Course Overview
Students will explore globalization, the process by which the world’s citizens are becoming increasingly connected and interdependent. Students will explore the origins of globalization, the implications of economic globalization and the impact of globalization internationally on lands, cultures, human rights and quality of life. Globalization is a dynamic and complex process affecting environments, economies, political systems and cultures throughout the world.
Globalization, the processes by which the world’s citizens are becoming increasingly connected and interdependent, demands that students explore responsibilities associated with local and global citizenship and formulate individual responses to emergent issues related to globalization. Recognizing and appreciating the influence of globalization will lead students to develop individual and collective responses to emergent issues.
This course has one central question that students will be exploring throughout semester:
“To what extent should we embrace globalization?”
Related Issues:
- To what extent should cultural and linguistic diversity be promoted? Students will assess relationships between globalization and identity and culture.
- To what extent does contemporary society have a responsibility to address the consequences of imperialism? Students will assess the impact of European imperialism on indigenous and non-indigenous peoples.
- To what extent should we pursue an integrated global economy? Students will assess economic and environmental impacts of globalization.
- To what extent should we act to address the impacts of globalization? Students will access the roles of individuals, governments and organizations in addressing quality of life issues in a globalizing world.
Our study of the course content will be organized into four units:
Introductory Documents
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