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AREC365
World Hunger, Population, and Food Supplies (3 credits)
CORE Diversity (D)
Course
An introduction to the problem of world hunger
and possible solutions to it. World demand,
supply, and distribution of food. Alternatives
for leveling off world food demand, increasing
the supply of food, and improving its distribution.
Environmental limitations to increasing world
food production. |
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AREC846
Development Microeconomics (3 credits)
Development economics with focus on issues
applicable to rural development and agriculture
in developing countries. Focuses on both theory
and empirical application of theory.
Prerequisite: ECON603; and AREC623/AREC624;
or equivalent. |
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CMLT270
Global Literature and Social Change (3 credits)
CORE Literature (HL) Course. CORE Diversity
(D) Course.
Comparative study of literature through selected
literary works from several non-Western cultures,
viewed cross-culturally in light of particular
social, political, and economic perspectives. |
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ECON615
Economic Development of Less-Developed Areas (3 credits)
Analysis of the forces contributing to and
retarding economic progress in less-developed
areas. Topics include the relationship of
international trade to development, import-substituting
and export-led industrialization, the effects
of population growth on economic development,
and the analysis of institutions and institutional
change in land tenure, finance, and labor
markets. The course will be co-taught by Roger
Betancurt and Christopher McKelvey.
Prerequisite: ECON 603 or permission of
department. |
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EDPL606
Political Economy of Education in a Global
Context (3 credits)
Examination of alternative economics perspectives
and their implications for education policy
and practice internationally, from local to
global levels. The connection of education
to issues of development, inequality, poverty,
gender, and race will be discussed. |
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MUET200 World Popular Musics and Identity (3 credits)
Perspectives of world popular music as contested terrain, in terms of gender, nationality and aesthetics. Students will read case histories of specific movements, social commentaries on genres such as reggae, celtic-pop and rap, and investigate issues such as accessibility and technological constraints. The unifying factors are cross-cultural perceptions and displays of national identity, cultural retentions, stability and change. |
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MUET210 The Impact of Music on Life; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. CORE History or Theory of Arts (HA) Course. CORE Diversity (D) Course.
Music as a part of culture. Materials drawn from traditions throughout the globe to illustrate issues of historical and contemporary significance, including the impact of race, class and gender on the study of music. |
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GEOG212
The World in Cultural Perspective Laboratory (1 credit)
Pre- or corequisite: GEOG202. For GEOG majors
only. Introduction to the basic methods and
techniques employed in human geography.
Permission required. |
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GEOG330
Cultural Geography (3 credits)
Impact of humans through ideas and technology
on the evolution of geographic landscapes.
Major themes in the relationships between
cultures and environments.
Prerequisite:
GEOG201, GEOG202, ANTH220, or ANTH260; or
permission of department. |
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GEOG331
Introduction to Human Dimensions of Global
Change (3 credits)
Introduction to global-scale interrelationship
between human beings and the environment.
The development of global issues including
but not limited to the environment, food,
energy, technology, population, and policy.
Prerequisites: GEOG201, GEOG202,
ANTH220, or ANTH260; or permission of department. |
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GEOG456
The Social Geography of Metropolitan Areas
in Global Perspective; (3 credits)
A socio-spatial approach to human interaction
within the urban environments: ways people
perceive, define, behave in, and structure
world cities and metropolitan areas. Cultural
and social differences define spatial patterns
of social activities which further define
distinctions in distribution and interaction
of people and their social institutions. |
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GVPT200
International Political Relations (3 credits)
CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course.
A study of the major factors underlying international
relations, the methods of conducting foreign
relations, the foreign policies of the major
powers, and the means of avoiding or alleviating
international conflicts.
Prerequisite:
GVPT100. |
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GVPT306
Global Ecopolitics (3 credits)
Consideration of global problems such as the
growth controversy, agricultural productivity,
pollution, resource depletion, the energy
crisis, and the general impact of science
and technology on the world ecological, socio-economic,
and political system, with particular emphasis
on such matters as objects of public policy.
Prerequisite: GVPT200. |
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GVPT409A
Seminar in International Relations and World
Politics: Global Governance (3 credits)
For GVPT majors only. |
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GVPT409B
Seminar in International Relations and World
Politics: Issues in Regional Integration:
The Case of Post-Communist World (3 credits) |
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GVPT409F
Seminar in International Relations and World
Politics: Assessing Global Futures (3
credits)
Prerequisite: GVPT 273
or GVPT 306. |
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GVPT409H
Seminar in International Relations and World
Politics: International Disappointments in
the New Century (3 credits)
For Honors students only. |
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HONR209T
Cities and the World: Globalization and Urban
Development (3 credits)
CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course.
Taught by M. Zlatic. |
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PUAF698Q
Selected Topics in Public Affairs: Democracy
and Democratization (3 credits) |
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PUAF698R
Selected Topics in Public Affairs: Development
Challenges (3 credit) |
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PUAF700
U.S. Trade: Policy and Politics (3
credits)
Interplay between government and private interests
in shaping official actions that affect international
trade. Policy tools available to influence
balance, magnitude, and composition of imports
and exports. Evolution of executive, congressional
and quasi-judicial government institutions
under increased U.S. international trade exposure
and trade deficit.
Prerequisites:
{PUAF 620; and PUAF 640; and PUAF 641}. For
PUAF majors only or permission of department. |
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PUAF744
Environment and Development (3 credits)
Analyzes sustainable development and its conflicting
interpretations. The dominant view, as expressed
in the World Bank's 1992 World Development
Report, is studied, along with some critical
responses. Further readings on issues of population,
consumption and development indicators. |
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PUAF781
International Economic Policy (3
credits)
For PUAF majors only or permission of department.
Issues and choices facing the United States
in today's global economy. Primary, but not
exclusive, emphasis is given to "competitive
interdependence" among advanced industrial
societies. |
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SOCY305
Scarcity and Modern Society(3 credits)
Resource depletion and the deterioration of
the environment. Relationship to lifestyles,
individual consumer choices, cultural values,
and institutional failures. Projection of
the future course of American society on the
basis of the analysis of scarcity, theories
of social change, current trends, social movements,
government actions, and the futurist literature.
Prerequisite: three credits of sociology. |
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SOCY441
Social Stratification and Inequality (3 credits)
The sociological study of social class, status,
and power. Topics include theories of stratification,
correlates of social position, functions and
dysfunctions of social inequality, status
inconsistency, and social mobility.
Prerequisite: six credits of sociology
or permission of department. Junior standing. |
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SOCY498B
Selected Topics in Sociology: Sociology of
Poverty (1-3 credits) |
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SOCY635
Social Aspects of Fertility (3 credits)
Demographic and socioeconomic aspects of fertility
behavior; causes and consequences of fertilty
decline; relationship between women's status
and fertility; determinants of adolescent
and nonmarital fertility; differential fertility
by race/ethnicity and migration status.
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. |
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SOCY699D
Special Social Problems: Sociology of the
New Economy (3 credits) |
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SOCY729C
Advanced Special Topics in Substantive Theory:
Race, Gender, and Nationalism (3
credits) For SOCY majors only. |
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