Summer & Continuing Studies 2013

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IGS 10a - Introduction to International and Global Studies

4 credit hours
Instructor: Chandler Rosenberger
Requirements Fulfilled: ss
M, T, Th 01:30 - 03:50 PM

Summer Session I: June 3 to July 5, 2013
"Globalization" touches us more every day. This course introduces the challenges that globalization presents to international governance, economic success, individual and group identities, cultural diversity and the environment. It explores globalization's impact on various regions and on inequalities within and between nations, as well as addressing questions of gender, race, and global security. A requirement for the IGS major or minor, this course offers to all students a familiarity with the major issues facing an increasingly complex and interdependent world. You can view a syllabus for this class here.
Sage class number: 2065
Course Tuition: $2,320 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

IGS 145a - Poverty, Inequalities and the Environment: An Introduction to Sustainable International Development

4 credit hours
Instructor: Laurence Simon
Requirements Fulfilled: ss
M, T, Th 11:00 AM - 01:20 PM

Summer Session I: June 3 to July 5, 2013
Poverty, Inequalities and the Environment: An Introduction to Sustainable International Development (PIE) provides an overview of the measurement, consequences and global and national policy responses to poverty and inequality in the context of sustainable development. PIE also introduces students to sustainable development theory and practice. Topics include poverty, inequalities, globalization, overseas development aid, human rights, gender, land reform and counter land reform, social movements, religion and culture, the environment, and the role of institutions. The course takes a multi-disciplinary approach with economic, sociological, cultural, and geographic perspectives on what development is and what these different perspectives suggest for poverty reduction. The course will encourage each student to come to her/his own definition of sustainable development within the general framework that sustainable development links environmental, economic, and social priorities within a theory of development ethics. We will examine theories of change and models of development against the evidence of their ability to produce authentic development that reduces poverty and inequalities without damage to the earth's ecosystems. You can view a syllabus for this class here.
Sage class number: 2130
Course Tuition: $2,475 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee