Mandatory
International Development in Practice: Approaches, Challenges and Skills
Semester:
2nd semester
Offered:
2020
Annual Program Seminar
Semester:
Offered:
2019
The Glocal Seminar is an annual, compulsory seminar. It will consist of six-seven meetings each semester. The first semester will be devoted to the theme related to International Development. Some of the sessions will be conducted by guest lecturers: we will meet activists in the realm of development who will share some of their dilemmas, as well as scholars who are engaged in research into these issues.
Annual Pre-Internship Course: First steps for professionalism in the field
Semester:
Offered:
2019
This is a practical course (taught in two parts) designed to guide students in creating and preparing for their internship. The first section of the course (first semester), takes the format of a workshop, and is held every other week. The workshop's role is to prepare students for choosing their placements and applying for their internships. The workshop begins by introducing students to the world of development, through providing an overview of the global framework for aid allocation, and highlighting the main actors and professional areas within the field.
Introduction to International Development
Semester:
Yearly
Offered:
2019
The course provides students with an introduction to the field of international development, while focusing on community development and the impact of development interventions on disadvantaged individuals and communities.
Development Economics: Principles and Application
Semester:
Yearly
Offered:
2019
What allows countries to develop? What holds development and growth in certain regions? Why many developing countries in Africa have seen lower levels of growth and development in recent decades than Asians states? This course examines these questions and many others by discussing various models in development economics and exploring their application in reality.
Ethics of International Organizations
Semester:
Yearly
Offered:
2019
Working in development involves meeting many moral dilemmas and challenges. For example, how should we treat the meeting of Western and local values? What do we think about animal treatment in the community in which we work? We should be loyal – but loyal to the organization which employs us or to the clients? What is sexual harassment? And so on. In this course we shall discuss these are other dilemmas and try to offer tools of moral reasoning in order to face such dilemmas.
The course is taught by Prof. Avner de Shalit
Individual guidance - Thesis writing (Mandatory for Research Track only)
Semester:
2nd semester
Offered:
2019
Course/Module description:
The course is aimed at supporting research track Glocal students in writing their dissertations. It will consist of a single group meeting followed by one-on-one sessions—in person, over emails or through videoconferences, as requested by the student.