Through expository readings, digital media, and case studies, students will analyze basic economic and policy trends in the French-speaking world. This course is ideal for students aspiring to internships with international organizations, placements with the Peace Corps, and Masters programs in international affairs and international business.
Athena Title
French for the Global Economy
Prerequisite
(FREN 3020 or FREN 3020H) and (FREN 3100 or FREN 3150)
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will identify the major global trends shaping the lives of French speakers in North America, Europe, and Africa.
Students will describe the economic and political objectives of policy reforms in francophone Africa.
Students will analyze how the concept of development durable influences business and government decision-making.
Students will advocate positions on transnational policy problems.
Students will evaluate the risk to foreign aid and foreign direct investments in different francophone countries.
Topical Outline
Postcolonial Political Economy: A brief history of the past 60 years
Macroeconomic trends in Africa
• Interpreting basic indicators
• Transformations of the public sector
• Transformation and adaptation of public sector unions
• The Digital Divide
Climate policy in the world economy
• Negotiating major accords
• Public policy solutions and their discontents
• Sustainable corporate governance
• Le marketing durable
Public health
• Covid and its impact on the world economy
• NGO actors
• The pharmaceutical industry in the francophone world
Project finance
• Basics
• Public aid
• Private investments
• Transparency
• Evaluating risk
Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes
Analytical Thinking
The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.
