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POL 2200 - Global Issues

Credits: 4
This course is designed to engage and prepare students to analyze contemporary issues impacting global affairs in terms of the major political, social, economic, and environmental forces confronting international communities. We will explore a number of vexing global challenges, such as globalization, terrorism, global security, human rights violations, nationalism and the clash of identities, threat of weapons proliferation, climate change, poverty, international migration, and public health crisis. The focus of this course is on developing students’ ability to understand and evaluate the causes, processes, and consequences of the major issues we will delve into. We will utilize major theories of political science in the analysis of the contemporary global issues discussed.
Fulfills: SOSC and D requirement in LS Core.