GLBL 296

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Global St Foundation Seminar

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Credit: 1 hours.

Examination of current controversies and larger ethical issues in today's global society. Topics could include: immigration, global environmental debates, and population issues.

May be repeated in the same or separate terms to a maximum of 3 hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: GLBL 100.

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GLBL 296 class schedule data for spring 2016
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
60626	Lecture-Discussion	B	1:00PM -2:50PM	M	145 Armory	Renn, D	Part of Term: A Date Range: 01/19/16-03/11/16 Section Title: Consequences of Civil Conflict Section Info: Consequences of Civil Conflict... This seminar is designed to introduce students to the scientific study of civil conflict and equip understand organized political violence and its consequences around the world. We will focus on the effects or legacies of civil war, looking at a broad range of consequences that affect individuals, groups and governments in the aftermath of civil conflict including health, economic development, and migration.
62739	Lecture-Discussion	F	2:00PM -3:50PM	R	145 Armory	Kilgore, J	Part of Term: A Date Range: 01/19/16-03/11/16 Section Title: Sweatshops or Flat World Opps? Section Info: This course aims to introduce students to the new world of work. The era of globalization has prompted major restructuring of workplaces and processes of production around the world. Through the use of a variety of materials and participatory pedagogy, this course aims not only to familiarize students with the academic and policy issues involved in this new world of work, but to provide them with access to images and materials which help them connect to the reality of workers in various parts of the world, a reality which for most students is hidden. A special effort will be made to also link this process of global restructuring to Illinois. Pre-req: GLBL 100 or consent of instructor.
63495	Lecture-Discussion	G	2:00PM -3:50PM	R	145 Armory	Kilgore, J	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/14/16-05/04/16 Credit: 1 hours Section Title: The BRICS Nations Section Info: The BRICS association, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa has become an important global force in the last decade. This course will provide an overview of the BRICS phenomenon. We will begin with an introduction to the history of the BRICS association along with a brief economic and political profile of each BRICS nation. From there we will look at the BRICS grouping’s economic and political agenda, focusing on how they have engaged with existing structures and discourses such as the UN and human rights. We will also examine the economic activities of the BRICS countries, focusing on how the BRICS nations have become major players in trade, investment and aid beyond the boundaries of their own continents. Pre-req: GLBL 100 or consent of instructor.
63498	Lecture-Discussion	H	4:00PM -4:50PM	TR	130 Wohlers Hall	Bui, B	Part of Term: A Date Range: 01/19/16-03/11/16 Section Title: The Politics of Food Section Info: Food is inherently political. It is simultaneously an absolute daily need, a global business, a means of control, a cultural marker, and a social movement. In sum, the seminar offers an interdisciplinary approach to understanding how individuals, societies, governments, and corporations shapes food preferences, preparation, production, distribution, and consumption in a global context. Students will examine the history of farming and food acquisition from the pre-history period up to the modern day. Students will be asked to consider the moral economy of food, that is, the labor and gender dimensions behind food production and preparation. The class will tackle the questions of environmental sustainability and animal treatment, and how issues of democracy and human rights are inextricably linked to our global food supply. Pre-req: GLBL 100 or consent of instructor.
64098	Lecture-Discussion	PM	1:00PM -2:50PM	W	1022 Lincoln Hall	Muniandy, P	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/14/16-05/04/16 Credit: 1 hours Section Title: Int'l Asylum & Migrtion Crises Section Info: Globally, the UNHCR estimates 55 million people have been forcibly displaced by 2014. The EU currently faces the largest influx of asylum seekers since WWII. Here, we look at causes behind contemporary refugee crises across the world and emerging humanitarian issues that stem from them. The course introduces students to key problems facing both migrant populations, host societies and states that are being called to respond, in addition to other public and private sector entities. Pre-req: GLBL 100 or consent of instructor.