Living & Learning Communities
Classes
Fall Quarter (2 Credits)
Your first quarter is dedicated to gaining an understanding of globalization and how affects societies around the world. In this course, you will learn how it affects jobs and the economy in countries such as the U.S., Mexico and Ethiopia, for example. We also discuss aspects of the contemporary phenomena of (im)migration.
Winter Quarter (2 Credits)
The goal of this course is to address a number of varied cultural aspects in different countries around the globe.
Spring Quarter (2 Credits)
This course addresses global activism as it applies to international, governmental and non-governmental organizations. We examine how activists have historically been able to encourage global change in areas such as human rights promotion and environmentalism. Finally, we look at the role of global networks of activists (so-called transnational advocacy networks, or TANs) and how they bring about global change.