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@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@harvard.edu<mailto:brazil_office@harvard.edu>.
Obrigado!
http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/courses/fall2011