Model United Nations

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A hands-on, participatory experience in which students acquire expertise on a particular country which they represent at the five-day National Model United Nations Conference in New York City. The U.N. simulation is designed to reinforce an understanding of the basic principles of the international organization, such as maintaining international peace and security, developing better relations among nations based on respect, equal rights, and self-determination of peoples, and the adjustment and settlement of international disputes. Prerequisite: POSC 352 and/or permission of the instructor.