Subject: Art of Advocacy - draft short description
From: "Rob Norton" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 13:00:17 -0400

Mark asked us to provide a 5 sentence description for their course guide by
Oct 11 (next Tues). I've attached a draft below - let me know what you think
and please feel free to edit or tear it apart. As a benchmark, I have
attached the description that appears for Mark's course. Also, we should set
up time to talk about next steps. We need to sign up guests and finalize the
syllabus/reading list. Let me know when you're available.

Rob

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*The Art of Advocacy Inside and Outside Government*

This course examines how advocacy, from inside and outside government,
influences political leaders and other stakeholders responsible for shaping
international policy and managing global crisis and conflict. The course
uses a case format to study examples of advocacy in five ‘real world’
situations. The objective is to build a pragmatic understanding of the
impact of advocacy on policy and the management of complex global problems,
including famine, pandemic, war, and environmental disaster. The class will
feature interactive class discussions with policymakers and/or advocates who
played principal roles in each case. The course will build practical skills
and capabilities, including: 1) the ability to identify, evaluate, and
formulate effective advocacy strategies and tactics; and 2) the ability to
develop common practitioner tools, including concise briefing materials used
in day-to-day advocacy initiatives. Key requirements include a reading list
for each case, preparation of a discussion guide for one case study (to be
completed in teams), preparation of concise advocacy briefing materials (1
page) for each case, and a short final paper.

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*MSFS-600** Ethics in International Relations*

Limited to and required for International Relations and Security
Concentrators in the MSFS Program, this course addresses ethical dilemmas
arising in international affairs careers in the public, private, and
nonprofit sectors. It will offer frameworks as decision-making tools,
including those drawn from natural, national, and international law, while
emphasizing discussion of specific issues and cases. It will hone
decision-making judgment on key problems as mass atrocities, dealing with
illiberal governments, forms of slavery, gender justice and opportunity,
poverty and hunger, corporate responsibility, and public health. It will
explore choice of means, such as military force, counterterrorism measures,
economic sanctions, use of contractors rather than public institutions,
compromise, and nonpartisanship, as well as dissent and resignation in
professional settings. The course will build skills of concise and effective
written and oral argumentation based on ethical reasoning