This course is recommended for international and other graduate students and professionals who need to conduct major literature reviews, develop thesis research questions, generate grant proposals, or develop new courses. Limited to 15 students and supported by a interdisciplinary group of faculty members, this course attempts to offer both group and personalized teaching. Seminar for MPS students to discuss important issues in international development and to prepare them to write their project papers. Specific content varies. S-U grades only.
Specific content varies.
S-U grades only. R.W. Blake , S-U grades only. The seminar provides students with the opportunity to develop and present their special projects. It also serves as a forum for discussion of current issues in low-income agricultural and rural development with particular attention to interdisciplinary complexities. This course provides an introduction to participatory traditions in farming systems research, extension, evaluation of rural development, technology generation, gender analysis, participatory rural appraisal, and documentation of local and indigenous knowledge of community-based development.