Proposing Faculty Member: Gabriel Popescu Category: Contemporary Social Values Component: Global Cultures Description: The purpose of this course is to introduce you to the field of economic geography and to develop your geographical understanding of the world political economy in the era of Globalization. We will approach the economy as a historical and social creation… Read more »
Contemporary Social Values
Global Cultures: HIST-H 101 The World in the Twentieth Century I
Proposing Faculty Member: Hayley Froysland Category: Contemporary Social Values Component: Global Cultures Description: This course will provide a broad historical survey of the key events, inter-relationships, and competing visions of society and modern life in various regions of the world in the late-19th and 20th centuries, which will help students better understand our world today…. Read more »
Global Cultures: HSC-H 413 Global Health and Nutrition & DHYG-H 412 Global Health
Proposing Faculty Member: Andrew Doyle Category: Contemporary Social Values Component: Global Cultures Description: These courses, which are always cross-listed, introduce contemporary global health and nutrition issues to students, such as (but not limited to): food security, maternal and child nutrition, nutrition-related chronic diseases from across the globe, and global economic effects of disease and international… Read more »
Global Cultures: EALC-E 320 Tasting Food in Japan: Food, Language, and Linguistics
Proposing Faculty Member: Yoshiko O. Green Category: Contemporary Social Values Component: Global Cultures Description: In Japanese culture, the language used daily plays an important role in food. Language can express experiences with food and reflect cultural beliefs and aspects of society. The focus of the course will be on healthy Japanese dishes, Japanese seasonings, and… Read more »
Global Cultures: EALC-E 270 Japanese Language and Society
Proposing Faculty Member: Yoshiko O. Green Category: Contemporary Social Values Component: Global Cultures Description: This course will cover Japanese language and society including multilingualism, language and nationalism, technology and language, native language, and reading habits. It is organized around the theme of language and identity, in particular the role of language in constructing national, international, and personal… Read more »
Global Cultures: WGS-W 350 / HSC-H 350 (Global Health, Gender and Sexuality)
Proposing Faculty Member: Christina Gerken Category: Contemporary Social Values Component: Global Cultures Description: This course examines the gendered dimensions of global health. We will analyze how ideas about health intersect with culture and how state and global institutions have influenced, manipulated and exploited health. We will put a specific emphasis on the power relations and… Read more »
JOUR-J 475 Race, Gender and the Media
Proposing Faculty Member: Kim McInerney Short Description: Survey and analysis of how news and entertainment media represent issues of race and gender. History of women and people of color as media professionals and media consumers. Discussion of contemporary problems and potential solutions. Requirement Met: Diversity in U.S. Society within Contemporary Social Values