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FYI: Fall 2011 Brazil-related Courses at Harvard

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Fall 2011 Brazil-related Courses throughout Harvard (Harvard College, GSAS, GSD, HBS, HDS, HKS, HLS, HSPH) http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/courses/fall2011 A wide range of courses with Brazil-related content is available to Harvard College undergraduates, GSAS doctoral students, and professional school students from across the University. The listing below features a selection, albeit it is in any way exhaustive or complete. If you know of a Fall 2011 course with Brazil content that is not listed below, please email us at brazil_office(a)harvard.edu<mailto:brazil_office@harvard.edu>. Obrigado! - DRCLAS Brazil Team HARVARD COLLEGE & GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES (GSAS) ANTHROPOLOGY 98z: Junior Tutorial in Social Anthropology Steven C. Caton Catalog Number: 4503 Junior tutorials in Social Anthropology explore critical theoretical issues related to a single ethnographic region (eg. South Asia, Africa, Latin America). The issues and areas change from year to year, but the purpose remains the same: to give students a chance to grapple with advanced readings and to experience the ways that ideas and theories can be applied and critically analyzed in ethnographic studies. This Fall's tutorials: - Making 'Space' Real: Anthro of Architecture & Urbanism - Culture Clash: The Anthropology of People in Conflict - Mobility and Mobilization: Exploring the Politics of Mobility ANTHROPOLOGY 2177: South American Archaeology (New Course) Gary Urton W., 1-3; Location: Peabody Museum 57-E; Catalog Number: 60232 Provides an overview of Pre-Columbian civilizations on the continent of South America from the earliest record of human habitation to the time of the European invasion, in the sixteenth century. Focuses on the archaeology of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers, the Andes, and the Pacific coast of Peru and Chile. Extensive use will be made of the South American collections in the Peabody Museum. ANTHROPOLOGY 2856: Biography, the Novel, Psychotherapy and Ethnography: Deep Ways of Knowing the Person in the Moral Context Arthur Kleinman Th., 2-4; Location: William James Hall 401; Catalog Number: 8459 Compares deep ways of knowing the person in his/her cultural, political, economic and, most especially, moral context. Reads strong examples from each field to learn about individual and collective experience under uncertainty and danger. Note: Open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates. EXPOSITORY WRITING 20.097: HIV/AIDS in Culture Joaquin Sebastian Terrones M., W., at 10 (20.098 at 11); Location: Memorial Hall 303; Catalog Number: 50711; Enrollment: Limited to 15 Perhaps more than any other event in the last quarter of the twentieth century, the AIDS crisis condensed or crystallized cultural anxieties about the body, identity, and difference. In this course, we will examine the cultural response to HIV/AIDS in North and Latin America through fiction, poetry, and visual art from the pandemic's first fifteen years. No knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese is necessary; all materials will be available in English. FRESHMAN SEMINAR 42q: Cosmopolitanism and Globalization: A Latin American Perspective Mariano Siskind M., 1-3; Location: Emerson Hall 307; Catalog Number: 4079; Enrollment: Limited to 15 In the long history of globalization, cosmopolitanism has been put forth as an ethical and aesthetical antidote against the dangers of jingoistic nationalism, but also of global uniformity. In Latin America, cosmopolitan discourses have expressed aesthetic, cultural and political modern aspirations. We read Kant, Marx, Bhabha, Garcia Canclini, Appadurai, Nussbaum, Borges, Bolano, Buarque, Bellatin, watch films by Di Tella and Eimbcke, and listen tangos, Caetano Veloso and The Beatles. Note: Open to Freshmen only. This course includes student art-related projects as part of the Elson Family Arts Initiative. GOVERNMENT 20: Foundations of Comparative Politics Steven R. Levitsky Tu., Th., at 10 and a weekly section to be arranged; Location: Lowell Lecture Hall; Catalog Number: 6166 Provides an introduction to key concepts and theoretical approaches in comparative politics. Major themes include the causes of democratization, economic development, ethnic conflict, and social revolutions; as well as the role of the state, political institutions, and civil society. Examines and critically evaluates different theoretical approaches to politics including modernization, Marxist, cultural, institutionalist, and leadership-centered approaches. Compares cases from Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East and Latin America to provide students with grounding in the basic tools of comparative analysis. Note: This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the General Education requirement for Societies of the World or the Core area requirement for Social Analysis. GOVERNMENT 1100: Political Economy of Development Robert H. Bates M., W., F., at 3; Location: CGIS-South S-010; Catalog Number: 7687 Comparative analysis of political economy of development drawing on case studies from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. GOVERNMENT 1291: The Politics of Social Policy in Brazil Frances Hagopian M., W., at 11; Location: CGIS-Knafel K-050; Catalog Number: 50506 Assesses Brazil's social policy failures and successes, focusing on education, health, social security, and poverty alleviation. Introduces students to Brazil's political institutions; political and social actors; and state reforms. Identifies factors, including program design, power of privileged groups, and widespread political clientelism in the social services, that have contributed to Brazil's weak social welfare state and policy failures, and examines changes that have improved social policy outputs and the lingering obstacles to further progress. GOVERNMENT 2131: Comparative Politics of Latin America Jorge I. Dominguez and Steven R. Levitsky Tu., 2-4; Location: CGIS-Knafel K-107; Catalog Number: 3337 Topics: historical paths, economic strategies, inflation and exchange rates, international explanations of domestic outcomes, authoritarian and democratic regimes, state institutions, the Roman Catholic Church, social movements, parties and party systems, and voters and voting behavior. HISTORY 75c: Readings on Modern Latin American History Sergio Silva Castañeda M., 2-4; Location: CGIS-South 450; Catalog Number: 45858; Enrollment: Limited to 12 This course serves as an introduction to Latin American historiography, covering the span between the 19th Century's processes of independence and the military dictatorships of the second half of the 20th Century. It includes readings on Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Cuba, and Brazil. This course is not designed to provide an extensive review of Latin America; however, the readings have been selected to cover an ample spectrum of themes, sources, countries and historical periods. LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES 91r: Supervised Reading and Research Doris Sommer and members of the Department Catalog Number: 17128 Tutorial supervision of research on subjects not treated in regular courses. Note: Limited to juniors and seniors. Students wishing to enroll must petition the Undergraduate Adviser in Latin American Studies for approval, stating the proposed project, and must have the consent of the proposed instructor. Ordinarily, students are required to have taken some course work in the area as background for their project. May not be taken more than twice, and only once for concentration credit. LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES 98: Tutorial-Junior Year Doris Sommer and members of the Department Catalog Number: 1224 Weekly individual instruction for juniors pursuing a thesis honors track in Latin American Studies, culminating in the writing of a 20-25 page research paper in either Spanish or Portuguese. Note: Successful completion of one term of Latin American Studies 98 (or equivalent) is required of all thesis-track honors concentrators in Latin American Studies in their junior year. LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES 99: Tutorial-Senior Year Doris Sommer and members of the Department Catalog Number: 7959 Weekly individual instruction for honors seniors writing a thesis. Note: For honors seniors writing a thesis. Successful completion of two terms of Latin American Studies 99 is required of all thesis-track honors concentrators. Students who not complete a thesis are required to submit a substantial paper in order to receive either half course or full course credit. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of a junior tutorial and faculty approval of proposed thesis topic. PORTUGUESE Aa: Beginning Portuguese I Clemence Jouet-Pastre and members of the Department M., W., F., at 12 or 1; Catalog Number: 7130 An introductory course designed to introduce the student with little or no knowledge of the language to the Portuguese-speaking world. Focuses on fundamental communication skills -- listening, speaking, reading, and writing -- and, at the same time, provides exposure to Portuguese-speaking cultures through media broadcasts, literature, films, music, and videos. Note: Conducted in Portuguese. May not be taken Pass/Fail but may be taken Sat/Unsat by GSAS students. Not open to auditors. Section on-line on the Portuguese Aa website. PORTUGUESE Ac: Beginning Portuguese for Spanish Speakers Clemence Jouet-Pastre and members of the Department M., W., F., at 12 or 1; Catalog Number: 0430 An introductory language course designed for Spanish-speakers. Along with the fundamental communication skills-understanding, speaking, reading and writing-the course will focus on those features of Portuguese which are most difficult for Spanish speakers: pronunciation, idioms and grammatical structures particular to Portuguese. Students will be introduced to the cultures of the Portuguese-speaking world through readings and authentic materials, including films, music, and videotapes. Note: Conducted in Portuguese. Requires a solid knowledge of but not necessarily native proficiency in Spanish. May not be taken Pass/Fail, but may be taken Sat/Unsat by GSAS students. Not open to auditors. Section on-line on the Portuguese Ac website. Prerequisite: 750 on the Spanish SAT II or the Harvard Placement test; 5 on the Spanish AP test; or a 40s level Spanish course. PORTUGUESE C: Intermediate Portuguese Clemence Jouet-Pastre and members of the Department Section I, M., W., 2-3:30; Section II, Tu., Th., 11:30-1; Catalog Number: 7692 An intermediate course for students interested in expanding and strengthening their Portuguese language skills. Reading, writing, and conversational competency is emphasized through the study of the Luso-African-Brazilian cultures. The course aims to promote cross-cultural understanding through the use of authentic materials such as literary texts, multimedia, film, music, and videos. Note: Conducted in Portuguese. Recommended for students who wish to improve their ability to speak and write Portuguese. May not be taken Pass/Fail. Section on-line on the Portuguese Ca website. Prerequisite: Portuguese Ab, Ad, or permission of course head. PORTUGUESE 37: Brasil hoje: Contemporary Brazilian Culture through Media Clemence Jouet-Pastre and members of the Department Section I, M., W., 2:30-4; Section II, Tu., Th., 11:30-1; Catalog Number: 5024 Engages in systematic grammar review, along with practice in writing and vocabulary enrichment, while examining contemporary Brazil as presented in Portuguese-language press, television, literature, and film. Analyzes the ways Brazilians and non-Brazilians construct different and conflicting images of Brazil and "Brazilianness." Issues of race relations, national identity, ethnicity, and gender addressed. Discussions based on historical and literary texts, advertisements, films, videotapes of Brazilian television, and current issues of newspapers and magazines. Note: Conducted in Portuguese. Not open to auditors. May not be taken Pass/Fail, but may be taken Sat/Unsat by GSAS students. Prerequisite: Portuguese C, S-Dx, or permission of course head. PORTUGUESE 91r: Supervised Reading and Research Clemence Jouet-Pastre and members of the Department Catalog Number: 5589 Tutorial supervision of research on subjects not covered in regular courses. Note: Limited to juniors and seniors. Students wishing to enroll must petition the Undergraduate Adviser in Portuguese for approval, stating the proposed project, and must have the consent of the proposed instructor. Ordinarily, students are required to have taken some course work in the area as background for their project. May not be taken more than twice, and only once for concentration credit. PORTUGUESE 98: Tutorial-Junior Year Clemence Jouet-Pastre and members of the Department Catalog Number: 8667 Weekly individual instruction for juniors pursuing a thesis honors track in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, culminating in the writing of a 20-25 page research paper in Portuguese. Note: Successful completion of Portuguese 98 (or equivalent) is required of all thesis-track honors concentrators in Portuguese-Brazilian Studies. To enroll see course head. PORTUGUESE 99: Tutorial-Senior Year Clemence Jouet-Pastre and members of the Department Catalog Number: 8753 For honors seniors writing a thesis. Successful completion of one term of Portuguese 99 is required of all honors concentrators. To enroll, see course head. Note: For honors seniors writing a thesis. Successful completion of two terms of Portuguese 99 is required of all thesis-track honors concentrators. Students who do not complete a thesis are required to submit a substantial paper in order to receive either half course or full course credit. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of a junior tutorial and faculty approval of proposed thesis topic. PORTUGUESE 142: Introduction to Eça de Queiroz (New Course) Joaquim-Francisco Coelho M., 3-5; Location: Robinson Hall 205; Catalog Number: 90573 Portugal's most distinguished novelist, José Maria Eça de Queiroz (1845-1900), known as Eça de Queiroz, was equally remarkable as a short story writer, memoirist, literary critic, journalist, and epistolographer. This course is an introduction to representative examples of Eca's accomplishments in each of these genres and features a close reading of his masterpiece novel published in 1888, Os Maias. Note: Conducted in Portuguese. PORTUGUESE 219: Famous Poems of the Portuguese Language Joaquim-Francisco Coelho Th., 3-5; Location: Robinson Hall 205; Catalog Number: 3242 Continues the study of the major lyrical texts of the Portuguese language, from medieval times to the present, began in Portuguese 218. Emphasis on poetry written in Portugal and Brazil after 1900. Note: Conducted in Portuguese. PORTUGUESE 321: Literature of Brazil: Supervised Reading and Research Harvard College/GSAS: 5933 PORTUGUESE 330: Direction of Doctoral Dissertations Catalog Number: 4072 ROMANCE STUDIES 79: Romance Languages and Cultures in Comparative Perspective Elvira G. DiFabio and members of the Department M., W., 1-2:30; Location: Sever Hall 104; Catalog Number: 8713 Highlights of the similarities and differences among the Romance languages, beginning with an overview of the historical development of the Romance languages from Latin, and moving on to the comparison of linguistic identifiers of French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish; may also include a discussion of Catalan. Topics will cover comparative phonology, morphology, and syntax, as well as some cross-cultural experiences such as immigration and translation. Note: Conducted in English; texts in original and in translation. May not be taken by RLL graduate students to fulfill the history of the language requirement. Prerequisite: Advanced proficiency in one of the Romance Languages, or permission of the course head. SOCIETIES OF THE WORLD 25: Case Studies in Global Health: Biosocial Perspectives Arthur M. Kleinman (Anthropology; Harvard Medical School), Paul E. Farmer (University Professor; Harvard Medical School; Harvard School of Public Health), Anne Becker (Harvard Medical School), and Salmaan Keshavjee (Harvard Medical School) Location: Northwest Building B103; Meeting Time: Tu., Th., 10-11:30, and a weekly section to be arranged. Catalog Number: 9587 Examines, through lecturers and case-based discussions, a collection of global health problems rooted in rapidly changing social structures that transcend national and other administrative boundaries. Students will explore case studies (addressing AIDS, tuberculosis, mental illness, and other topics) and a diverse literature (including epidemiology, anthropology, history, and clinical medicine), focusing on how a broad biosocial analysis might improve the delivery of services designed to lessen the burden of disease, especially among those living in poverty. SPANISH 246: Cosmopolitanism and the Latin American Avant-Gardes: Analytic, Interpretative, and Pedagogical Inquiry Jose Rabasa and Sergio Delgado W., 2-5; Location: Boylston Hall 335; Catalog Number: 20194 Comprehensive study of avant-gardes with a view towards development of an undergraduate course. Traditional and experimental course components (syllabi, exercises, workshops, digital tools) will be explored collectively alongside theory and praxis of the avant-garde. UNITED STATES IN THE WORLD 33: Religion and Social Change Marla F. Frederick (African and African American Studies; Study of Religion) M., W., at 1, and a weekly section to be arranged. Location: Barker Center 230 (Locke Room); Catalog Number: 8058 Religion has inspired new understandings of social and political engagement. From early protest oriented struggles for civil rights in the US to the more recent personal responsibility calls of neo-pentecostal discourses, this course takes African American religious engagement with the process of democracy as a starting point for thinking about how other communities around the world have employed religion as a means of advancing social change. Through ethnography, auto/biography, and documentary film, this class compares and contrasts the influence that religious moods and motivations have had on calls for democracy and social change in places like Latin America, the Middle East and West Africa. In each instance the course questions the place of the US government and US religious bodies in these global efforts towards change. YORUBA A: Elementary Yoruba John M. Mugane Catalog Number: 0029 Yoruba is spoken in the West African countries of Nigeria, Benin Republic, and parts of Togo and Sierra Leone, therefore constituting one of the largest single languages in sub-Saharan Africa. Yoruba is also spoken in Cuba and Brazil. Students will acquire the Yoruba language at the basic or elementary level. Note: Primarily designed for students who have no prior knowledge of Yoruba. However, students with minimal knowledge of the language may also register for the course. Not open to auditors. YORUBA B: Intermediate Yoruba John M. Mugane Catalog Number: 0031 Continuation of Yoruba A. Yoruba is spoken in the West African countries of Nigeria, Benin Republic, and parts of Togo and Sierra Leone, therefore constituting one of the largest single languages in sub-Saharan Africa. Yoruba is also spoken in Cuba and Brazil. Students will acquire the Yoruba language at the basic or elementary level. Note: Not open to auditors. Prerequisite: Yoruba A or the equivalent of one year's study of Yoruba. GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN (GSD) Elements of Urban Design - STU 0122100 Urban Planning and Design Core Studio Felipe Correa, Anita Berrizbeitia, Gabriel Duarte 8 credits; Tuesday & Thursday 12:30 - 6:00 Elements of Urban Design is an advanced core studio for the post professional programs in urban design. The studio introduces a wide host of ideas, strategies and technical skills associated with current thinking on urbanism, and speculates on the designer's projective role in analyzing and shaping complex metropolitan systems. Rigorous research informs a series of interrelated exercises that construct diverse hypotheses about new formal and experiential urban identities across multiple scales of intervention and development. HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL (HBS) Globalization and Emerging Markets Aldo Musacchio Course Number 1151 Fall; Q1; Q2; 3 credits; 20 Sessions Globalization and Emerging Markets is designed for students who will be investing, managing a business or nonprofit, or working for a government in an emerging market. The unit of analysis of the course ranges from countries to multinational and domestic companies in emerging markets. Therefore, students are asked to take the perspective of different decision-makers, such as politicians, investors, and managers. For instance, students may have to take the perspective of the manager of an American company operating abroad, of an investor in Dubai bonds, of a shareholder in Brazil's oil company Petrobras, the manager of Indian Railways, or chairman of the central bank of China. As such the course should appeal to anyone considering a career in emerging markets or who will be doing business or investing in emerging markets. HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL (HDS) Encountering the Other: The Expansion of the Christian West, 1650-1850 David N. Hempton Divinity School: 2355; Location: Divinity Hall, Room 213; Meeting Time: Tuesday, Thursday 10:00am - 11:30am Investigates themes in the History of Christian Expansion to new geographical spaces in the early modern period. Questions raised will include what was at stake in the multifaceted cultural encounters between European Christianity and native religious traditions as Christianity expanded into new social spaces, and what was the relationship between Protestant and Roman Catholic missionary movements and the rise of the European seaborne empires. Locations will include the Americas, Africa, India, and Asia. Liberal and Liberation Theologies in Dialogue Daniel McKanan Divinity School: 2415; Location: Andover Hall, Room 103; Meeting Time: Tuesday, Thursday 10:00am - 11:30am This course will explore the possibilities for fruitful interchange between classic liberal theologies and contemporary theologies of liberation. We will begin with major texts of American liberal theology (Channing, Emerson, Bushnell, Rauschenbusch), then turn to the defining liberationist texts (Gutierrez, Cone, Daly), and conclude with several attempts to integrate the traditions. HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL (HKS) Latin American Politics and Policy Making - Democracy, Politics and Institutions-DPI 460 Candelaria Garay M/W, 2:40 PM - 4:00 PM, L382 This course focuses on the politics of policymaking in contemporary Latin America. It explores the literature on Latin America politics in an effort to understand how political dynamics (e.g., democratization), institutions (e.g., federalism), and different actors (e.g., social movements, international organizations) affect the making of public policy, especially of economic and social policies. Students will gain empirical knowledge on the region, as well as analytical and practical understanding of political aspects involved in policy design and implementation. The empirical focus will be primarily on South America and Mexico since the adoption of democratic regimes and economic liberalization in the 1980s and 1990s. Innovation, Development and Globalization - International and Global Affairs-IGA 523 Calestous Juma M/W 10:10 AM - 11:30 AM, RG-20 The aim of this course is to examine the role of science and innovation in fostering economic growth in developing countries, with emphasis on international technology cooperation. This explores a variety of approaches for adopting and diffusing new technologies into economic systems in an inversingly globalizing world. The course is divided into four sections. The first section provides a conceptual foundation for understanding the role of technological innovation and the associated institutional innovation in the process of economic transformation. The second section presents country experiences with scientific and technological innovation and the associated institutional adjustments. The third section analyzes the technological opportunities and challenges open to developing countries. The final section assesses public policy options that can pursued by developing and industrialized countries in fostering international technology cooperation. The course seeks to equip students with skills in science and technology policy analysis. Sustainability Science: Interactions Between Human and Environmental Systems-IGA 944 William Clark & N. Michele Holbrook T/Th 1:10 PM - 2:30 PM, L280 This is a research seminar on the core theories of sustainability science -- an emerging field of problem-driven research dealing with the interactions between human and environmental systems. The problem that motivates the course, and the field, is the challenge of sustainability: improving the well-being of present and future generations in ways that conserve the planet's life support systems. The seminar will engage in a critical discussion of the underlying theory of the field, focusing on contemporary interdisciplinary research papers drawing from the natural and social sciences, health, and engineering. It will use this theoretical perspective to evaluate case studies of efforts to manage particular coupled human-environment systems. In order to bring multiple perspectives to bear on the theory and applications of sustainability science, the seminar will be conducted as a distributed effort involving faculty and students at four universities recognized as leaders in sustainability science (Harvard, Columbia, University of Minnesota and Arizona State University). An interdisciplinary team of students drawn from across the participating universities will prepare and present a formal critique of the readings and lecture of the week. All students will be expected to contribute regularly to an on-line discussion of the lectures and assigned literature. Students taking the course for credit will also prepare a term paper critically reviewing the literature of a dimension of sustainability science and applying that literature to their own interests or research. Prerequisites: This is primarily a doctoral seminar. Other students with research training and experience may enroll with written permission of the instructors. The Past, Present, and Future of Globalization - International Trade and Finance-ITF 145 Dani Rodrik T/Th 10:10 AM - 11:30 AM RG-20; Review F 10:10 AM - 11:30 AM L332 The 2008-2009 financial crisis has highlighted the frailties of the current model of economic globalization and has raised questions about its future. This course analyzes economic globalization in an historical perspective. It evaluates the arguments of both its critics and advocates, and pays particular attention to problems of trade, finance, and economic development in an economically integrating world. It discusses different models of economic globalization and global governance, with an eye towards future possibilities. Prerequisites: A previous course in economics desirable. HARVARD LAW SCHOOL (HLS) Human Rights Practice in Latin America: Seminar Stephanie Brewer and James Cavallaro LAW-94745A - 1 classroom credit The seminar will provide an overview and critique of the development of the human rights movement in Latin America, considering first its basis in grass roots religious communities, political activists, and pro-democracy struggles against military dictatorships and toward democratization. The seminar will then assess the movement's more recent growth and professionalization. The course will also examine the growth of human rights in public discourse and practice, and the challenges this expansion presents for the Latin American human rights movement. While the course will embrace the entire region, it will focus primarily on Argentina and the Southern Cone of South America. Workshop on Crime and Criminal Justice Christopher Stone (Harvard Kennedy School) LAW-48855A - 2 classroom credits - Block G/H, M 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM This is a workshop course that introduces students to the comparative study of crime problems and criminal justice responses, examining strategies for controlling crime and delivering justice across many different countries. The course combines reading, lecture, and discussion with work on an ongoing project of practical reform. Students each join a project of research and reform currently underway in the Kennedy School's Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management. Projects for 2011-12 include opportunities to pursue comparative, empirical examination of the reform of police interrogation, search and seizure, pretrial detention, victim participation, and access to legal assistance in North America, Europe, Turkey, China, and Latin America. Among the topics covered in the classroom are performance measurement of sector-wide justice reform in developing countries; the use of the death penalty in China; development of a system of international criminal justice; and more. Students with prior course work or professional experience in criminal law or procedure, law enforcement, criminal justice, or criminology will be in a strong position to take full advantage of the course material, but the workshop is open to all students by permission of the instructor. This course is jointly offered with HKS. HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH (HSPH) Global Health & Population 244: Health Sector Reform: World Perspectives This course surveys the impact of the global movement to reform national health care systems in the lower and middle income countries. It introduces a framework for analyzing health care systems and designing strategies for system reform, including political dimensions, with specific references to developing countries. It then examines some of the major elements of reform strategies as they are being applied in these countries, including goal-setting, financing, the organization of health care and the role of the private health sector, governmental reform, regulation, and change in consumer behavior. Studies and case material from many different countries are used. Global Health & Population 569 - Health & International Education Why is health important to the educator? Disease and poor nutrition are major impediments to academic achievement. But school health programs and education initiatives in and out of the classroom have the potential to transform the health of children and their communities. This course gives you the opportunity to develop your own project to improve community health using health education strategies or other health promotion activities based in a school or university. The course provides the practical and theoretical background to developing a successful health project. It will examine how poor health can prevent children from attending school and from learning while there. It also explores policy options for schools to be part of the solution, by providing simple, cost-effective treatments that give the greatest benefits to the poorest students, and by providing the educational foundation for a healthy life. The course also looks at the theory and application of education for behavior change. In particular we examine how the education sector can respond to the HIV/AIDS pandemic: How can education programs promote healthy sexual behavior? How can such education programs operate most successfully within their cultural, political and religious context? Nutrition 217 - Global Nutrition Malnutrition is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide, and is a major impediment to population health and economic development. Under-nutrition has dominated the health profile of developing countries, within a vicious cycle of poverty, under-nutrition, and infectious diseases. However, economic development, urbanization, and associated changes in diet and lifestyle patterns have contributed to the rapid emergence of chronic health conditions in these regions, including obesity, diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular disease. This course will provide a comprehensive overview of the state of the science in global health nutrition. It will discuss major nutrition-related problems seen in developed and developing countries, ranging from micro- and macronutrient deficiencies to diet-related chronic diseases. Building on the understanding of these problems, the course will discuss types of study design to further advance knowledge as well as programmatic solutions. NOTE: This listing features a selection of courses at Harvard with Brazil-related content. It is not exhaustive/complete, and course content can change from year to year. If you are aware of a Fall 2011 course with Brazil content that was not listed above, please let us know at: brazil_office(a)harvard.edu<mailto:brazil_office@harvard.edu>. Obrigado! http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/courses/fall2011

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