incubator course, a half-semester course from October to December 2021 to continue developing their ventures!
- Alumni can join as founders seeking teammates, individuals seeking a venture to join, as a mentor, or as a judge (investors preferred).
- Researchers, faculty, professionals, and community experts can work with teams as founders, mentors and advisors.
Get involved today
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