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HLS 3111

ESG: Corporate Ethics in the 21st Century

This course will investigate the rise of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) as a dominant investment strategy and its consequences for corporate governance and regulation of several sectors in the global economy.
Fall 2024 Graduate Available Law & Policy Courses
Tue, Sep 3, 2024
API 141

Finance

This course provides financial concepts, techniques, and instruments that are essential to a variety of applications that include raising debt and equity finance, asset management, climate finance, development finance, financing infrastructure, banking, financial regulation, and risk management.
Fall 2024 Graduate Undergraduate Available Business Law & Policy Courses
Tue, Sep 3, 2024
HLS 2076

Ethics, Economics and the Law

Explores controversies about the use of markets and market reasoning in areas such as organ sales, procreation, environmental regulation, immigration policy, military service, voting, health care, education, and criminal justice.
Fall 2024 Graduate Undergraduate Available Law & Policy Courses
Tue, Sep 3, 2024
IGA 402, E-PSCI 239

The Climate Energy Challenge: A Foundation in Science, Technology and Policy

This course will consider the challenge of climate change and what to do about it. Students will be introduced to the basic science of climate change, including the radiation budget of the Earth, the carbon cycle, and the physics and chemistry of the oceans and atmosphere.
Fall 2024 Graduate Available Engineering Law & Policy Physical Sciences Courses
Tue, Sep 3, 2024
IGA 413M

The Energy-Climate Transition

This module will look at the challenges and opportunities associated with options to transition economies toward relying on low and zero-carbon energy sources to mitigate global climate change.
Fall 2024 Graduate Undergraduate Available Law & Policy Courses
Tue, Sep 3, 2024
API 205

Politics and Policies: What Is the Impact of Data and AI?

Data and artificial intelligence (AI) are changing our world.. Intended for leaders, this course introduces statistics and machine learning and what they can tell us about global challenges. Using case studies on justice and policing, elections and polling, behavioral economics, development, climate change, education, and health, we analyze research design, regression, and project evaluation, and compare the perspective of ethics.
Fall 2024 Graduate Undergraduate Available Business Engineering Law & Policy Courses
Tue, Sep 3, 2024
API 170

Managing Climate Change Risks: Information, Incentives, and Institutions

Decision-makers – including individuals, businesses, civil society, and policymakers – are undertaking an array of strategies to manage the risks posed by a changing climate. This course explores how information, incentives, and institutions influence the actions taken by decision-makers.
Fall 2024 Graduate Undergraduate Available Law & Policy Courses
Tue, Sep 3, 2024
IGA 662

The Future of the European Union: Europe in the World

At a time of increasing global turbulence with debates on the end of the liberal international order and rising turmoil in the wider European neighborhood, this course offers a comprehensive dive into EU external relations.
Fall 2024 Graduate Undergraduate Available Arts & Humanities Law & Policy Courses
Tue, Sep 3, 2024
HLS 2123

International Environmental Law

This course covers the international law governing the environment and natural resources. The course begins by covering the sources and institutional structure of international environmental law, as well as the fundamental principles governing international environmental law. The course continues by delving into the core treaty regimes in the field, including ozone protection, climate change, and biodiversity and species protection. The course will also address the relationship of international environmental law with other fields of international law.
Spring 2025 Graduate Available Law & Policy Courses
Mon, Jan 6, 2025
IGA 671M

Policy and Social Innovations for the Changing Arctic

Through the lens of the rapidly changing Arctic region, this module will give students an overarching understanding of these local and global challenges, as well as tools and experience in developing their own policy and social innovations to address complex issues in a sustainable way.
Spring 2025 Graduate Undergraduate Available Law & Policy Courses
Fri, Jan 10, 2025
MLD 605M

Systems Thinking and Supply Chain Management: Climate, Poverty and Human Rights

This course provides students with the theory and practice to design, operate and sustain supply chains that deliver public services.
Spring 2025 Graduate Undergraduate Available Law & Policy Courses
Fri, Jan 10, 2025
IGA 353M, GHP 543

Frontline Negotiation Lab: Strategic Planning for Complex Engagements

.This one-week intensive on-campus course is designed for those planning to work in high-intensity environments such as pandemics, climate crises, natural disasters, armed conflicts and other critical situations. This is a demanding course for highly motivated and committed students.
Spring 2025 Graduate Undergraduate Available Arts & Humanities Law & Policy Public Health & Medicine Courses
Mon, Jan 13, 2025