Model UN/Model NATO

Catalog description

This course is intended to prepare students to participate effectively in Model United Nations (MUN) and Model North Atlantic Treaty Organization (MNATO) conferences. Students will learn about current global issues and the ways in which these important international organizations work to address them. During the semester, students will learn how to research a country's foreign policy positions, develop strategies to address important internal problems, effectively advocate a country's position through application of appropriate debate skills, and develop skills in employing rules of parliamentary procedure, negotiation and compromise, consensus building, and resolution-writing. Throughout the semester, students will participate in Model UN and NATO conferences as well as help organize an MUN/NATO conference at Lakeland. This course is cross-listed as HIST 1700 Model UN/Model NATO and POLS 1700 Model UN/Model NATO. Students who have taken the course under the alternate course ID should not take this course.