Thinking Globally: Here and Now

Catalog description

What are the debates and contemporary global challenges that are vital to understanding our contemporary world? This course explores six global debates from different academic and geographic perspectives: tyranny, contemporary social movements, food (in)security, immigration and international mobility, and sports diplomacy. To facilitate “thinking globally” students will engage with at least one resource per week that is published by a scholar based outside the United States and/or one international speaker. Students taking this course will be assigned a final grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory). No enrollment requirements.