This course examines films and topics central to the study of global cinema since 1960. Special emphasis will be placed on the transnational organization of global film culture throughout this period. In addition to viewing films made in diverse national contexts (Thailand, France, Iran, the U.K., Japan), we will also analyze films and cultural formations that complicate cinema's relation to national boundaries, including works of exilic and diasporic cinema, international co-productions, and global film festivals.

Sociology of Organizations introduces concepts of institution, organization, network, role and system. These ideas are at the heart of the classical sociological enterprise. They open up questions of social scale and social context by drawing attention to the level of action between individuals and abstract global systems. Using case studies, students will engage the question of ethical action in a complex world marked by competing rationalities.

What are the special challenges of obligation and responsibility that individuals, businesses and other organizations face in a complex global environment? We explore these questions using applied philosophical ethics from the traditional approaches to moral philosophy (studying the ethical character of both actions themselves and the results of those actions) and the more recent ethics of care. We apply these ethical considerations in different cases and contexts of individual decision-making and the choices and dilemmas that businesses and other organizations face.

Engaging directly with all forms of non-governmental organizations including L3C, LLC, B-Corporations, not-for-profits, and the classic "C" and "S" corporations, students will learn about the various organizational structures, their financing, and their financial management. This will be an experiential and project-based class: students will have hands-on learning through real organizations, cases and projects, with short classroom lectures. Students will work in in teams, and teams will present analysis and reflections.

Project-based course in which students working in teams will create, from idea to start-up, social impact ventures (not-for-profit or for-profit), while learning applied design thinking and lean startup methods, market planning, customer and stakeholder development, finances, organization configurations, social impact analysis, business development, collaboration building, and team-building and leadership. Literature covering entrepreneurship, women in business, social impact, economic impact, and opportunity analysis will be introduced and applied.

This course will engage students in interdisciplinary thinking about the dynamic relationship between environment and development. Focusing on specific case studies, we will consider complementary and contrasting perspectives about the causes of and solutions to global poverty and environmental degradation. We will examine how development theories and practices have changed over time, and we will reflect on how our assumptions shape what we "see" in specific sites, how we frame particular problems and what we suggest as solutions.

This class introduces students to the theory of social choice -- a branch of economic theory that tackles questions of "oughts." How should society choose among several alternatives? What rules constitute a fair method of collective decision-making? Among the topics we will cover are Arrow's and Sen's seminal impossibility theorems, concepts of freedom, individual rights, and opportunities. Throughout, we will make extensive use of examples, prioritizing intuition over mathematical formulation.

Demography is the scientific study of human populations, primarily with respect to their size, structure, and development. This course studies a variety demographic topics, including fertility, mortality, population age structure, poverty, and inequality. The course also covers empirical econometric techniques that are helpful for answering demographic questions.