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Certificate Program
ITC 447
The WTO and Global Policy
(provided by the instructor): These are the required textbooks for this course.
Book 1: Present and Future WTO / The World Trade Organization, by the WTO Press, Marcch 2001, (68 pages)
Book2: Trade and decertification, by Fannie Mutepfa, Environment and Multilateral Diplomacy Series, edited by the International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2000 (13 pages)
Book 3: Trade, Poverty Alleviation and Resource Allocation, by Tawanda Mutasah, edited by the International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2000 (10 pages)
Book 4: Why Trade is Good for you, The Economist, print edition, October 1, 1998 (3 pages)
Upon completion of this course, you will:
1). Have understood what is the WTO, have familiarized with its mandate, and have witnessed its evolution from its creation. The student will also develop their analytical skills thanks to this collection of research and case study articles from Sub-Saharan African authors, the WTO and the press on the hard issues in the current debate on trade, environment and sustainable development.
2). Be able to respond to the need to better inform global policy and opinion makers of Southern sustainable development priorities, and contribute to clarifying the relationship between trade liberalization, economic growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental degradation.
3). Anchor the trade and environment debate at the WTO by means of these articles. Recently the global free trade debate has been overtaken in the public opinion agenda by a far-reaching discussion of the inter-linkages between trade and sustainable development.
4). Aware of the persistence of the North-South cleavage of global trade, and acquire a better understanding of the broad dimensions of the linkage between trade and environment today and of its implications for future generations.
The course begins on the date of your enrolment. You have 90 days to complete this course. Extensions are rarely granted, and then, only for extreme emergencies or active military duty. If you do not complete the course within the 90 day time frame receive an “incomplete/withdrawal” and would have to re-register and pay tuition again if you desire to complete it.
This is a self-paced course. You may proceed at the pace that is right for you. It is acceptable to accelerate in this course and complete it in less than 90 days.
As you progress through the course, always feel free to contact your instructor to discuss issues, questions, etc… related to the course. Your instructor is there to be a mentor to you as you proceed with learning.
You may contact me via email at any time. I will answer your emails within 48 hours of receipt.
There is only one examination for this certificate program. The examination may be taken upon successful completion of all of the assignments for Courses I, II, and III in this certificate program. Assignments are graded on a Pass/Fail basis. The final examination is open book, and you have three days to complete it. I will give you full instructions on accessing and taking the exam as you progress in the certificate program. The final examination covers the materials from all three courses in the certificate program. The final examination consists of objective type questions with few non-graded subjective ones which will reflect your interest of the topic. The grade scale for the final examination is provided above.
All of the assignments for this course are detailed in the classroom. Go back to the classroom page and click on “assignments.”
If you have any questions concerning this course please e-mail me at the address provided or contact Breyer State at admassistant@breyerstate.com
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