Global Citizenship

Catalog description

(also COR 3900H ) This course explores the idea of global citizenship. It will examine the complex realities of the "global citizen" who identifies him- or herself less as belonging to a single nation, but more as a part of the world community. The course will pay particular attention to the ways in which the political, social and ethical actions of the global citizen contribute to building, shaping and, in many cases, redefining the values and practices of the world community. As a component of the honors program, the thread that runs throughout the course is a study conducted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies that identifies seven areas of particular importance that require our attention and ingenuity in order to avert what could be a global crisis by the year 2035–a mere twenty years from now! These areas, which the study labels the "Seven Revolutions," are population, resource management, technology, information and knowledge, economics, security and governance. The guiding question of the course throughout the semester is whether or not the problems facing the world in the next twenty five years would be best addressed by a national or an international (that is, a "cosmopolitan") approach. Core courses are not open to Freshmen or Sophomores, except for associate degree candidates.(Not for Honors students)