NATIONS, POWER, & GLOBAL UPHEAVAL

Catalog description

This course is designed to give international studies majors and minors and other interested students an overview of the major themes, concepts, and issues of the interdisciplinary field of international studies. Students will become familiar with the disciplines that make up international studies and their respective research methods as they learn about the historical, economic, political, legal, and cultural elements of globalization. Some of the themes that students will explore in this course include poverty and economic development, international security, human rights, and the future of the nation state in a global perspective.