Spring 2021 EPD Courses, Registration
and EPD Concentration Audits
Dear EPD students,
Since the fall semester is coming to an end and you’ll be soon making plans for spring, we would like to inform you about EPD core and elective courses offered in the coming spring semester, and alert you to a couple of registration changes in some of our courses.
There are three EPD courses where EPD students will receive priority in registration during the first week of registration. These include:
• U8258 State Formation, Deformation and Citizenship with Prof. Lisa Anderson (seats are limited)
• U6892 Monitoring and Evaluation with Prof. Kevin Hong; and
• U6891 Impact Evaluations in Practice with Prof. Jo Puri (note pre-requisite: SIPA U6500)
To make sure EPD students receive priority in enrollment, we will manage registration for these courses through waitlists. If you are interested in taking one of these courses, please join the waitlist for the course as soon as registration begins.
As a reminder, to add yourself to the waitlist for one of these courses, you need to have officially declared EPD as your concentration. This would be reflected in your SSOL profile. If you haven't declared EPD as your concentration yet, you will need to first submit a concentration declaration form and contact your advising dean at the same time so they can expedite the approval process. Without having the EPD concentration in your SSOL profile, you will not be able to proceed. Note the concentration declaration form will open on 12/15/2020 here.
We have also updated our professional development focus area courses with new options and listed them below. To see a complete list of professional focus area courses offered this spring, click here.
Finally, students planning to graduate in spring 2021 should read carefully our note about reviewing EPD concentration plans in Stellic at the bottom of this message.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out.
Best,
Ilona
EPD Core
Political Development Core
INAF U6412 State and Society in the Developing World
Instructor: Maria Victoria Murillo
Tuesday, 2:10-4:00pm
Call #: 10549
Online only
INAF U6438 Persistent Problems in the Global South (new course)
Instructor: Rumela Sen
Thursday, 6:10-8:00pm
Call #: 13328
Online only
INAF U8258 State Formation, Deformation and Citizenship (seminar-style course)
Instructor: Lisa Anderson
Section 1: Wednesday, 2:10-4:00pm (section 1 will meet in person)
Call #: 10622
Section 2: Wednesday, 9:00-10:50am (section 2 will meet online only)
Call #: 17507
Economic Development Core
INAF U8145 Advanced Economic Development for International Affairs
Instructor: Eric Verhoogen
Section 1: Thursday, 9:00-10:50am
Call#: 10616
Section 2: Thursday, 2:10-4:00pm
Call#: 10617
Online only
Other EPD courses not to miss this spring
INAF U6085 Economic Development in Latin America
Instructor: José Antonio Ocampo
Monday, 11:00-12:50pm
Call # 10508
Online only
U8785 Gender, Politics and Development: Theory, Policy and Practice
Instructors: Jenny McGill and Maxine Weisgrau
Tuesday, 11:00-12:50pm
Call#: 10635
Online only
INAF U6163 African Development Strategies: Policies, Institutions and Governance
Instructor: Akbar Noman
Tuesday, 4:10-6:00pm
Call # 10519
Online only
INAF U6303 Financial Inclusion: Models and Products to Enhance Financial Access for the Poor
Instructors: Camilla Nestor and Louise Schneider-Moretto
Tuesday, 6:10-8:00PM
Call#: 10532
Hybrid
INAF U6658 Politics and Policies in South Asia (new course)
Instructor: Rumela Sen
Monday, 4:10-6:00pm
Call # 13330
Online only
U6891 Impact Evaluations in Practice (short course, course dates: 1/14-2/25)
Instructor: Jyotsna Puri
Thursday, 2:10-4:00pm
Call#: 10579
Online only
U6892 Monitoring and Evaluation: Driving Evidence-Based Development and Humanitarian Aid
Instructor: Kevin Hong
Friday, 9:00-10:50am
Call#: 10580
Hybrid (Prof. Hong will teach from a SIPA classroom every other week; alternating weeks will be online only)
Professional Development Focus Area Courses
We have updated our professional focus area course lists with the following new courses.
Economic Development
PEPM U6315 International Financial Management in Emerging Markets
REGN U6450 Globalization and Development
Political Development
INAF U6450 Conflict in the 21st Century: Rethinking Conflict Prevention and Conflict Resolution
Political Development - Regional
INAF U6658 Politics and Policies in South Asia
Attention May 2021 Graduates: Review Your EPD Concentration Audit Plan in Stellic
This message is for students who plan to graduate in May 2021. Please read carefully.
This year for the first time, EPD will use Stellic to approve your concentration audit plans. Stellic is SIPA’s new auditing tool and automatically matches approved courses you have either completed or are currently taking with EPD requirements.
To make sure that you are on track to meet your EPD requirements for graduation, we ask that you log in to Stellic at https://columbia.stellic.com, and carefully review your EPD profile before you start registering for spring courses. If you have yet to fulfill a specific EPD requirement, be sure to plan accordingly.
Each student expecting to graduate in May 2021 must finalize their EPD audit plan in Stellic by Friday, 1/15/2021. EPD will then confirm that your plan has been approved and that you are expected to complete all concentration requirements by checking off the EPD Concentration Audit Certification button in your Stellic profile.
Additional instructions:
o Students who wish 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. They should email her the course syllabus and specify which requirement they 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 EPD double counting policy would still apply here. We ask that you allow for three business days to receive a reply.
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 If you are an MPA-EPD student, you 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.
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. Note that the spring semester starts on Monday 1/11/2021, and registration for continuing students begins on Tuesday 1/5/2021.
If you have any questions, please let us know.
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