36 classes matched your search criteria.

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 1015W Section 001: Globalization: Issues and Challenges (34390)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
HIST 1015W Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Mon, Wed, Fri 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 350
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Increased global interconnections over past 50 years. Impact of information revolution on human rights, economic inequality, ecological challenges, and decolonization. Comparative cases from Asia, Africa, Latin America, or Middle East.
Class Description:
History 1015W is an account of the significant developments in global history since roughly the beginning of the 20th century. Through lectures, class readings, writing exercises, and section discussions, we will cover economic, political, social, and cultural developments that have shaped our world. Our course is intended to give you a basic framework of events and processes so that you will be able to situate yourself in complex strands of contemporary change, from the transformations underway in the Arab world, to the dilemmas of European integration, to the problem of American power, and China's ongoing political and economic transformations. These subjects cannot be understood without reference to processes of imperialism and decolonization, the rise of mass democratic states with universal suffrage, the emergence of global media systems, and the ongoing self-invention and adaptation of finance capital to new regions of the globe. As this is a writing intensive course, the course will pay close attention to improving students? writing skills, in the context of a variety of in-class and at-home assignments.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34390/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
12 November 2012

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 1015W Section 003: Globalization: Issues and Challenges (34394)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Meets With:
HIST 1015W Section 003
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 245
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Increased global interconnections over past 50 years. Impact of information revolution on human rights, economic inequality, ecological challenges, and decolonization. Comparative cases from Asia, Africa, Latin America, or Middle East.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34394/1139

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 1015W Section 004: Globalization: Issues and Challenges (34395)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Meets With:
HIST 1015W Section 004
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Tue 12:20PM - 01:10PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 225
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Increased global interconnections over past 50 years. Impact of information revolution on human rights, economic inequality, ecological challenges, and decolonization. Comparative cases from Asia, Africa, Latin America, or Middle East.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34395/1139

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 1015W Section 005: Globalization: Issues and Challenges (34396)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Meets With:
HIST 1015W Section 005
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Thu 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 105
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Increased global interconnections over past 50 years. Impact of information revolution on human rights, economic inequality, ecological challenges, and decolonization. Comparative cases from Asia, Africa, Latin America, or Middle East.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34396/1139

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 1015W Section 007: Globalization: Issues and Challenges (34398)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Meets With:
HIST 1015W Section 007
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Thu 09:05AM - 09:55AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 210
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Increased global interconnections over past 50 years. Impact of information revolution on human rights, economic inequality, ecological challenges, and decolonization. Comparative cases from Asia, Africa, Latin America, or Middle East.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34398/1139

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 1910W Section 001: Topics: Freshman Seminar -- The End of the Nation? (34864)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Freshman Seminar
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Mon, Wed, Fri 11:15AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 122
Course Catalog Description:
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34864/1139

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3144 Section 001: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (17880)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Delivery Medium
Meets With:
GLOS 3144H Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 310
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Introduction to theoretical issues. Power/production of knowledge about world regions. Knowledge, power, politics in contemporary world. Colonialism, nationalism, modernity in shaping academic disciplines.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17880/1139

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3144 Section 002: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (21202)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Class Attributes:
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Fri 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 260
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Course Catalog Description:
Introduction to theoretical issues. Power/production of knowledge about world regions. Knowledge, power, politics in contemporary world. Colonialism, nationalism, modernity in shaping academic disciplines.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21202/1139

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3144 Section 003: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (21203)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Class Attributes:
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Fri 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 115
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Course Catalog Description:
Introduction to theoretical issues. Power/production of knowledge about world regions. Knowledge, power, politics in contemporary world. Colonialism, nationalism, modernity in shaping academic disciplines.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21203/1139

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3144 Section 004: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (21204)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Class Attributes:
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Fri 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 230
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Course Catalog Description:
Introduction to theoretical issues. Power/production of knowledge about world regions. Knowledge, power, politics in contemporary world. Colonialism, nationalism, modernity in shaping academic disciplines.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21204/1139

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3144 Section 005: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (26893)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Class Attributes:
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Fri 11:15AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 235
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Course Catalog Description:
Introduction to theoretical issues. Power/production of knowledge about world regions. Knowledge, power, politics in contemporary world. Colonialism, nationalism, modernity in shaping academic disciplines.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/26893/1139

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3144 Section 006: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (21205)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Class Attributes:
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Fri 11:15AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 260
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Course Catalog Description:
Introduction to theoretical issues. Power/production of knowledge about world regions. Knowledge, power, politics in contemporary world. Colonialism, nationalism, modernity in shaping academic disciplines.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21205/1139

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3144H Section 001: Honors: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (22094)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Delivery Medium
Honors
Meets With:
GLOS 3144 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 310
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Introduction to theoretical issues. Power, production of knowledge about world regions. Knowledge, power, politics in contemporary world. Colonialism, nationalism, modernity in shaping academic disciplines.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/22094/1139

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3144H Section 002: Honors: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (22095)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Class Attributes:
Delivery Medium
Honors
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Fri 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 302
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Course Catalog Description:
Introduction to theoretical issues. Power, production of knowledge about world regions. Knowledge, power, politics in contemporary world. Colonialism, nationalism, modernity in shaping academic disciplines.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/22095/1139

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3219 Section 090: History of Capitalism: Uneven Development Since 1500 (34445)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
HIST 3419 Section 090
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Mon 06:20PM - 08:50PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 10
Course Catalog Description:
Economic inequities in contemporary world. Long-term economic developments in Africa, Asia, Europe, North/South America. Study of economic development. Introduction to key concepts.
Class Description:
This course traces the origins and development of capitalism from the sixteenth century English countryside to contemporary China. We examine how social and political institutions and relations configure in different places and in different ways the economic and market behavior of social classes, how goods are produced, the social division of labor (who produces what and for whom), and long-term economic outcomes. The course examines these issues in a variety of socio-political and national contexts, taking examples from Asia, Europe, and the Atlantic World (Europe, America and East Africa) to study the different forms taken by agricultural production (peasants, capitalist farmers, slave-based commodity production) and manufacturing (household handicrafts, industrial capitalism, and slave-based manufacturing). The course will also examine different approaches to the study of the origins of capitalism proposed by the classical economists (Smith, Malthus,, and Marx) as well as contemporary neo-classical and Marxist theories of how the modern world economy came about. The course does not require an understanding of economic principles or language, and is accessible to those who have had no exposure to economics.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34445/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
22 May 2012

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3231 Section 001: Geography of the World Economy (35308)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
GEOG 3331 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 120
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Geographical distribution of resources affecting development. Location of agriculture, industry, services. Agglomeration of economic activities, urbanization, regional growth. International trade. Changing global development inequalities. Impact on nations, regions, cities.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35308/1139

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3303 Section 001: Environment and Development in the Third World (35061)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
GEOG 3379 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Wed 05:00PM - 07:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 210
Course Catalog Description:
Concepts for analyzing relations between capitalist development and environment in Third World. Historical geography of capitalist development. Case studies. Likelihood of social/environmental sustainability.
Class Description:
This course has three objectives: (a) to advance students' knowledge of the dynamics of capitalism as a global system, its insatiable appetite for resources, and effect on human development; (b) to give students analytical tools to understand the relationship between this expansive system, its enormous productive and destructive capacity (social and ecological); (c) to enable students to gain substantive knowledge about how this system impacts on Africa, Asia, and Latin America, and the social and ecological struggles in those regions. Topic covered include: Dynamics and patterns of economic development; Uneven global consumption of natural resources; Poverty and over-consumption as the twin sources of environmental degradation; Population and development, Urban environment in the South; Gender-class and environmental struggles; waste and the global commons. Teaching methods: There are lectures and one discussion session per week. Several students will lead each weekly discussion of current environment/development topic. We watch and critique several documentaries. Authors include: Bina Agarwal, Barry Commoner, Michael Watts, P. Blaike; Dharam Ghai; David Harvey. Intended audience: Social and natural science undergraduates.
Grading:
30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
5% Special Projects
10% Class Participation Other Grading Information: class participation, examinations
Class Format:
60% Lecture
20% Film/Video
20% Discussion
Workload:
45 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: Writing involves summaries of some of the readings for the course
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35061/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
6 November 2009

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3401 Section 001: International Human Rights Law (21754)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Mon, Wed, Fri 11:15AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 150
Course Catalog Description:
Issues, procedures, advocacy strategies regarding promotion/protection of international human rights. Students analyze recent case studies of human rights violations in light of evolving laws, enforcement mechanisms.
Class Description:
International Human Rights Law is designed to introduce students to issues, procedures, and advocacy strategies involved in the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide. The class encourages students to analyze case situations, to assess relevant laws, and to evaluate the most effective methods to prevent human rights violations. Because of the evolving nature of the laws and issues in this field, students are encouraged to think critically about the ideas and practices related to human rights protection. The instructor, Barbara Frey, is a lawyer and human rights activist.
Grading:
25% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation
Exam Format:
Short answer and essay
Class Format:
50% Lecture
25% Discussion Guest speaker, debates and other exercises
Workload:
60 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21754/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
19 April 2012

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3550V Section 001: Honors Course: Supervised Research Paper (29334)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
Department Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Honors
Meets With:
GLOS 3981W Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Wed 02:30PM - 04:25PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 430
Course Catalog Description:
Supervised research paper.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/29334/1139

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3602 Section 001: Other Worlds: Globalization and Culture (34428)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 130
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Globalization produces complex, sometimes volatile, local responses. Course explores interconnectedness of the world, considering not one world, but many. Topics include colonialism, consumption, diasporic conditions, global media, nationalism, supra-national governance. Examines how globality is experienced and contested locally and specifically.
Class Description:
Using medicine as an optic, this class explores how ?other worlds? get created and maintained. What is meant by the `other? and the worlds of which `others? are a part? What mechanisms are used to delineated `normal? versus different, and to what ends are these conceptualizations used? How do definitions of `other? play out globally as well as domestically? There are many means ? legal, discursive, social, political, economic ? to created `other worlds?, but in this class we focus on the ways in which, medicine, as a set of practices embedded in cultural systems and power relations, has played a pivotal part in the creation, maintenance, and visibility of otherness historically and currently. Medicine also serves as a locus for highlighting the clash of `other worlds?, as well as playing a role in both creating and addressing those diseases globally that speak of gross inequities in resources. In order to explore all of these themes of medicine, disease, and the production of `other worlds?, we will have modules during the course of the semester. We will begin by looking at colonial medicine ? the theories colonial physicians devised concerning colonized bodies and differential susceptibilities to disease, and the negotiated deployment of colonial medicine in carious regions. We'll also look at the nexus of medicine and radicalizations in the United States, as well as current examples of medical practices globally that raise ethical questions concerning medicine's role in public health. Our next module will look at disease outcomes for global inequalities and the role of medicine in both perpetuation inequalities through neglect or the pursuit of more profitable ventures, and the potential and promise of medicine to ameliorate global disease and its attendant suffering. Our last module will look at medicine and disease as a point of conflict between `other world?, with case studies within the U.S. and internationally. At its foundation, then, this class encourages a critical awareness of the myriad configurations of otherness at the individual or place level, including cultural marginalization, economic inequity, gender-, sexual-, class-, ethnic-, national-orientation, disease versus healthy. It also explores the means by which otherness is produced, the dynamic nature of these productions, and the exigencies within which definitions of `otherness? change, regroup, or dissolve at various points in time and place. It also seeks to raise the question of why `other world? have been, and continue to be, produced. What function does otherness serve in the world, in society, and in capitalism?
Grading:
25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam Other Grading Information: 10% Paper One, 10% Paper Two, 15% Response paragraphs (6)
Class Format:
20% Lecture
80% Discussion
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34428/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 November 2008

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3613W Section 001: Food, Culture, and Society (34425)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
GEOG 3900 Section 001
SOC 3613W Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 120
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Food issues from a sociological perspective. Cross-cultural differences in how groups/societies think about and relate to food.
Class Description:
Hamburgers and a Coke, rice and beans, collard greens, wonton soup, creme brulee What meanings and feelings do these foods conjure up, and for whom? Where are their key ingredients produced? Who prepares these dishes, and who eats them? This course is built on two key premises: first, that the production, distribution, and consumption of food involves relationships among different groups of people, and second, that one can gain great insights into these social relations and the societies in which they are embedded through a sociological analysis of food. Among the themes we will explore in this course are the different cultural and social meanings attached to food; food, culture and body image; the industrialization of agriculture; the global food system; work in the food sector; the debate over genetically modified food; and efforts to change the current food system.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34425/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
1 April 2013

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3643 Section 001: Islam and the West (31737)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Delivery Medium
Meets With:
HIST 3546 Section 001
RELS 3714 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Mon, Wed, Fri 02:30PM - 03:20PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 220
Course Catalog Description:
Cultural/intellectual trends that have defined fundamental differences between Islam and the West. Development of historical, philosophical, and intellectual mindset of both spheres. Factors that have contributed and continue to contribute to tension, anxiety, and hatred between the Muslim world and Europe and the United States.
Class Description:
The tension, anxiety, and hatred between Islam and the West have historical, philosophical, and ideological roots. "Islam and the West" examines those roots and looks for common ground. The course is divided into three parts. Part one studies the principles and beliefs of Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims in the context of the pre-Islamic civilizations of the Mediterranean world. Part two studies the interaction between great medieval thinkers, concentrating on the fateful decision that each made: Muslim theologians set a spiritual course for Islam while Western theologians supported reason as well. Part three discusses the development of events in the Middle East from W.W.I to the present, which includes, among other things, the division of the Middle East into nation-states, Pan-Islamism, the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, 9/11, and the Arab Spring.
Grading:
12% Final Exam
27% Reports/Papers
36% Quizzes
3% Attendance
12% In-class Presentations
10% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: Book Report
Exam Format:
Essay
Class Format:
50% Lecture
20% Film/Video
10% Discussion
20% Student Presentations
Workload:
50 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Book Report(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31737/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
10 April 2013

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3701W Section 001: Population in an Interacting World (23871)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Meets With:
GEOG 3381W Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 10
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative analysis/explanation of trends in fertility, mortality, internal and international migration in different parts of the world; world population problems; population policies; theories of population growth; impact of population growth on food supply and the environment.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23871/1139

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3705 Section 001: Transnational Migration (34726)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
SOC 3505 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 425
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Current debates on transnationalism. Globalization.
Class Description:
How is transnationalism or cross border social and economic relations maintained and perpetuated? How are these relations affecting identity? How is current transnationalism different from earlier migration? Is this gendered, and if so, how and why? The objective of this course is to explore these questions through theoretical and case study based literature on the subject. The first part of the course provides a historical overview on migration over the last two centuries. The second section centralizes identity in terms of transnational or dispersed communities. The aim of this section is to introduce the complex web of culture, agency and structure in play when dealing with migration. The third section presents case studies on the social and economic relations of transnational communities. The nature of family connections across borders and the economic ties of those who migrated with their families in the home country is discussed. The role of gender in these relations is also explored. The final section of the course deals with the role of the nation-state in transnational migration.
Grading:
30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
30% Written Homework
10% Class Participation
Class Format:
50% Lecture
20% Film/Video
30% Discussion
Workload:
65 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34726/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
1 April 2013

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3900 Section 001: Topics in Global Studies -- The Ethics of Bullfighting (34866)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
5 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Delivery Medium
Meets With:
SPAN 3910 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Appleby Hall 11
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Topics vary each semester. See Class Schedule.
Class Notes:
TAUGHT IN SPANISH.
Class Description:
The Ancient Roman geographer Strabo once compared the shape of Iberia to a stretched out bull's hide. From this point on, the image of the bull and the practice of bullfighting have played a prominent role in Spanish culture and national identity. This course analyzes the cultural legacy of bullfighting, its relation to the public spectacle of violence, and the uneasy distinction between the human and the animal. We will explore, through literature, cinema, and visual art, the contradiction between bullfighting as both a cultural patrimony and an unethical treatment of animals.
Grading:
15% Midterm Exam
45% Reports/Papers
20% Attendance
10% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation
Class Format:
15% Lecture
65% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
Workload:
100 Pages Reading Per Week
25 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34866/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
16 April 2013

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3900 Section 002: Topics in Global Studies -- Novels and Nations (35726)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
5 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
GWSS 3390 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 35
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Topics vary each semester. See Class Schedule.
Class Description:
One of the ways nations constitute themselves is through narratives, including fictional narratives, that shape national consciousness. Nevertheless, the dominant narratives of nation often fit badly with the realities of marginalized groups. In this class we look at the ways historically marginalized groups including women, ethnic minorities, political dissidents, exiles, and sexual minorities both participate in and disrupt the dominant narratives of nation. The literary texts are all taken from the Southern Cone of Latin America: Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. This regional focus will allow us to locate these texts in a concrete and specific location, fostering a deeper understanding of a specific world region. The course is also designed to familiarize students with the conventions and inner workings of literary texts. The British novelist and essayist Virginia Woolf described fiction as a spider's web, ?attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners.? If the web is pulled from its moorings it collapses into a sticky mass, yet to look only to the places and ways it attaches to the wall of reality is to miss the complexity of the web itself. This class teaches students to explore and enjoy the intricacies of the web of fiction without losing sight of the structures that hold it up. A major goal of the course is to give interdisciplinary students in GWSS and Global Studies, much of whose curriculum leans toward the empirical and theoretical world of the social sciences, the tools to understand the pleasure of reading, the ways a literary text works, and its privileged position as an apparatus of representation.
Grading:
55% Reports/Papers
45% Reflection Papers Other Grading Information: The term "reflection papers" here refers to the 9 responses to the readings, worth 5% each. Attendance and participation in discussions are obligatory, though no formal grade will be given for them.
Exam Format:
No exams
Class Format:
35% Lecture
50% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities These are approximate percentages.
Workload:
100-200 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
9 Homework Assignment(s)
Other Workload: We'll read one short story and six novels, as well as several scholarly articles.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35726/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
10 May 2013

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3921 Section 001: Europe: A Geographic Perspective (35479)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
GEOG 3161 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 155
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative analysis/explanation of Europe.s physical, demographic, ethnic/cultural, economic, political, and urban landscapes. European integration: European Union, transformation of Eastern Europe.
Class Description:
It is difficult to think about the contemporary world without the lasting impact European culture has had on all nations. What are the deeper reasons for Europe to emerge as a dominant continent from the sixteenth century onwards? Its physical, cultural, and economic geography will provide some answers. Divided by language, war, and economic crisis, Europe has nonetheless become a kind of test case of how all today's societies are supposed to function. The project of the European Union promises peace and prosperity for some 500 million people in 27 countries, but faces challenges ranging from the euro crisis to xenophobia and climate change. The EU does not cover all of the continent, of course. Who is and could be a member state in itself explains much about the continent's complex history. This course will guide you from Europe's physical make-up and urbanization to the formation of nation-states and colonization of other continents, in order to understand the problems of today.
Grading:
20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
20% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation
Class Format:
60% Lecture
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations
10% Field Trips
Workload:
30 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Presentation(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35479/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
18 November 2011

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3960 Section 001: Topics in South Asian Studies -- Indian Feminisms in a Global Context (35069)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
ALL 3920 Section 001
GWSS 3490 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 103
Course Catalog Description:
Topics vary. See Class Schedule.
Class Description:
A series of rape cases in India in 2012-13 drew widespread public and media attention. In the protests and debates that followed, it became clear that though everyone wanted "justice," there were several disagreements about what "justice" might entail. At stake were not only questions of sexuality, marriage, and foundational ideas about gendered identity, but also questions concerning caste and class, the death penalty, the privilege of the armed forces, the language of the law, and the powers of the police. In this course, we will study some of the arguments that have unfolded in recent months in the context of the history of the feminist movement in India. Readings and films will focus on several issues including the state's response to violence against women, debates about abortion, the political emergence of a gay rights discourse, and the varied anxieties provoked by the sale of sexual pleasure. We will study these issues in relation to comparable debates in the US and in Europe. Through the course of the semester, we will aim to build a more nuanced and critical approach to gender itself, as it is articulated and acted in everyday life as well as in activist and theoretical discourse.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35069/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
10 July 2013

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3960 Section 002: Topics in South Asian Studies -- Hinduism (36082)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
ALL 3671 Section 001
HIST 3492 Section 001
RELS 3671 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 116
Course Catalog Description:
Topics vary. See Class Schedule.
Class Description:
Although Hinduism is today almost universally recognized as one of the major religions of India, scholars generally agree that the term "Hinduism" itself is of rather late origin, and that it gathers together many varied texts, sects, and practices that for several centuries had been identified by a series of different names. This course has three objectives: first, to introduce students to some of the texts that are today considered essential to Hindu philosophical and spiritual traditions; second, to study some of the most powerful debates about the meaning and significance of Hindu texts in modern times; and third, to consider the ways in which Hindu identity today plays a crucial role in the political landscape of India. Our course will also include more wide-ranging discussions regarding the academic study of religious faith, the ways in which disciplines such as anthropology and history approach traditions of faith, and the changing force of religion in a largely secular world. All readings in English.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/36082/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
17 July 2013

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3961 Section 001: Culture and Society of India (29698)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Meets With:
ALL 3676 Section 001
ANTH 3023 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 120
Course Catalog Description:
Contemporary society and culture in South Asia from an anthropological perspective with reference to nationalism; postcolonial identities; media and public culture; gender, kinship and politics; religion; ethnicity; and the Indian diaspora.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/29698/1139

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3981W Section 001: Major Project Seminar (29331)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
Department Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Meets With:
GLOS 3550V Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Wed 02:30PM - 04:25PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 430
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Students formulate research questions, select topic, and develop/produce 25-30 page paper.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/29331/1139

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 3993 Section 001: Directed Study (29332)

Instructor(s)
No instructor assigned
Class Component:
Independent Study
Credits:
1-5 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
College Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
UMTC, West Bank
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Guided individual reading or study.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/29332/1139

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 4344 Section 001: Europe and its Margins (34708)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
ANTH 4344 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 115
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Europe and its margins, an anthropological/ethnographic perspective. Key topics in the study of Europe and European Societies. Ethnography, fiction, film.
Class Description:
This course seeks to shed light upon the constitution of the mythical, yet world-historically significant entity called "Europe" by focusing, less on present-day political boundaries than on regions and landscapes--forests, mountains, marshes, islands--that have been thought of at various times as marking Europe's inner and outer cultural and geographical limits. In charting the shifting imaginaries of such marginal spaces, it aims to engage too with the production of cultural and historical knowledge and the formation (and occasionally the subversion) of identity-claims. Readings draw upon a variety of historical, literary and ethnographic sources, with a view to exploring the interplay between physical geography, imagination and cultural memory, along with the forms of literary and scholarly writing developed in and in relation to marginal lands. The course concludes by relating these themes to the reconfigured political geography of post-socialism and European integration.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34708/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
27 April 2012

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 5403 Section 001: Human Rights Advocacy (26275)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Delivery Medium
Meets With:
LAW 6058 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Wed 02:30PM - 05:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 425
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Theoretical basis of human rights movement. Organizations, strategies, tactics, programs. Advocacy: fact-finding, documentation, campaigns, trial observations. Forensic science. Human rights education, medical/psychological treatment. Research project or background for case study.
Class Description:
This 3-credit seminar will study the histories, philosophies, and activities of human rights activists and organizations. The course examines the theoretical basis of the human rights movement, the principles underlying key organizations in the human rights field as well as their strategies, tactics, and programs. The class provides an opportunity to put in perspective students' previous experiences as interns or staff with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the human rights field. The class will use case studies and other participatory methods to understand and to evaluate the work of human rights activists. We will learn about tactical methods including fact-finding and documentation of violations, normative campaigns, the use of social networking, and discuss the effectiveness and consequences of each method. The class will consider critiques of human rights practice including cultural relativsm and the asymmetries of power that affect relationships among human rights advocates. Students will consider the basic organizational structure and fundraising needs of NGOs. Students will design and present a research project based on their selection of in-class topics. Readings include material on the history of NGOs; roots and development of the human rights movement; analysis of key NGOs; advocacy within international institutions; and reports and publications from NGOs working in the field.
Grading:
20% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 30% oral presentation; 30% group project
Class Format:
15% Lecture
75% Discussion
10% Group Work
Workload:
60-100 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term Other Workload: 3 short papers and 1 oral presentation; group advocacy presentations.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/26275/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
19 April 2012

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 5993 Section 001: Directed Studies (18848)

Instructor(s)
No instructor assigned
Class Component:
Independent Study
Credits:
1-4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
College Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
UMTC, West Bank
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Guided individual reading or study. Open to qualified students for one or more semesters.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18848/1139

Fall 2013  |  GLOS 5994 Section 001: Directed Research (18849)

Instructor(s)
No instructor assigned
Class Component:
Independent Study
Credits:
1-4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
College Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
UMTC, West Bank
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Qualified students work on a tutorial basis.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18849/1139

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