GLS 100 - Contemporary World Issues

Credit(s) 3.00
Lecture Hours: 3.00
This course is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of issues affecting life in the modern world. It identifies topical areas to study as background to major contemporary issues. Typical areas of discussion will be ecology, world economy, resource utilization, and comparative cultures among others. Instruction will be primarily discussion oriented and will utilize guest lectures, outside reading and projects, and limited lecture. This course satisfies a general education requirement in the Cultural/Historical Perspectives Area.

SLOs:
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Analyze the impacts of fields, such as International Relations, Economics, Biology and Environmental Science, Human Geography on global issues.
Explain broad international theoretic concepts, such as Realism, Liberalism, etc.
Describe the main international economic theories, such as Liberalism, Mercantilism, Marxism, etc.
Apply theories of international behavior to current cases, issues, and articles.
Analyze how historical changes affect current international events.
Explain how the current behavior of international actors is mediated by culture.

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