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• ECON 240 Microeconomics of Development 6 credits

  This course explores household behavior in developing countries. We will cover areas including fertility decisions, health and mortality, investment in education, the intra-household allocation of resources, household structure, and the marriage market. We will also look at the characteristics of land, labor, and credit markets, particularly technology adoption; land tenure and tenancy arrangements; the role of agrarian institutions in the development process; and the impacts of alternative politics and strategies in developing countries. The course complements Economics 241.

  • Offered: Winter 2026
  • Liberal Arts Requirements: IS, International Studies QRE, Quantitative Reasoning SI, Social Inquiry
  • Prerequisites:

    Student has completed any of the following course(s): ECON 111 with a grade of C- or better or ECON AL (Cambridge A Level Economics) with a grade of B or better or has received a score of 5 on the AP Microeconomics test or a score of 6 or better on the IB Economics test.

  • Tags: AFST Pertinent ASST Central Asia ASST East Asia ASST South Asia CL: 200 level EAST Supporting ECON Elective ENTS Society, Culture and Policy LTAM 300 HIST/SOAN/POSC LTAM Electives LTAM Pertinent Courses POSI Elective/Non POSC ASST Social Inquiry PPOL Economic Policy Making & Development SAST Support Social Inquiry

  • ECON  240.01 Winter 2026

  • Faculty:Faress Bhuiyan 🏫 👤
  • Size:25
  • M, WWillis 203 12:30pm-1:40pm
  • FWillis 203 1:10pm-2:10pm

• POSC 122 Politics in America: Liberty and Equality 6 credits

  An introduction to American government and politics. Focus on the Congress, Presidency, political parties and interest groups, the courts and the Constitution. Particular attention will be given to the public policy debates that divide liberals and conservatives and how these divisions are rooted in American political culture.

  • Offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026, Spring 2026
  • Liberal Arts Requirements: IDS, Intercultural Domestic Studies QRE, Quantitative Reasoning SI, Social Inquiry
  • Tags: AFST Pertinent AMST America in the World AMST Democracy Activism AMST Survey 1 CL: 100 level POSI Core POSI Elective AMST Race Ethnicity Indigeneity EDUC 3 Public Policy Educational Reform

  • POSC  122.01 Fall 2025

  • Faculty:Christina Farhart 🏫 👤
  • Size:30
  • T, THHulings 316 1:15pm-3:00pm

  • POSC  122.01 Winter 2026

  • Faculty:Adam Le 🏫
  • Size:30
  • M, WLeighton 304 11:10am-12:20pm
  • FLeighton 304 12:00pm-1:00pm

  • POSC  122.01 Spring 2026

  • Faculty:Ryan Dawkins 🏫 👤
  • Size:30
  • M, WLanguage & Dining Center 104 11:10am-12:20pm
  • FLanguage & Dining Center 104 12:00pm-1:00pm

• RELG 122 Introduction to Islam 6 credits

  This course is a general introduction to Islam as a prophetic religious tradition. It explores the different ways Muslims have interpreted and put into practice the prophetic message of Muhammad through analyses of varying theological, legal, political, mystical, and literary writings as well as through Muslims’ lived histories. These analyses aim for students to develop a framework for explaining the sources and vocabularies through which historically specific human experiences and understandings of the world have been signified as Islamic. The course will focus primarily on the early and modern periods of Islamic history.

  • Offered: Fall 2025
  • Liberal Arts Requirements: HI, Humanistic Inquiry IS, International Studies WR2 Writing Requirement 2
  • Tags: AFST Pertinent ASST Central Asia ASST South Asia CL: 100 level MARS Core Course MARS Supporting MEST Studies Foundation RELG Breadth RELG Islamic Traditions RELG Pertinent Course ASST Humanistic Inquiry SAST Support Humanities

  • RELG  122.01 Fall 2025

  • Faculty:Kambiz GhaneaBassiri 🏫 👤
  • Size:25
  • M, WLeighton 301 12:30pm-1:40pm
  • FLeighton 301 1:10pm-2:10pm