World Issues

As global citizens, what do we know and understand about global issues and ourselves in a world faced with complex problems, such as growing economic disparities, fragile democracies, environmental degradation, wars and militarism, civil liberties, racial profiling, and globalization? How do we become intelligently informed? What is our awareness of and participation in local and global efforts for positive social change? This course explores the complex dynamics of our globalized world from a holistic, interdisciplinary, and transnational perspective. We examine multiple world issues, such as global inequality and poverty, food security, human rights, water, energy, population growth, gender, migration, cultural change, and public health. We also consider our individual and community roles as agents of social change at local and global levels.