There are some courses Michigan State University Humphrey Fellows enroll in frequently. These courses are considered core curriculum for the fellowship and are listed with descriptions below.

Most Frequently Selected Courses

Although these are the courses most often taken by Humphrey Fellows at Michigan State University, a wide range of relevant courses are or have been available. Please see the complete list of courses in which Humphrey Fellows have been enrolled below.

Accounting

ACC 836 U.S. Tax of Multinational Trade

Federal income taxation of transactions by U.S. persons outside the United States, and of investments by foreign persons in the U.S.

Agribusiness Management

ABM 425 Commodity Marketing II

Advanced application of supply, space demand, and prices in commodity markets. Futures and options and their role in forward pricing. Risk management. Agricultural and food markets.

ABM 427 International Agri-Food Industries and Markets

Strategic understanding of the international agri-food system. Analysis of global production, marketing, and consumption. Knowledge of changing conditions in international industries and markets. Global trends and opportunities.

Agricultural, Food, And Resource Economics

AFRE 829 Economics of Environmental Resources

Economic principles, theoretical models, and empirical methods related to environmental problems and policy interventions. Applications to air, land, water, forests, energy, fish and wildlife, and climate change, including in developing countries.

AFRE 841 Food System Organization and Performance

Industrial organization, subsector, and transaction cost approaches to analyzing coordination and performance of agricultural markets, contracting, and integration in the food systems of industrialized and developing countries. Applications to issues of organization, control, and public policy.

AFRE 851 Agribusiness Operations Management

Managerial processes for agribusiness operations control. Applications of linear programming. Budgets, simulations, and dynamic programming. Statistical process control. Predictive and prescriptive analysis.

AFRE 861 Agriculture in Economic Development

Role of agriculture in economic development of low- and middle-income countries. Theories of agricultural growth. Policy issues. Case studies.

Community Sustainability

CSUS 826 International Development: Theory and Practice

Evolution of international development theory across disciplines. Changing conceptualizations, measurements, processes and effects of development and poverty. Ethnicity, social class, gender, and community influences on socioeconomic processes. Current issues, concerns, and strategic alternatives.

CSUS 833 Program Evaluation in Agriculture and Natural Resources

Concepts, theories, procedures and applications of program evaluation. Planning and implementing evaluations of food, agriculture and natural resources programs. Logic models, evaluation plans and instruments, data analysis and written reports.

CSUS 848 Community Based Natural Resource Management in International Development

Community-based natural resource management in developing countries. Determinants of conservation, productivity, and income distribution. Interaction of human and natural systems, perceptions of scarcity, property rights, collective action, and governance. Policy tools for promoting conservation.

Economics

EC 252 Macroeconomics and Public Policy

Theory of national income, unemployment, inflation and economic growth and its application to economic analysis and policy.

EC 310 Economics of Developing Countries

Economic patterns and policy issues of developing countries such as modern economic growth and structural transformation, state controls versus markets, poverty and human welfare, investments in human resources, and trade and industrialization.

EC 335 Taxes, Government Spending and Public Policy

Economics of the public sector. Public goods, externalities, design and incidence of the tax system. Equity and efficiency effects of government programs.

EC 410 Issues in the Economics of Developing Countries

Topics in development economics, such as growth, technological change, structural transformation, poverty and inequality, investment in human resources, trade, international capital flows, and the political economy of policy formation and governance.

EC 420 Introduction to Econometric Methods

Specification, estimation, and interpretation of econometric models. Evaluation of current quantitative work in economics.

EC 440 International Trade

Neoclassical and modern theories regarding trade patterns and commercial policies. Applications of theory to United States policy. Contemporary issues involving international trade of goods, services, and productive factors.

EC 495 Economics of Poverty and Income Distribution

Theory of the distribution of income and wealth. Concepts and measurement of welfare. Definitions of poverty. Effects of public and private programs on the poor.

EC 821A Cross Section Econometrics I

Analyses of systems of equations, panel data models, instrumental variables and generalized method of moments, M-estimation, quantile regression, maximum likelihood estimation, binary and multinomial response models, Tobit and two-part models, and other selected topics.

EC 821B Cross Section Econometrics II

Analyses of quasi-maximum likelihood estimation, count data models, fractional response models, duration models, sample selection and attrition, stratified sampling, estimating treatment effects, stochastic frontier models, and other advanced topics.

EC 835 Public Expenditures

Allocative and distributional effects of public expenditure. Public goods and externalities. Selected topics in public expenditure analysis such as cost-benefit analysis, fiscal federalism, mechanism design, public choice, and general equilibrium models.

EC 836 Public Revenues

Theory of taxation. Allocative and distributional effects of taxation, user charges, and deficit finance. Positive and normative aspects. General equilibrium models. Dynamic models. Issues of fiscal federalism.

Finance

FI 311 Financial Management

Open to sophomores or juniors or seniors in the Eli Broad College of Business and The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management or in the Actuarial Science Specialization or in the Actuarial Science Major and not open to students in the School of Hospitality Business.

FI 478 Investment Strategy and Speculative Markets

Pricing, trading strategies, hedging applications, and markets for forwards, futures, swaps, and options.

FI 845 Financial Modeling and Simulation I

Applications of financial theory through computer modeling. Financial forecasting, cash flow modeling, and valuation.

FI 846 Financial Modeling and Simulation II

Application of financial theory using computer modeling. Portfolio optimization, risk measurement, and option pricing.

FI 857 Security Analysis and Portfolio Management

Fundamental analysis of individual stocks. Discounted cash flow valuation, relative valuation, and special situations. Management of student-run investment fund.

FI 860 Multinational Financial Management

Corporate financial management in a multinational setting.

Human Resources and Labor Relations

HRLR 809 Economics of Human Resources

Labor market behavior, structures, factors of supply and demand, and labor market analysis as related to human resources.

HRLR 816 Organizational Development and Change

General systems and organizational behavior theories in organizational development and change.

HRLR 818 Leadership

Leadership theories relevant to human resources.

HRLR 820 Human Resource Practices and Decisions

Human resource strategy, planning, staffing, performance management, training and development, rewards, safety and health. Functions of human resources at the strategic, managerial and operational levels of the organization.

HRLR 822 Training and Development

Human resource training and development. Design, administration needs assessment, delivery, and evaluation.

HRLR 832 Quantitative Methods for Human Resources Analyses

Evaluation, use, and interpretation of data for human resources and labor relations. Multivariate statistical analysis techniques and application to organizational situations.

HRLR 858 Collective Bargaining

Theory and practice of collective bargaining. Wages, benefits, seniority, grievances, arbitration, and labor-management committees. Legal, economic, technological, and historical contexts.

Management

MGT 810 Human Resource Management for General Managers

Human resource management functions performed by all managers. Design, administration, and evaluation of human resource activities. Needs assessment, program implementation and evaluation, information management and decision support, and international human resource management.
MGT 813 Human Resource Training

Planning, implementing, and evaluating training programs. Career stages and career planning. Matching individual and organizational development needs.

MGT 840 Leadership and Team Management

Development of leadership abilities through readings and laboratory application.

MGT 852 Entrepreneurship: Recognizing New Venture Opportunities

Appropriate techniques required to recognize new venture opportunities. Develop and evaluate ideas to determine whether they could become a viable new venture.

Marketing

MKT 355 Entrepreneurship

Process of planning, starting, and positioning new businesses which link directly to customer requirements. Understanding unmet market opportunity due to competitive gaps or customer needs (realized or not) for both consumer and industrial products and services.

MKT 805 Marketing Management

Strategic and decision-making aspects of marketing functions. Analysis, coordination, execution of marketing programs. Development of strategies and tactics. Segmentation, marketing mix, market response modeling, and ethics in a global context.

MSU College of Law

LAW 512B International Business Transactions

This course explores the legal aspects of international finance, and trade using Canadian-United States trade as an example.

LAW 512E International Trade Regulation

This course explores international trade regime.

LAW 548N Public International Law

A study of the International legal system, sources, and origins.

Public Policy

PPL 801 Quantitative Methods I

Logic and practice of public policy analysis. Basic research, measurement, design, and data collection issues. Specific skills and techniques for analyzing univariate data. Techniques for examining relationships among variables.

PPL 802 Quantitative Methods II

Intermediate understanding of the logic and practice of public policy analysis. Basic research, measurement, design, and data collection issues. Specific skills and techniques for analyzing multivariate data.

PPL 806 Policy Evaluation

Theoretical foundations for evaluation research and the practical aspects of conducting evaluations.

PPL 807 Public Policy

Substance and dynamics of public policy-making in the United States. Conceptual foundations of and the practical constraints on governmental activity. Theories, models, and explanations of the policy process.

PPL 813 Public Finance

Economics of the public sector: how governments tax and spend revenues and the effects of these decisions on the economy.

PPL 891 Issues in Public Policy

Practices and methods in diverse policy settings examined under the tutelage of policy professionals.

Complete List of Courses

Accounting

ACC 230 Survey on Accounting Concepts

ACC 331 Federal Income Tax Accounting

ACC 411 Auditing

ACC 802 Financial Analysis I

ACC 803 Financial Analysis II

ACC 807 Financial Statement Analysis

ACC 821 Enterprise Database Systems

ACC 830 Tax Research

ACC 833 Program Evaluation in Agriculture & Natural Resource

ACC 836 U.S. Tax of Multinational Trade

ACC 843 Operational Management Accounting

Advertising

ADV 420 New Media Driver’s License

ADV 843 Strategic Brand Communication

Agribusiness Management

ABM 425 Commodity Marketing

ABM 427 International Agri-Food Industries and Markets

Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

AFRE 810 Institutional and Behavioral Economics

AFRE 829 Economics of Environmental Resources

AFRE 841 Food System Organization and Performance

AFRE 851 Agribusiness Operations Management

AFRE 853 Financial Management in Agriculture

AFRE 857 Strategic Management in Agribusiness

AFRE 861 Agriculture in Economic Development

AFRE 865 Agricultural Benefit-Cost Analysis

Anthropology

ANP 858 Gender, Justice and Environmental Change: Issues and Concepts

ANP 859 Gender, Justice and Environmental Change: Methods and Application

ANP 892 Seminar: Political Ecology/Healthy Economy

Apparel and Textile Design

ATD 121 Explorations in Apparel and Textile Design

Arabic

ARB 102 Elementary Arabic II

Chemical Engineering

CHE 804 Foundations in Chemical Engineering I

Communication

COM 325 Interpersonal Influence and Conflict

COM 810 Communication and Mass Media

TC 861 Information Networks and Technologies

Community Sustainability (Formerly Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies)

ACR 825 International Development: Strategy, Design, and Implementation

ACR 875 Tourism and Global Change

CSUS 433 Grantwriting & Fund Development

CSUS 452 Watershed Concepts

CSUS 465 Environmental Natural Resource Law

CSUS 826 International Development: Theory and Practice

CSUS 833 Program Evaluation in Agriculture & Natural Resource

CSUS 841 Building & Implementing Watershed Management Plans

CSUS 842 Watershed Assessments and Tools

CSUS 843 Watershed Laws & Regulation

CSUS 848 Community Based Natural Resource Management in International Development

CSUS 891 Selected Topics in Community Sustainability

PRR 473 Commercial Recreation and Tourism Business

PRR 474 Tourism System

PRR 874 Leisure, Travel and Tourism

Construction Management Program

CMP 325 Real Estate Principles and Construction Finance

Criminal Justice

CJ 466 Corrections Organizations and Systems

Economics

EC 202 Introduction to Macroeconomics

EC 252 Macroeconomics and Public Policy

EC 301 Intermediate Microeconomics

EC 302 Intermediate Macroeconomics

EC 306 Comparative Economic Systems

EC 310 Economics of Developing Countries

EC 330 Money, Banking and Financial Markets

EC 335 Taxes, Government Spending and Public Policy

EC 340 Survey of International Economics

EC 360 Private Enterprise and Public Policy

EC 380 Labor Relations and Public Policy

EC 402 Advanced Macroeconomics

EC 410 Issues in the Economics of Developing Countries

EC 413 Economic Analysis of Asia

EC 413 Economic Analysis of Asia

EC 420 Introduction to Econometric Methods

EC 425 Law and Economics

EC 435 Public Expenditures

EC 436 Public Revenues

EC 440 International Trade

EC 441 International Finance

EC 490 Independent Study

EC 491 Advanced Topics in Economics

EC 495 Economics of Poverty and Income Distribution

EC 498 Economics of Healthcare

EC 499 Seminar on Transport Economics

EC 801 Mathematical Application in Economics

EC 805 Microeconomic Analysis

EC 809 Macroeconomic Analysis

EC 810 Institutional and Behavioral Economics

EC 821A Cross Section Econometrics

EC 821B Cross Section Econometrics

EC 822 Time Series Econometrics

EC 823 Applied Econometrics

EC 835 Public Expenditures

EC 836 Public Revenues

EC 840 International Trade: Theory and Commercial Policy

EC 843 Advanced Topics in International Trade

EC 895 Graduate Readings in Economics

Educational Administration

EAD 813 Educational Development & Social Change

EAD 863 Training and Professional Development

English as a Second Language

ESL 094 Intensive English for Non-Native Speakers

ESL 220 English Grammar and Composition for Non-Native Speakers of English

Environmental Economics and Policy

EEP 255 Ecological Economics

EEP 460 Natural Resource Economics

Finance

FI 311 Financial Management

FI 320 Introduction to Finance

FI 413 Management of Financial Institutions

FI 451 International Financial Management

FI 455 Computer Applications in Financial Modeling

FI 478 Investment Strategy and Speculative Markets

FI 801 Managerial Finance

FI 844 Corporate Financial Strategies

FI 845 Financial Modeling and Simulation I

FI 846 Financial Modeling & Simulation II

FI 850 Introduction to Investments

FI 852 Financial Markets and Strategies

FI 853 Debt, Money Instruments and Markets

FI 857 Security Analysis and Portfolio Management

FI 859 Mergers and Acquisitions

FI 860 Multinational Financial Management

FI 863 Corporate Restructuring and Governance

FI 878 Commercial Bank Management

FI 890 Independent Study in Finance: Venture Capital and Private Equity

FI 891 Topics in Finance

Fisheries and Wildlife

FW 475 Aquaculture

Forestry

FOR 833 Human Dimensions of Forest Carbon Management

FOR 835 Forest Carbon Policy, Economics and Finance

FOR 837 Measurement and Monitoring of Forest Carbon

French

FRN 101 Elementary French I

General Business and Business Law

GBL 295 Law, Public Policy, and Business

GBL 451 Law of Commercial Transactions

Geography

GEO 459 Tourism in Regional Development

Hospitality Business

HB 105 Service Management Principles

HB 382 Hospitality Business Real Estate Investment Management

HB 460 International Lodging Development and Management

HB 482 Advanced Hospitality Finance

HB 807 Workforce Management in the Hospitality Industry

HB 875 Hospitality Marketing

HB 882 Financial Management in the Hospitality Industry

Human Resources and Labor Relations

HRLR 809 Economics of Human Resources

HRLR 813 Organizational Behavior for Human Resources and Labor Relations

HRLR 816 Organizational Development and Change

HRLR 817 High Performance Work Systems

HRLR 818 Leadership

Geography

GEO 459 Tourism in Regional Development

Hospitality Business

HB 105 Service Management Principles

HB 382 Hospitality Business Real Estate Investment Management

HB 460 International Lodging Development and Management

HB 482 Advanced Hospitality Finance

HB 807 Workforce Management in the Hospitality Industry

HB 875 Hospitality Marketing

HB 882 Financial Management in the Hospitality Industry

Human Resources and Labor Relations

HRLR 809 Economics of Human Resources

HRLR 813 Organizational Behavior for Human Resources and Labor Relations

HRLR 816 Organizational Development and Change

HRLR 817 High Performance Work Systems

HRLR 818 Leadership

HRLR 820 Human Resources Practices and Decisions

HRLR 821 Talent Acquisition and Deployment

HRLR 822 Training and Development

HRLR 825 Compensation

HRLR 832 Quantitative Methods for Human Resources Analyses

HRLR 854 Comparative Employment Relations

HRLR 858 Collective Bargaining

HRLR 863 Labor Law

HRLR 891 Special Topics in Human Resources and Labor Relations

James Madison College

MC 324B Regional Politics, Cooperation and Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa

Management

MGT 411 Organizational Staffing

MGT 804 International Management

MGT 805 Managing the Business-Government Relationship

MGT 810 Human Resource Management for General Managers

MGT 813 Human Resource Training

MGT 822 Developing Reward and Compensation Systems

MGT 832 Foundations of Negotiation

MGT 840 Leadership and Team Management

MGT 852 Entrepreneurship: Recognizing New Venture Opportunities

MGT 853 Entrepreneurship: Exploiting New Venture Opportunities

MGT 856 Corporate Strategy

MGT 872 Strategy Process

Marketing

MKT 355 Entrepreneurship

MKT 805 Marketing Management

MKT 860 Understanding and Assessing the Global Business Environment

MKT 884 Marketing Management

MKT 990 Independent Study

Master of Business Administration

MBA 808 Leadership and Teamwork

MBA 820 Marketing Management

MBA 843 Career Management

Math

MTH 361 Financial Math for Actuaries

MSU College of Law

LAW 501A Basic Income Taxation

LAW 512B International Business Transactions

LAW 512E International Trade Regulation

LAW 517 Tax Policy Seminar

LAW 548N Public International Law

LAW 607A Analytical Methods for Lawyers: Microeconomics

LAW 630 Tax Clinic

LAW 630D Tax Clinic II

LAW 690 Law Directed Study

Political Science

PLS 301 American State Government

PLS 310 Public Administration and Policy Making

PLS 313 American Public Policy

PLS 352 Latin American Politics

PLS 362 Foreign Policy

PLS 364 Politics of the United Nations and International Organizations

PLS 420 American Politics and Public Administration: Environmental Issues

PLS 804 Analytical Tools

PLS 810 Seminar of Public Administration

PLS 826 International Development: Theory and Practice

PLS 852 Comparative Public Administrations

PLS 854 Comparative Political Institutions

PLS 857 Parties and Elections

Public Policy

PPL 801 Quantitative Methods I

PPL 802 Quantitative Methods II

PPL 806 Policy Evaluation

PPL 807 Public Policy

PPL 813 Public Finance

PPL 891 Issues in Public Policy

Social Science

SSC 499 Seminar on Social Science Research

SSC 890 Humphrey Seminar

Sociology

SOC 832 International Inequality and Development

SOC 852 Migration and Social Change

SOC 881 Analysis of Social Data I

SOC 882 Analysis of Social Data II

SOC 890 Grant Proposals Writing

Supply Chain Management

MSC 800 Supply Chain Management

MSC 808 Market Development

SCM 303 Introduction to Supply Chain Management

SCM 371 Procurement and Supply Management

Teacher Education

TE 939A Special Topics in Advanced Qualitative Methods

Urban Planning

UP 400 Real Estate Finance

UP 454 Local Economic Planning

UP 478 Urban Transport Planning

UP 485 Housing and Real Estate Development

UP 801 Concepts and Issues in Planning and Development

UP 848 Urban Policy Analysis

UP 854 Economics of Planning and Development

UP 855 Urban Sustainability & Climate

Writing, Rhetoric and American Cultures

WRA 150 Writing: Evolution of American Thought