{"id":5139,"date":"2015-07-07T09:20:28","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T16:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/?p=5139"},"modified":"2015-07-15T14:09:46","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T21:09:46","slug":"special-course-for-15w-term-1-gpp-591-special-topics-in-public-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/2015\/07\/07\/special-course-for-15w-term-1-gpp-591-special-topics-in-public-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Course for 15W Term 1: GPP 591 Special Topics in Public Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A rare opportunity for graduate and upper-level undergraduate students! This fall 2015, Nobel prize-winning economist\u00a0and\u00a0Professor Joseph Stiglitz will be coming to UBC as the inaugural\u00a0<em>Lind Initiative<\/em>\u00a0Visitor. Prof. Stiglitz will lecture in a special course,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Global Inequality and the Work of Joseph Stiglitz<\/em><\/strong><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/span>The course is for 1 \u00bd credits and runs from September 18<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0through November 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0on Friday mornings. In addition to addressing economic dimensions of\u00a0inequality, students will\u00a0participate in lectures with leading thinkers, writers, and\u00a0activists in critical areas such as race, gender, climate change, and globalization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Students can register for this course at\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/webmail.alumni.ubc.ca\/owa\/redir.aspx?SURL=fA6c_cWdzY_6BxaxmOEpux4GxVme4KIa-Y6w7kAKV0CH2seagIHSCGgAdAB0AHAAcwA6AC8ALwBjAG8AdQByAHMAZQBzAC4AcwB0AHUAZABlAG4AdABzAC4AdQBiAGMALgBjAGEALwBjAHMALwBtAGEAaQBuAD8AcABuAGEAbQBlAD0AcwB1AGIAagBhAHIAZQBhACYAdABuAGEAbQBlAD0AcwB1AGIAagBhAHIAZQBhAHMAJgByAGUAcQA9ADUAJgBkAGUAcAB0AD0ARwBQAFAAJgBjAG8AdQByAHMAZQA9ADUAOQAxACYAcwBlAGMAdABpAG8AbgA9ADAAMAAxAA..&amp;URL=https%3a%2f%2fcourses.students.ubc.ca%2fcs%2fmain%3fpname%3dsubjarea%26tname%3dsubjareas%26req%3d5%26dept%3dGPP%26course%3d591%26section%3d001\">https:\/\/courses.students.ubc.ca\/cs\/main?pname=subjarea&amp;tname=subjareas&amp;req=5&amp;dept=GPP&amp;course=591&amp;section=001<\/a>\u00a0and find more information at\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/webmail.alumni.ubc.ca\/owa\/redir.aspx?SURL=nqjTQbEwCeSiNZGVggg0rdpJMDGfHeMTg7y4tMVr3bGH2seagIHSCGgAdAB0AHAAOgAvAC8AdwB3AHcALgBsAGkAZwBpAC4AdQBiAGMALgBjAGEALwBDAG8AdQByAHMAZQBzAC4AaAB0AG0A&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ligi.ubc.ca%2fCourses.htm\">http:\/\/www.ligi.ubc.ca\/Courses.htm<\/a>. This is a competitive-entry course with instructions included in both of these links. The application deadline is\u00a0<strong>July 31, 2015<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Note: LFS students cannot use this 1.5 credits to meet any degree requirements in our faculty. It would be a bonus\/added credit on top of your degree requirements.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rare opportunity for graduate and upper-level undergraduate students! This fall 2015, Nobel prize-winning economist\u00a0and\u00a0Professor Joseph Stiglitz will be coming to UBC as the inaugural\u00a0Lind Initiative\u00a0Visitor. Prof. Stiglitz will lecture in a special course,\u00a0Global Inequality and the Work of Joseph &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/2015\/07\/07\/special-course-for-15w-term-1-gpp-591-special-topics-in-public-policy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17824,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[722108],"tags":[621,1231165,4844],"class_list":["post-5139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-courses-and-topics","tag-economics","tag-global-inequality","tag-public-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17824"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5139"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5151,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5139\/revisions\/5151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}