Examples are globalization and regionalization, labor and development, city systems and urban primacy, social movements and revolutions, state violence, migration and labor force formation, family structure and change, social structure and personality, and national and international stratification. Students enroll in a sequence of courses and seminars, and participate actively in ongoing faculty projects dealing with one or more of the above issues. In addition, the interdisciplinary character of graduate education at Hopkins offers students ample opportunity to enroll in courses or collaborate in research of faculty in other departments and participate in the activities of The Institute for Global Studies . Faculty associates of the program include distinguished scholars in anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, and public health. Candidates will be evaluated competitively according to regular departmental standards for graduate admission.
Financial support is available in the form of fellowships and research and teaching assistantships.
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