2024 Spring

This integrative, interdisciplinary course explores the major trends and changes in development theory and their bearings on development policy and practice, critically discussing concepts of development and the emergence and evolution of paradigms in development thinking. We will explore what and …

China is at the heart of development in the 21st century. The Chinese provided foreign direct investment (FDI) worth $3.8 trillion in stocks by 2018 and official financing totaling around $351 billion between 2000 and 2014. Global trade passes through Chinese land and maritime routes, reaching 12.4…

Welcome to the Cambrian Explosion! The origin of animals was arguably the most important event in earth history. In this course we will review the history of earth, learn basic geology, and then examine the problem of the origin of animals by studying Mount Holyoke College’s superb and unique col…