The New School Graduate Program in International Affairs

• Food, Global Trade, and Development - While agricultural development is essential to food security, reducing poverty, and to the transformation of developing countries, the role of global trade is the object of intense controversies. Are global markets and speculation to blame for the recent spikes in food prices? Is trade an instrument of neoliberal globalization that erases local food traditions and productions to the advantage of transnational corporations, or can it be used to enhance the welfare of struggling communities all over the world?   From a cultural and ethical perspective, is the global intrinsically bad and is the local intrinsically good? This course will explore the contemporary debates and policy choices on these issues, from the negotiations within the World Trade Organization, to food safety regulations, to the impact of GMOs on food security. This is a graduate level course open to qualified undergraduates.
• Independent Study
  
• Internship
  
• Thesis Supervision

Past Courses:

• Case studies in human rights and poverty - In this course, students develop  case studies on human rights related to poverty, such as the human rights of street children, of migrant workers. 
• Human Rights Based Approach to Development – not often offered in international affairs programs, this course covers core theories and concepts of human rights (economic, social, cultural, civil and political) as they relate to the challenges of poverty and inequality. Though concerned with development, this course provides introductory theories to human rights overall. (First offered in fall 2007)
• Development Economics - This course covers the core development economics literature, focussing on economic growth, its determinants and consequences on improving human lives.
• Poverty and Inequality in Development – a foundation course for the Development Concentration. This course covers concepts, theories and current policy debates, including growth, peoples empowerment, and globalization.  
• Human Development and Development Ethics – not often offered in international affairs programs, this course covers three conceptual frameworks for incorporating ethical considerations in development policy choices such as child labor, resettlement, etc.
• Critical Issues in International Development Cooperation – this course covers current policy debates about aid effectiveness and reforms.