LAW OF SUSTAINABLE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Program Curriculum & Requirements

REQUIREMENTS

40 Hours of Total Credit

15 hours must be earned in Law School classes. The remaining 25 credits may be earned in any other departments of the University. Sustainable International Development students are required to take courses in at least three departments other than the Law School.

Writing and Research Requirement

Completion of a research paper is required and is generally satisfied by taking the Seminar on Legal Problems of Economic Development (LAW B578). However, with permission, this requirement may be satisfied by any related Law School seminar or with Independent Research (Law 600A).

LAW B578 Seminar on Legal Problems of Economic Development

6 Credits
This seminar focuses on the international legal context of development, especially bilateral or multilateral foreign aid mechanisms that promote or inhibit democratic development and economic growth. Income redistribution (including land reform), population limitation, food production, environmental damage and “limits to growth” are among the major problems considered.

LAW A 545 International Environmental Law

4 Credits
This class examines the role of international law in addressing regional and global environmental problems such as acid rain, marine pollution, depletion of the ozone layer, global warming, and deforestation. Uses of case studies to examine basic concepts, principles, and mechanisms of international environmental law. Focus on such questions as: Why do states agree to international environmental norms? What functions do these norms serve and what legal mechanisms facilitate their development and implementation? Why are some norms more effective than others? Law A574 The International Legal Process (or an equivalent course in public international law) and A527 Environmental Law: Pollution Control are recommended.

LAW SCHOOL COURSES

Many J.D. courses are open to LL.M. students. The Law School's lists of courses and course descriptions are included in the School of Law Course Bulletin, an annual publication available from the Asian Law Center, room 444 in William H. Gates Hall or online at: http://www.law.washington.edu/CourseCatalog/.

OTHER COURSES

A selection of Courses from Departments other than the Law School varies in availability from year to year. See the UW Time Schedule for current availability.

Anthropology

• ANTH 426 Peasant Culture and Society (5)
• ANTH 427 Anthropology in Urban Settings (3)
• ANTH 435 Economic Anthropology (5)
• ANTH 437 Political Anthropology and Social Change (5)
• ANTH 439 Law in Changing Societies (5)
• ANTH 457 Ecological Anthropology (5)
• BIO A 476 Sociocultural Ecology and Health (3)

Business Administration

• B ECN 427 International Finance (4)
• I BUS 550 International Business Environment (3)
• I BUS 579 Business Development in International Emerging Markets (3)

Economics

• ECON 403 The Economics of Property Rights (5)
• ECON 421 Money, Credit, and the Economy (5)
• ECON 431 Government and Business (5)
• ECON 435 Natural Resource Utilization (5)
• ECON 443 Labor Market Analysis (5)
• ECON 471 International Trade (5)
• ECON 490 Comparative Economic Systems (5)
• ECON 491 Issues in Economic Development (5)
• ECON 535 Economics of Natural Resources (3)
• ECON 543 Population Economics (3)
• ECON 546 Health Economics (3)
• ECON 550 Public Finance I (3)
• ECON 573 International Commercial Policy (3)
• ECON 591 Theoretical Issues in Economic Development (3)
• ECON 595 Analysis of Socialist Economies (3)

Forest Resources

• FM 464 Economics of Forest Use (3)
• FM 470 Forest Policy and Law (5)
• FM 528 Int. Silviculture (3)

Geography

• GEOG 441 Technology and Industrial Change (5)
• GEOG 445 Population Distribution and Migration (5)
• GEOG 471 Methods of Resource Analysis (5)

International Studies

• SIS 401 International Political Economy (5)
• SIS 432 Population and Modernization (3)
• SIS 444 Peasants in Politics (5)
• SIS 450 Political Economy of Women and Family in Third World (5)
• SIS 456 State-Society Relations in Third World Countries (5)

Political Science

• POL S 418 Multinationals and World Order (5)
• POL S 443 Comparative Political Societies (5)
• POL S 444 Revolutionary Regimes (5)
• POL S 449 Politics of Developing Areas (5)
• POL S 465 Law and Public Policy in the U.S. (5)
• POL S 467 Comparative Law in Society (5)
• POL S 505 Comparative Politics (5)
• POL S 549 Problems In Political Development (5)
• POL S 566 Problems in Comparative Legal Institutions (3)
• POL S 567 Public Policy, Administration, and Political Theory (3)
• POL S 581 Politics of Economic Policy Making (4)
• POL S 582 Political Economy of Social Change (3 or 5)
• POL S 587 Politics of Urban Reform (3)

Ocean and Fishery Sciences

• SMA 500 Marine Affairs (5)
• SMA 540 Economics of World Fisheries (3)

Graduate School of Public Affairs

• PB AF 514 Policy Implementation (3)
• PB AF 517 Economics of the Public Sector (3)
• PB AF 551 Comparative Administrative Systems (3)
• PB AF 586 International Science and Technology Policy (3)
• PB AF 593 Environmental Policy Processes (3)

Public Health and Community Medicine

• ENVH 440 Water and Waste Sanitation (4)
• ENVH 449 Respiratory Effects of Air Pollution (2)
• ENVH 471 Environmental Health Regulation (2)
• EPI 501 Public Health Practice at the Local Level (3)
• EPI 531 Problems in International Health (3)
• EPI 532 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases of Third World Importance (3)
• EPI 535 Maternal and Child Health in Developing Countries (3)
• EPI 539 Research Methods in Developing Countries (2)
• HSERV 533 Population, Health, and Development (2)
• HSERV 534 Comparative International Health Systems (3)
• HSERV 551 Health Law (3)
• HSERV 585 Health Economics (3)
• UCONJ 501, 502, 503 International Health Education (1 each)

Social Work

• SOC W 501 Social Policy and Economic Security (3)

Sociology

• SOC 431 Fertility and Mortality (3)
• SOC 513 Demography and Ecology (3)

Urban Design and Planning

• URBDP 453 Introduction to Urban Economics and Development (4)
• URBDP 500 Survey of Urban Planning (3)