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Dear EPD students,
Happy Friday! We hope you've been having a good week. This message contains important information about spring EPD courses so please read in its entirety.
Since registration for spring 2024 courses will begin on Tuesday 11/28 and you will soon be making plans, we wanted to confirm our EPD core and elective courses offered in the coming semester, and alert you to a couple of registration updates in some of our courses.
There are six EPD courses where EPD students will receive priority in registration until Friday 12/15. These include:
- U6183 Innovation for Development in Practice (Benjamin Kumpf);
- U6189 Political Development (Olivier Nay);
- U6736 Innovations in Development Finance (Radha Kulkarni);
- U6892 Monitoring and Evaluation (Kevin Hong);
- U6891 Impact Evaluations in Practice (Jyostna Puri); and
- U8145 Advanced Economic Development (Eric Verhoogen)
We urge any EPD student interested in taking one of these courses to register as soon as registration opens on Tuesday 11/28 to secure a spot. The priority for EPD students will end on 12/15 and registration will open to all SIPA students after 12/15.
We have also updated our EPD professional development focus area course lists with a few new options and listed them below.
Finally, students planning to graduate in May 2024 should read carefully our message below about reviewing their EPD concentration audits in Stellic.
Wishing you all a good weekend!
The EPD Team
EPD Core
Students who need to fulfill their core political dimensions of sustainable development and/or their core economic dimensions of sustainable development requirements this year will have the following options in spring 2024.
Political Dimensions of Sustainable Development Core
INAF U6438 Persistent Problems in the Global South
Instructor: Rumela Sen
Wednesday, 11:00 - 12:50 PM
Call #: 10235
INAF U6189 Political Development
Instructor: Olivier Nay (visiting professor from Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne)
Monday, 4:10 - 6:00 PM
Call #: 14137
Economic Dimensions of Sustainable Development Core
Note: U6602 and U8145 courses are ONLY offered in the spring semester. Students who plan to graduate in fall 2024 and haven't yet fulfilled this requirement must plan to enrol in one of these courses this coming spring.
INAF U6602 Economic Development for International Affairs
Instructor: Andrew Simons
Section 1: Thursday, 11:00 - 12:50 PM
Call #: 10236
Section 2: Thursday, 2:10 - 4:00 PM
Call #: 10237
INAF U8145 Advanced Economic Development for International Affairs
Instructor: Eric Verhoogen
Section 1: Thursday, 9:00 - 10:50 AM
Call#: 10245
Section 2: Thursday, 2:10 - 4:00 PM
Call#: 10246
Pre-requisite: SIPA U6400 (students who haven't taken U6400 but are comfortable with higher level math and/or have strong background in economics are encouraged to enroll in this course. Please reach out to Prof. Verhoogen if this applies to you and request a permission to be enrolled by OSA).
EPD electives not to miss this spring
INAF U6183 Innovation for Development in Practice (short course)
Instructor: Ben Kumpf
Call #: 10234
Course dates: Sat/Sun, Feb 3 & 4, Feb 10 & 11, Feb 17 & 18 (Saturdays: 1-6pm, Sundays: 11-4pm)
INAF U6163 African Development Strategies: Policies, Institutions and Governance
Instructor: Akbar Noman
Wednesday, 2:10 – 4:00 PM
Call #: 10233
INAF U6303 Selected Topics in Financial Inclusion: Enhancing Financial Access for the Poor (short course)
Instructors: Camilla Nestor and Louise Schneider-Moretto
Monday, 6:10 - 8:00 PM
Call #: 14138
Course dates: 3/18 - 4/29
INAF U6658 Politics and Policies in South Asia
Instructor: Rumela Sen
Monday, 2:10 - 4:00 PM
Call #: 10240
INAF U6736 Innovations in Development Finance (short course)
Instructor: Radha Kulkarni
Course dates: Fri/Sat, Jan 26 & 27, Feb 2 & 3, Feb 9 &10 (Fridays: 11 - 1:20pm, Saturdays 10:30-12:50pm)
Call #: 14143
INAF U6774 Public Policy and Inequality in Developing Countries
Instructor: Marcelo Medeiros Coelho de Souza
Section 1: Thursday, 2:10 - 4:00 PM
Call #: 10242
Section 2: Thursday, 4:10-6:00 PM
Call #: 14141
INAF U6891 Impact Evaluations in Practice (short course)
Instructor: Jyotsna Puri
Call #: 10243
Pre-requisite: SIPA U6500
Course dates: Fri/Sat, Feb 23 & 24 and Mar 1 & 2 (1:00-4:15pm)
INAF U6892 Monitoring and Evaluation: Driving Evidence-Based Development and Humanitarian Aid
Instructor: Kevin Hong
Wednesday, 6:10 - 8:00 PM
Call #: 10244
INAF U6914 Policies and Practices in Human-Centered Digital Development
Instructors: Savita Bailur
Friday, 11:00 – 12:50 PM
Call #: 10719
INAF U8354 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Development
Instructors: Zaki Raheem and Lief Doerring
Friday, 1:30 – 4:20 PM
Call #: 10271
INAF U8785 Gender, Politics and Development: Theory, Policy and Practice
Instructors: Jenny McGill and Maxine Weisgrau
Tuesday, 2:10 - 4:00 PM
Call #: 10272
Professional Development Focus Area Courses
We have updated our professional focus area course lists with the following new courses.
Economic dimensions of sustainable development
- INAF U6698 Impact Investing II: Blended Finance
- INAF U6736 Innovations in Development Finance
Economic dimensions of sustainable development - regional
- REGN U6885 Economic and Technological Rise of China
Political dimensions of sustainable development
- INAF U6573 Humanitarian, Development and Peace Nexus
- INAF U6486 Humanitarian Engagement with Armed Actors
Political dimensions of sustainable development - regional
- REGN U6320 The EU and Democracy: Challenges and Perspectives for the Next Decade
- REGN U6880 China in International Human Rights Regime
Social dimensions of sustainable development
- INAF U6573 Humanitarian, Development and Peace Nexus
Social dimensions of sustainable development - regional
- REGN U6420 Exclusion, Gender and Mano Dura Policies
EPD Concentration Audit for May 2024 Graduates
Students planning to graduate in May 2024 should read carefully the information below about reviewing their EPD concentration plans in Stellic.
EPD will use Stellic to approve your concentration audit plans and to confirm that you have fulfilled all EPD requirements for graduation. To make sure that you are on track to meet your EPD requirements for graduation, we ask that you log in to Stellic and carefully review your EPD profile. If you have yet to fulfill a specific EPD requirement, be sure to plan accordingly.
Each student expecting to graduate in May 2024 must finalize their EPD audit plan in Stellic by Friday, January 19th. EPD will then confirm that your plan has been approved and that you are expected to complete all concentration requirements.
Additional instructions:
o If you received approval for a course substitution for an EPD requirement but it is not yet reflected in your profile, forward your approval confirmation email to Ilona Vinklerova (iv2105) and she will adjust your Stellic profile.
o Students who would like to count a course that hasn’t been approved for EPD can submit a request to Ilona Vinklerova (iv2105) for the course to be considered. Include the course syllabus and specify which requirement you wish to count it for. In general, a course to be approved for EPD must focus on issues in developing countries and/or emerging markets. Note that the EPD double counting policy would still apply. Please allow for three business days to receive a reply.
o MPA/EPD students must also fulfill the MIA language requirement and prove language proficiency in a language other than English. Students can fulfill the language requirement with any modern language offered by Columbia University language programs or the Language Resource Center. This requirement can be met in one of the three ways listed here. Please make sure to speak with your advising dean if this applies to you.
We urge you not to wait until the last minute to review your Stellic profile. Allow yourself enough time to sort out any pending requirements. If you have any questions about your EPD audit, please contact Ilona Vinklerova (iv2105).
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