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Week 10 (Last Update!)

This week we have our final in-person presentations. As I mentioned in class, as an incentive to have an audience for our brave volunteers I will be giving extra credit to anyone that attends these presentations.

If you are in attendance, and check-in (sign-up sheet), then you can get 0.5% per day.

The presentation order is:

Monday Wednesday
Bryce Mayer Alex Swick
Joey Floyd Suzy Oakes
Blake Conlon Alani Rampersad
Travis Weninger Natalie Enríquez
Landon Matysik Jameson Bortnem
Ashley Baranowski
Lauren Nagle

Grade Projection Calculator

This table lets you enter your scores by category and automatically see your totals.

It is roughly the same as the Grade Projector on Canvas.

Syllabus

Fall 2025 Syllabus PDF Download

Fall 2025 Class Details

Instructor: Jose Rojas-Fallas

Email: jrojas2@uoregon.edu

Office Hours: Tuesday - 09:00 - 11:00 am (PLC 525)

Class Location: Gerlinger 302

Class Day & Time: Mon/Wed (12:00pm - 1:20pm)

Textbook/Readings: Check Here

Course Grade Breakdown

For more details, read the Syllabus above

Assignment Grade Weight
Problem Sets (x4) 20%
Quizzes (x4) 10%
Midterm Exam 30%
Final Project 40%

Tentative Schedule

Week Reading Topic Assignments
W01 Ch. 1 & 2 Growth & Development Quiz 01
W02 Ch. 3 & 4 Theories of Growth & Development PS 01 & Final Project Topic
W03 Ch. 05 Underdevelopment + Poverty & Inequity Quiz 02
W04 Ch. 08 Education & Health Problem Set 02
W05 Ch. 08 Education & Health Midterm Exam
W06 Ch. 09 and Ch. 06 Agricultural & Rural Development and Population Quiz 03 & Annotated Biblio.
W07 Ch. 07 Urbanization & Rural-Urban Migration Problem Set 03
W08 Ch. 11 Governance & Institutions Quiz 04 & Outline
W09 Ch. 12 & 14 Foreign Aid, Trade, & Globalization Problem Set 04
W10 Final Project Presentations Presentations

Acknowledgements

This class has been created using materials passed down by a former UO graduate student.