{"id":26,"date":"2018-09-20T10:46:22","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T14:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mvkarra\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2024-05-07T22:55:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T02:55:08","slug":"courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mvkarra\/courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>On sabbatical in fall 2024 and spring 2025<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Past Courses<\/h2>\n<h3>Spring 2024 Courses:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"course-feed\"><aside class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<div class=\"cf-course-card\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"cf-course-title\"><span class=\"cf-course-id\"><span class=\"cf-course-college\">CAS<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-dept\">IR<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-number\">295<\/span><\/span> Quantitative Methods for Global Policy<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"meta cf-course-info\"><span class=\"cf-course-credits\">4 credits.<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-offered\">Spring<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-prereqs\"><\/span><\/p>\n        <div class=\"cf-hub-ind\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/what-is-the-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cf-hub-head\" alt=\"BU Hub\">    <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"bu-hub-iconstyles icon-buhub\">BU Hub<\/span>  <\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/what-is-the-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hub-head\">    <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"bu-hub-iconstyles icon-questionmark\">Learn More<\/span>  <\/a>  <ul class=\"cf-hub-offerings\"><li class=\"cf-hub-area-1\">Critical Thinking<\/li><li class=\"cf-hub-area-H\">Quantitative Reasoning II<\/li><li class=\"cf-hub-area-P\">Social Inquiry II<\/li>  <\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t<p class=\"cf-course-description\">Undergraduate prerequisites: Completion of CASEC 101 and CASEC 102, which are also prerequisites for a CASIR degree. An applied math background, particularly in probability and statistics, is strongly encouraged, and completion of an introductory statistics or econometrics course (MA113, MA115, MA116, MA214, QM221, EC203\/303) is recommended. - Introduces the principal quantitative methods that are employed in core global studies disciplines, including political science, economics, and public policy. Students are exposed to a range of descriptive and inferential statistical methods and their applications in research and policy. Effective Spring 2024, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Social Inquiry I, Quantitative Reasoning I, Critical Thinking. Effective Spring 2025, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Social Inquiry II, Quantitative Reasoning II, Critical Thinking.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/aside><\/div>\n<h3>Other Courses:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"course-feed\"><aside class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<div class=\"cf-course-card\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"cf-course-title\"><span class=\"cf-course-id\"><span class=\"cf-course-college\">CAS<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-dept\">IR<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-number\">480<\/span><\/span> Political Economy of Human Development<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"meta cf-course-info\"><span class=\"cf-course-credits\">4 credits.<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-offered\">Fall and Spring<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-prereqs\"><\/span><\/p>\n        <div class=\"cf-hub-ind\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/what-is-the-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cf-hub-head\" alt=\"BU Hub\">    <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"bu-hub-iconstyles icon-buhub\">BU Hub<\/span>  <\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/what-is-the-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hub-head\">    <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"bu-hub-iconstyles icon-questionmark\">Learn More<\/span>  <\/a>  <ul class=\"cf-hub-offerings\"><li class=\"cf-hub-area-1\">Critical Thinking<\/li><li class=\"cf-hub-area-H\">Quantitative Reasoning II<\/li><li class=\"cf-hub-area-P\">Social Inquiry II<\/li>  <\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t<p class=\"cf-course-description\">Undergraduate Prerequisites: junior standing or consent of instructor. - Examines human development in low- and middle-income countries from applied economics perspective. Topics include: (1) economic growth, inequality, and poverty; (2) health, nutrition, and education; (3) agriculture, environment, and resource management; and (4) social and political factors in economic development. Also offered as GRS IR 680 A1. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Social Inquiry II, Quantitative Reasoning II, Critical Thinking. <\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/aside><\/div>\n<div class=\"course-feed\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On sabbatical in fall 2024 and spring 2025 &nbsp; Past Courses Spring 2024 Courses: Other Courses:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15163,"featured_media":437,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mvkarra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mvkarra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mvkarra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mvkarra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mvkarra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mvkarra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1201,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mvkarra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/1201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mvkarra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mvkarra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}