Conference-Related Course
Global Challenges: Winners and Losers of Offshore Outsourcing
Increased job flight in manufacturing and skilled services raises profound questions about the future well-being of people and countries around the world. Are declining living standards in developed countries inevitable or can technological change alter such a trend? Are China and India the only beneficiaries among developing countries? Does skilled labor gain and unskilled labor lose, everywhere? What are the policy solutions?
Team-taught by computer science, economics, politics, and IR faculty. Weekly common lectures and separate discussion groups. Course starts at the beginning of the spring semester (late January) and ends in early March with a college-wide conference.
Goal: The course will bring 8 faculty members from 4 disciplines together with a large number of students to explore the implications of offshore outsourcing and needed policy changes. Both students and faculty members will be informed and active participants in the ‘Global Challenges Conference’ on the same topic in early March.
Credits and Departments: The course will run from the beginning of the spring semester (January 30,
06) until right after the conference. It carries 2 credits and is
cross-listed in Econ, IR, Politics, and Computer Science. The course number
is 125 in each case. You can register through any of the four departments!
Prerequisites: None
Structure: One common meeting on Monday nights (6:30-8 pm), and 8 separate weekly discussion sections (each led by a different faculty member), 50 minutes long
Course Caps: Each discussion section is limited to 20 students, so that the course will be limited to 160 students.
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