33 classes matched your search criteria.

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 1015W Section 001: Globalization: Issues and Challenges (23999)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Meets With:
HIST 1015W Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Mon, Wed, Fri 11:15AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 10
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/23999/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
12 November 2012

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 1015W Section 002: Globalization: Issues and Challenges (24001)

Instructor(s)
Patrick Wilz (Secondary Instructor)
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
Meets With:
HIST 1015W Section 002
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 330
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/24001/1159

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 1015W Section 003: Globalization: Issues and Challenges (24002)

Instructor(s)
Katie Lambright (Secondary Instructor)
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
Meets With:
HIST 1015W Section 003
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Tue 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 278
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/24002/1159

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 1015W Section 004: Globalization: Issues and Challenges (24003)

Instructor(s)
Patrick Wilz (Secondary Instructor)
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
Meets With:
HIST 1015W Section 004
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 335
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/24003/1159

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 1015W Section 005: Globalization: Issues and Challenges (24004)

Instructor(s)
Katie Lambright (Secondary Instructor)
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
Meets With:
HIST 1015W Section 005
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Thu 11:15AM - 12:05PM
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/24004/1159

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 1905 Section 001: Freshman Seminar -- Civil Disobedience: From Gandhi to Ferguson (33975)

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
Topics Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Mon 01:25PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 184
Course Catalog Description:
Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: freshman
Class Description:
What sets civil disobedience apart from other forms of political resistance is its peculiarly democratic nature. To begin with, its practitioners adhere to the principle of respecting the humanity and equality of those whom they fight against. Moreover, it is democratic in the sense that Gandhi identifies--though it requires immense self-discipline, it is nevertheless a universally available weapon. This course explores the writings of some of the most famous theorists, critics and practitioners of civil disobedience (amongst them, Henry David Thoreau, Sylvia Pankhurst, Leo Tolstoy, M.K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, John Lewis, Jurgen Habermas, and John Rawls). Amongst the questions the course will explore: When do civil disobedience movements succeed? What would success even be for such movements, which are so crucially also about self-transformation? When does civil disobedience reinforce existing injustices, or participate in more subtle?and therefore more violent--forms of violence? When figures like Gandhi or King frame their civil disobedience in religious terms, does this make their politics fundamentally different from that of secular figures like Mandela?
Grading:
Take home essays
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33975/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
27 March 2015

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3144 Section 001: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (12032)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
GLOS 3144H Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 210
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. prereq: 6 cr. of approved preparatory coursework [recommended GLOS 1015W or 1112]
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/12032/1159

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3144 Section 002: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (15042)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
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. prereq: 6 cr. of approved preparatory coursework [recommended GLOS 1015W or 1112]
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15042/1159

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3144 Section 003: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (15043)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
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. prereq: 6 cr. of approved preparatory coursework [recommended GLOS 1015W or 1112]
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15043/1159

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3144 Section 004: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (15044)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Meets With:
GLOS 3144H Section 003
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Fri 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 210
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. prereq: 6 cr. of approved preparatory coursework [recommended GLOS 1015W or 1112]
Class Notes:
This section will be offered in Spanish. Entry by permission only. Please contact the Global Studies adviser at glosuga@umn.edu for more information and/or for a permission number.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15044/1159

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3144 Section 005: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (19662)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Fri 11:15AM - 12:05PM
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. prereq: 6 cr. of approved preparatory coursework [recommended GLOS 1015W or 1112]
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19662/1159

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3144 Section 006: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (15045)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Fri 11:15AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 105
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. prereq: 6 cr. of approved preparatory coursework [recommended GLOS 1015W or 1112]
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15045/1159

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3144H Section 001: Honors: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (15801)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Honors
Meets With:
GLOS 3144 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 210
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. prereq: 6 cr. of approved preparatory coursework (recommended GLOS 1015W or GLOS 1112), Honors
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15801/1159

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3144H Section 002: Honors: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (15802)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Class Attributes:
Honors
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Fri 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 278
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. prereq: 6 cr. of approved preparatory coursework (recommended GLOS 1015W or GLOS 1112), Honors
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15802/1159

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3144H Section 003: Honors: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (26816)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Honors
Meets With:
GLOS 3144 Section 004
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Fri 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 210
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. prereq: 6 cr. of approved preparatory coursework (recommended GLOS 1015W or GLOS 1112), Honors
Class Notes:
This section will be offered in Spanish. Entry by permission only. Please contact the Global Studies adviser at glosuga@umn.edu for more information and/or for a permission number.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/26816/1159

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3401W Section 001: International Human Rights Law (15537)

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:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Mon, Wed, Fri 11:15AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 120
Also Offered:
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. prereq: [3145, 3144] or instr consent
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 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 can participate as strategists and investigators on human rights issues. 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:
Take home with 7 short answer questions and 1 essay question
Class Format:
50% Lecture
25% Discussion
25% Other Style 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/15537/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
22 December 2014

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3415W Section 001: Global Institutions of Power: World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization (34993)

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
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Meets With:
SOC 3417W Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 255
Course Catalog Description:
Introduction to World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization. Emphasizes their daily practices and political, economic, and cultural effects around the world. Politics/business of development. Free market and trade. New transnational professional class. Social activism.
Class Description:
This course introduces three of the world's most powerful global institutions -- the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization. Three dimensions will be emphasized: we will look behind their closed doors to understand their daily practices; we will learn about the political, economic, and cultural terrain in which they operate; and we will observe them in key sites in the global South and North. Course themes include the business and expertise of development, poverty and wealth generation, the ideas of free market and trade, the rise of a transnational professional class and networks, and transnational social activism and networks.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34993/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
19 March 2015

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3550V Section 001: Honors Course: Supervised Research Paper (21506)

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
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Tue 04:00PM - 06:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 430
Course Catalog Description:
Supervised research paper. prereq: dept consent
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21506/1159

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3602 Section 001: Other Worlds: Globalization and Culture (24022)

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
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 125
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. prereq: [3101, 3144] or instr consent
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/24022/1159

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3613V Section 001: Honors: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (34294)

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
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Honors
Meets With:
GLOS 3613W Section 001
SOC 3613V Section 001
SOC 3613W Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 120
Course Catalog Description:
Food issues from sociological perspective. Cross-cultural differences in how groups/societies think about/relate to food.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34294/1159

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3613W Section 001: Stuffed and Starved: The Politics of Eating (34293)

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
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Meets With:
GLOS 3613V Section 001
SOC 3613V Section 001
SOC 3613W Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AM
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 this course will explore are the different cultural and social meanings attached to food; class and diet; food, culture and body image; the industrialization of agriculture; the global food economy; the debate over genetically modified food; and movements toward a more sustainable agriculture. The general objective of this course is to teach you how to view the world of food and agriculture from a sociological perspective. A more specific objective is to get you to think analytically about something that is so ?everyday? that most of us take it for granted: where our food comes from, why we eat the way (and what) we do, and the kind of social relationships involved in our encounters with food. Students can expect to read between 40-70 pages a week (of interesting reading!), produce one short paper and one longer (12-15 page) research paper on a course-related topic, and participate in several out-of-classroom exercises (which will include some write-up) during the course of the semester. The course is heavily discussion based, and active participation is required.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34293/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
9 April 2014

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3634 Section 001: Chicana and Chicano History: 1821-1945 (35292)

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
Meets With:
CHIC 3444 Section 001
HIST 3444 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, East Bank
Wulling Hall 240
Course Catalog Description:
Experiences of people of Mexican descent in the United States. Important eras in histories of Mexico, the United States, and Mexican Americans. Central role of Chicana/os in U.S. history, culture, and politics.
Class Description:
This course examines the experiences of people of Mexican descent in the U.S. The course provides a foundation for understanding the central role of Chicana/os in the history, culture, and politics of the U.S. Students will survey the major challenges faced by people of Mexican descent in the U.S. in order to critically discuss the social, economic, cultural, and political changes that have influenced the day-to-day life of Chicana/os and how Chicana/os have asserted themselves as agents of change. Equivalencies: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for: HIST 3441 or LAS 3441.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35292/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
17 March 2015

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3701W Section 001: Population in an Interacting World (17241)

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
Meets With:
GEOG 3381W Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
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/17241/1159

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3900 Section 001: Topics in Global Studies -- Ways of Knowing in Global Studies (24138)

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
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 135
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Topics vary each semester. See Class Schedule.
Class Description:
This course will introduce students to questions of knowing, practices of knowledge making, and the contemporary political and cultural contexts that shape expertise in everyday life. We will begin the course with an introduction to the most useful philosophical concepts that describe the human capacity to form certain statements and judgments about the world. We will then turn our attention to how knowledge is something made by people with certain tools and certain aims. We will do close readings of a variety of documents in order to explore the social, political, economic, and cultural dimensions of their making. Students will spend the last part of the course working on several group projects that explore authoritative texts about recent and current events.
Exam Format:
25% Reports/Papers
15% Special Projects
15% Reflection Papers
10% In-class Presentations
35% Class Participation
Class Format:
20% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
20% Student Presentations
Workload:
75 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/24138/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2015

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3900 Section 002: Topics in Global Studies -- Islam in Africa (33976)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
5 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
AFRO 3920 Section 001
RELS 3070 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Tue, Thu 09:00AM - 10:30AM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 20
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Thu 11:15AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 25
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Topics vary each semester. See Class Schedule.
Class Notes:
Topic Title: Islam in Africa. Instructor: Rudolph Ware This course is part of the The Islamic Studies Virtual Curriculum (ISVC) and will be taught via video conferencing from host institution the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
Class Description:
It is well known that Islam is the majority religion in Africa north of the Sahara; this part of Africa is, in the West, often detached from Africa and assimilated to `the Middle East? or `the Arab World.? It is much less well known, however, that today Islam may be the most widely professed faith south of the desert, in what westerners have often called `Black Africa?, as well. Roughly 1/6th of the world's Muslim population can be found in sub-Saharan Africa. How did this come to be? How has the adoption of Islam by Africans shaped their history? And, conversely, how have Africans shaped Islam? One goal of this course is to begin to provide answers to these questions. We will examine African Islamic history beginning with the earliest Muslim migrants from Arabia to Ethiopia in the early 7th century CE until the dawn of the 21st century.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33976/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 April 2015

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3921 Section 001: Europe: A Geographic Perspective (24345)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
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
Meets With:
GEOG 3161 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 220
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:
INSTRUCTOR: PROF. ARUN SALDANH. It is impossible to think about the contemporary world without the lasting impact European culture has had on it. But what are the deeper reasons for Europe to emerge as a dominant continent from the sixteenth century onwards? Why is it in crisis at present? Its physical, cultural, and economic geography will provide answers. Divided by landscape, language, religion, and war, Europe is 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 unprecedented challenges, from unemployment and xenophobia to population aging 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 its complex history. This course will guide you from Europe's physical make-up and urbanization to the formation of nation-states and the colonization of other continents, in order to understand the crisis today.
Grading:
20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
20% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation
Exam Format:
20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
20% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation
Class Format:
60% Lecture
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations Discussion includes both in-class activities and discussion.
Workload:
30 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Presentation(s)
Other Workload: Possible other assignments.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/24345/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
20 March 2015

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3961 Section 001: Culture and Society of India (21814)

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
Meets With:
ANTH 3023 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 335
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/21814/1159

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3981W Section 001: Major Project Seminar (21504)

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
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Tue 04:00PM - 06:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 430
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Students formulate research questions, select topic, and develop/produce 25-30 page paper. prereq: dept consent
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21504/1159

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 3993 Section 001: Directed Study (21505)

Instructor(s)
No instructor assigned
Class Component:
Independent Study
Credits:
1-5 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
Department Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
UMTC, West Bank
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Guided individual reading or study. Prereq instr consent, dept consent, college consent.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21505/1159

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 4104 Section 001: Crime and Human Rights (26181)

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:
GLOS 4104H Section 001
SOC 4104 Section 001
SOC 4104H Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 255
Course Catalog Description:
Serious violations of humanitarian/human rights law. Criminalization. Impact of interventions on memories/future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. prereq: SOC 1001, at least one 3xxx SOC or GLOS course recommended
Class Description:
This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence.
Grading:
50% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
15% Special Projects
Class Format:
65% Lecture
10% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/26181/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
15 October 2011

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 4104H Section 001: Honors: Crime and Human Rights (26284)

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
Class Attributes:
Honors
Meets With:
GLOS 4104 Section 001
SOC 4104 Section 001
SOC 4104H Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 255
Course Catalog Description:
Serious violations of humanitarian/human rights law. Criminalization. Impact of interventions on memories/future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs. prereq: At least one 3xxx SOC or GLOS course recommended
Class Description:
This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Examples are crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on memories of atrocities as such memories are likely to affect the future of cycles of violence. Section I provides an overview of the basic themes of this class and their interconnection: atrocities, legal and other institutional responses, and the ways responses mediate memory. Section II addresses a series of cases in which responses to past atrocities included criminal prosecution and trials: the Holocaust, the Balkan wars, and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A special focus will be on the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Section III will examine cases in which a major response to atrocities was truth commissions, at times combined with trials and compensation programs. Special cases include South Africa, Argentina, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. Section IV addresses the consequences of interventions and memories for ending cycles of violence. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students.
Grading:
50% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
15% Special Projects
Class Format:
65% Lecture
10% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/26284/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
9 April 2014

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 4305 Section 001: Environment & Society: An Enduring Conflict (25616)

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:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Meets With:
SOC 4305 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 205
Course Catalog Description:
Examines how natural/built environments influence human behavior/social organization. Focuses on microenvironments/their influence on individuals. Impact of macroenvironments on societal organization. Environmental movements. prereq: SOC 1001 or environmental course or instr consent
Class Description:
Over the past 150 years, human society's effect on its local and global environment has increased dramatically. Nowadays, those environmental harms are more and more coming back to harm humans as well as other species. The biggest example of this negative feedback is global climate change. If humanity continues to pour greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, it will get hit with intensifying disasters. According to James Hansen, these could eventually even wipe out the human species. This course explores why this situation has come about and what we can do about it. Three factors: growth of population, growth capacity to buy more stuff, and the technology to make lots of stuff--all these require energy produced by burning fossil fuels that emits carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. We need to understand why we as a group, despite available information, have let this problem get so bad. Only then can we overcome this inertia and plot an attainable course toward sustainable world.
Grading:
Other Grading Information: Grading for this course is based primarily on short essays and exercises.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/25616/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
19 November 2013

Fall 2015  |  GLOS 5993 Section 001: Directed Studies (12939)

Instructor(s)
No instructor assigned
Class Component:
Independent Study
Credits:
1-4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
Department Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
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/12939/1159

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