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Course ID: | INTL 1100H. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Introduction to Global Issues (Honors) | Course Description: | A problem-solving approach which shows how international and
comparative analysis contribute to a better understanding of
global security, prosperity, and community issues. | Oasis Title: | Introduction Global Issues Hon | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 1100 or INTL 1100E | Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course Objectives: | Course is designed to familiarize students with a spectrum of
issues associated with globalization, including environment,
population and food, distributive justice, human rights,
terrorism, security, social systems, and cultural change. The
course will help students enhance their global literacy in a
way that they will better understand and analyze the complexity
of the process of globalization, and help them function more
effectively in the contemporary world. | Topical Outline: | Problem Solving and Education
Based on the premise of sociology of knowledge, problem solving
will be advanced as the purpose of learning.
Development and Globalization
Globalization will be introduced as an extension of development.
This necessitates a comprehensive analysis of the process of
development leading to globalization.
The Dynamics of Globalization
Causes
Symptoms
Effects
Areas of Global Problems
Sustainable Development (Environment)
Population
Food
Distributive Justice
Security and Peace
War and Terrorism
Production and Proliferation of Weapons
Human Rights
Problem Solving Initiatives
Governments and Non-governmental Organizations
Individual Groups and Mass Public | |
Course ID: | INTL 3200H. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Introduction to International Relations (Honors) |
Course Description: | Practices and problems of international politics in a global context, e.g., power, ideology, diplomacy, war, international organization and law, international economics, and the nature of independence in an interdependent world. |
Oasis Title: | Intro to Intl Relations Honors |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 3200, INTL 3200E |
Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to do the following:
- Describe and critique the major approaches to the study of international relations.
- Explain how these approaches help us understand important aspects of international relations including conflict, cooperation, interdependence, and the role of international institutions, domestic politics, and international law. |
Topical Outline: | Foundations of International Relations
States and Nations
Anarchy
Conflict
Cooperation
Trade
Interdependence
International Law
International Institutions
Domestic Politics
Human Rights and Environmental Politics |
Course ID: | INTL 3300H. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Introduction to Comparative Politics (Honors) |
Course Description: | Comparative political themes in political science. The transition from feudalism to capitalism, state building, democracy, and interaction between political institutions and cultures in various polities. Examples will be drawn from Global North/Global South political systems. |
Oasis Title: | Intro to Comp Politics Honors |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 3300, INTL 3300E |
Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to do the following:
Describe and critique the major approaches to the study of comparative politics; explain how these approaches help us understand important aspects of comparative politics, including democracy and democratization, political institutions and parties, the relationship of states to markets; and political culture, ethnicity, and migration.
Finally, students will work with comparative methodologies and approaches and examine two or more countries in the light of various political theories; and compare two or more themes and/or functions across countries. In doing so they will learn more than by studying these countries or themes separately. |
Topical Outline: | Foundations of Comparative Politics
Formation of States and Nations
Industrialization and Democratization
Revolutions and Political Transformation
Comparative Legal Systems
Domestic Institutions and Political Parties
Comparative Elections and Electoral Politics
Environmental Politics |
Syllabus: No Syllabus Available
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