37 classes matched your search criteria.

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 1015W Section 001: Globalization: Issues and Challenges (17466)

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
HIST 1015W Section 090
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 250
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/17466/1169
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
12 November 2012

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 1015W Section 002: Globalization: Issues and Challenges (35162)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Meets With:
HIST 1015W Section 002
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Mon 01:25PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 140
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
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/35162/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 1015W Section 003: Globalization: Issues and Challenges (35163)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Meets With:
HIST 1015W Section 003
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Tue 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 225
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
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/35163/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 1015W Section 004: Globalization: Issues and Challenges (35164)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Meets With:
HIST 1015W Section 004
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Wed 01:25PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 250
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
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/35164/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 1015W Section 005: Globalization: Issues and Challenges (35165)

Instructor(s)
Agnes Hong (Proxy)
Class Component:
Discussion
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Meets With:
HIST 1015W Section 005
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Thu 11:15AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 184
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
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/35165/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 1905 Section 001: Freshman Seminar -- Urban Love, Fear, and Uprising (34096)

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
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 260
Course Catalog Description:
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
Class Description:
This seminar will listen and learn from the urban pulse. We will travel to Paris after the French Revolution and Port-au-Prince after the Haitian Revolution, to Chicago as it becomes a global city in the early 1900s, and in 2016 to the explosion of new global cities of Shanghai, Istanbul, Rio de Janeiro, and Bangalore. We will ask why cities become sights of intense creativity, revolution and tumult, tremendous social change and social inequality. We'll explore what drives urban transformations, and why cities in different corners of the world can be so intimately linked (i.e., London and Mumbai) while ones next door can be so disconnected. By listening carefully to urban voices, film, and texts, we will learn about urban fears, loves, and uprising, in ways that will teach us much about ourselves and the worlds around us.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34096/1169
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 April 2016

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3144 Section 001: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (14578)

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
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 370
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/14578/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3144 Section 002: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (15274)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Fri 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 330
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/15274/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3144 Section 003: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (15275)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Fri 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 430
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/15275/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3144 Section 004: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (15276)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Meets With:
GLOS 3144H Section 003
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
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 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/15276/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3144 Section 005: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (16403)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Fri 11:15AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 430
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/16403/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3144 Section 006: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (15277)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
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/15277/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3144H Section 001: Honors: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (15446)

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
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 370
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/15446/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3144H Section 002: Honors: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (15447)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Class Attributes:
Honors
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Fri 10:10AM - 11:00AM
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 GLOS 1112), Honors
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15447/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3144H Section 003: Honors: Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies (17948)

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
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Fri 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 278
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/17948/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3231 Section 001: Geography of the World Economy (35801)

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:
GEOG 3331 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 150
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:
This course studies the historical and spatial dynamics of the global economy from the vantage point of economic geography. It traces ongoing transformations in the global economic map by exploring how differences in place, space, scale and networks affect the institutional forms, regional patterns, and world dynamics of economic activity. Why do we see the sectoral agglomeration of economic activity (for instance, high-tech in Silicon Valley or finance on Wall Street)? What forces inform Nike's decision to manufacture shoes in Indonesia or GM's decision to assemble cars in Mexico? Why does capital flow to some places and not to others? How does this affect workers and their livelihoods, both within the US and abroad? What are the changing patterns of finance, foreign investment and trade? What are the dynamics of international migration? Why do some policymakers think that international flows of capital should be taxed? How are environmental issues linked to global trade? Why is agroforestry a more efficient form of agriculture in some places than monocrop agriculture? How are new information technologies reshaping the geography of the world economy? These questions of the local, regional and global location of economic activity, the new forms of production, commerce and inequality that accompany economic diversification or concentration in space, and the spatial interconnectedness of resource flows are all aspects of the dynamic and exciting field of economic geography.
Grading:
20% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
10% Quizzes
10% Class Participation
Exam Format:
Short definitions and short essays.
Class Format:
70% Lecture
15% Discussion
15% Audio-visual media (film and documentary clips)
Workload:
50-60 Pages Reading Per Week
12 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35801/1169
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
3 December 2014

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3278 Section 001: Tigers and Dragons: The Rise of the East Asian Economies, 1930-Present (35160)

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 3478 Section 090
HIST 5478 Section 090
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Tue 06:20PM - 08:50PM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 25
Course Catalog Description:
Rise of East Asian Economies, 1930-Present.
Class Description:
With a third of global Gross Domestic Production, and the world's fastest growing economies, East Asia is arguable the most vital economic region today. In the 1950s, internal transformations set the economies of this region on a new path. Turning on state guidance, they abandoned import substitution and sought to move up the manufacturing chain through export-led development. The results were historically unprecedented rates of growth. This course examines how this was achieved and what it means for us today. We look to social and political actions to understand these economic outcomes. We look at Japan from the 1930s on; South Korea and Taiwan from their time as Japanese colonies to the present; and we look at China since 1978. Topics covered will include the legacy of colonial past, problems of late development, post-war development strategies, statism, the rise of finance, the emergence of regional manufacturing networks, regional labor markets, import substitution, export-led growth, political economy of the NICS. We will also examine framing global developments and shocks from Bretton-Woods to the 1973 oil shock, to Plaza Accord (1985) and Reverse Plaza (1995), to the 1997 Asia financial crisis and the 2008 financial meltdown.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35160/1169
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 November 2013

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3305 Section 001: Life for Sale: Global Debates on Environment, Science, and Society (34610)

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
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, East Bank
Ford Hall 110
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Biopiracy, vaccine trials, use/abuse of genetics, genetically modified organisms. Who determines direction of scientific/medical research. Impact on social thinking/practices and on globalization of science. Global economics of science. prereq: At least soph
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34610/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3401W Section 001: International Human Rights Law (15355)

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
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Mon, Wed, Fri 11:15AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 130
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/15355/1169
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
22 December 2014

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3412 Section 001: What is Equality? (35137)

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
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 215
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Course explores debates about equality. Equality has many dimensions--e.g.: economic, social, political. These forms cannot be reconciled. Liberal democracies affirm the principle of political equality but defend, even in principle, social and economic inequalities. Animal rights add another wrinkle: very few of those who fight for these rights would claim political equality for animals.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35137/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3550V Section 001: Honors Course: Supervised Research Paper (16763)

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
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Tue 04:00PM - 06:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 105
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/16763/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3602 Section 001: Other Worlds: Globalization and Culture (17477)

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
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 115
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/17477/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3634 Section 001: Chicana and Chicano History: 1821-1945 (18473)

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
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, East Bank
Ford Hall 127
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:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18473/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3701W Section 001: Population in an Interacting World (15779)

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
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 330
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/15779/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3900 Section 001: Topics in Global Studies -- Ways of Knowing in Global Studies (34918)

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:
Topics Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 110
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Topics vary each semester. See Class Schedule.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?wolfe023+GLOS3900+Fall2016
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/34918/1169
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2015

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3900 Section 002: Topics in Global Studies -- Supercapitalism: Labor, Consumption & Environment (34919)

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:
Topics Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 10/17/2016
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 609
 
10/18/2016
Tue 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 614
 
10/19/2016 - 12/14/2016
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 609
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Topics vary each semester. See Class Schedule.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gidwa002+GLOS3900+Fall2016
Class Description:
How do economic and social arrangements generate marginalized populations that are considered "surplus"? What is distinctive about "surplus populations" in the present global age? Have certain segments of humanity--remaindered lives, as it were--become "disposable" within the existing order of things? In what ways does capitalism's drive for productivity and profit contribute to the rise of superfluous populations? How do states "manage" surplus populations? What kinds of political and ethical questions does the existence of "surplus humanity" force us to confront? Our course will address these urgent issues and others. Classes will be a combination of lectures, discussions, debates, and audio-visual clips. Some books will have to be purchased. Other readings and assignments will be posted on Moodle. There will be no exams; instead participants will be expected to: a) attend class regularly and participate in class discussions (10%), b) post weekly annotations on assigned readings (25%); c) work cooperatively in groups of two to three on a high quality end-of-semester research presentation on a contemporary event, problem or phenomenon with the instructor's prior approval (25%); d) write a 10-page research essay on a topic relevant to the course with the instructor's prior approval (40%).
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34919/1169
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
25 April 2016

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3900 Section 003: Topics in Global Studies -- Biopolitics of Health & Illness African Diaspora (35140)

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:
Topics Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, East Bank
Akerman Hall 211
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Topics vary each semester. See Class Schedule.
Class Notes:
Topic Title: Biopolitics of Health and Illness in the African Diaspora. FFI: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jssuh+GLOS3900+Fall2016
Class Description:
This course explores how interlocking gender and race relations have influenced the management and experience of health and disease among people of African descent from the periods of slavery and colonialism until the present. It traces how the pathologization of the African body has engendered inequitable - and unethical - treatment of blacks in the clinical practice of medicine, the execution of health research, and the management of public health systems. At the same time, it examines strategies adopted by populations of African descent to combat harmful stereotypes and hold authorities accountable for disproportionate distributions of disease in their communities. Sub-topics include medical experimentation on black populations in European colonies and in the US; the construction of conditions such as sickle cell as "black" disease in the US; the clinical, scientific, and discursive exclusion of blacks from chronic diseases of "civilization" or "development" such as cancer; the global politics of HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and treatment; the (mis)management of "tropical" disease such as Ebola, Zika, malaria and sleeping sickness; and strategies to control the African reproductive body through policies related to marriage,prostitution, sterilization, abortion, and contraception. This is a highly interdisciplinary course that draws on medical sociology and anthropology, history, science and technology studies (STS), epidemiology, global health, population and development, and human rights.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35140/1169
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
4 April 2016

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3911 Section 001: Contemporary Chinese Society: Culture, Networks, & Inequality in China (35136)

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:
SOC 3671 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 115
Course Catalog Description:
Introduces students to sociological perspectives and analyses of cultures, social networks, and socioeconomic inequalities in post-1980 China. In addition to lectures, the instructor will show video clips about various backgrounds of China and group discussions will be organized to exchange opinions about issues of common interest. Students will gain a basic understanding of how Chinese society operates today. rrereq: SOC 1001 recommended
Class Description:
The aim of this course is to introduce students to sociological perspectives and analyses of cultures, social networks, and socioeconomic inequalities in China today. The instructor will give lectures on these topics with the assistance of PPT presentation. In addition, videos about various backgrounds of China will be shown, and group discussions will be organized to exchange opinions about issues of common interest. Through this course, students will gain a basic understanding of how Chinese society operates today. Soc1001 "Introduction to Sociology" is recommended.
Grading:
60% term paper
30% quizzes
10% in class participation and discussion.
Exam Format:
Quizzes and term paper, no final exam.
Class Format:
Lecture and group discussion
Workload:
30-page readings a week.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35136/1169
Syllabus:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bianx001_SOC3671_Fall2016.pdf
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 April 2016

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3921 Section 001: Europe: A Geographic Perspective (17546)

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
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 120
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/17546/1169
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
20 March 2015

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3969 Section 001: 20th Century India (35158)

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:
HIST 3489 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 435
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
India under British hegemony in 1914 through Mahatma Gandhi/nationalist movement. World War II. British departure, creation of India/Pakistan. Nehru. Indira, Rajiv Gandhi.
Class Description:
At the beginning of the 20th century, India was a British colony; now, in the second decade of the 21st century, it is widely regarded a rising economic and political power. This has been a tumultuous period, marked amongst other things by: the largest and most powerful nonviolent movement anywhere in the world, which under the leadership of Gandhi led to India's independence; the bloody partition of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan; the consolidation of a parliamentary system that has seen India emerge as the world's largest democracy; transformations of caste that, while they have not dislodged the upper castes, have seen the increasing assertion of power by the lower castes, especially the former untouchables; the emergence of new forms of Hindu and Muslim identity, and relatedly the increasing power of the BJP, the Hindu nationalist party; the rise of India as an economic power is likely to see it soon become the seventh richest nation in terms of private wealth, even as close to a quarter of the population continues to suffer from severe poverty. This course will track the processes that have led to the making of contemporary India by paying special attention to 20th century Indian civic life and nationalism. Specifically, it will explore how Indian national and political identities have been constantly roiled by the mobilizations of both marginal groups (lower castes, women, peasants, and Muslims) seeking equality, and how the Indian state, Indian nationalism and even everyday life has been shaped by these mobilizations. Throughout, the course will stress the broader implications of these social processes--the way that these processes illuminate the workings of civic life and national identities not just in India, but elsewhere too. Through the course, students will hopefully become familiar with various debates and issues in contemporary India. We will start every class with a 10-15 minute discussion session devoted to student reports on and analysis of Indian websites devoted to contemporary politics, society, economics and culture. (You will be expected to spend some time before every class visiting one or more from the list of websites I will provide) The rest of the class will be devoted to discussion and lecture of assigned readings, which will include the writings both of those actively involved in the social transformations being studies, and the writings of scholars and intellectuals now reflecting on these changes.
Grading:
40% Reports/Papers
40% Journal
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: Evaluation will be on the basis of three components: daily journal responses (40%), final essay length paper of approx. 2500-3000 words (40%); and class participation (20%).
Exam Format:
Essay
Class Format:
50% Lecture
50% Discussion
Workload:
60 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Paper(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35158/1169
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
11 December 2012

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3981W Section 001: Major Project Seminar (16761)

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
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Tue 04:00PM - 06:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 105
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/16761/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3993 Section 001: Directed Study (16762)

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
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
12:00AM - 12:00AM
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/16762/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 3993 Section 002: Directed Study (37745)

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
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
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/37745/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 4311 Section 001: Power, Justice & the Environment (34091)

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 4311 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 120
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Global debates over how nature is produced, consumed, degraded, sustained, and defended. Analytics of race/class. Politics of North-South relations.
Class Description:
This course focuses on some of the world's most perplexing ecological/social problems, helping students to understand them from a sociological perspective that emphasizes the significance of class and race in the making of these problems. We take a close look at compelling case studies, such as the creation of a nuclear landscape in the U.S. Southwest; the colonization of the Amazon rainforest; the production of types of nature at U.S. theme parks and African nature reserves; and the global transformation of food production. We also explore the roles of scientists, NGOs, regulatory agencies, private firms, and social movements in the Brazilian Amazon, Tanzania, the U.S., India, and Laos, in order to help us understand how such problems are created and potentially resolved.
Grading:
75% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
5% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation
Class Format:
60% Lecture
5% Film/Video
25% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
3% Student Presentations
2% Guest Speakers
Workload:
75 Pages Reading Per Week
25-30 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34091/1169
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 April 2012

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 4406 Section 001: Sociology of International Law: Trafficking, Human Rights, & Business Regulation (34090)

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 4170 Section 001
GLOS 5170 Section 001
SOC 5170 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 235
Course Catalog Description:
Cultural values and practices in a globalized world. Role of international law. Immigration, terrorism, Americanization, and structure of international legal system. prereq: SOC 1001 or SOC 3101 or SOC 3102 or instr consent
Class Description:
Crime is global--trafficking in drugs, weapons, and people flows across national borders. Laws, however, are not global. They are made by nation-states and are bounded by borders. Furthermore, states, which are supposed to police crime, are sometimes criminal themselves, for example, when then they torture or kill political opponents. Is international law the solution to these problems? In this course, students will consider international legal coordination across states and international laws emanating from the United Nations, such as the Geneva Convention and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They will focus on how the structure of the global system facilitates and impedes effective global regulation of social problems.The course grade is based on two take-home exams, one paper, and a short documentary project.
Grading:
20% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
15% Reports/Papers
10% Class Participation
25% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: documentary
Exam Format:
take-home exam
Class Format:
40% Lecture
40% Discussion video/audio presentations
Workload:
60-75 Pages Reading Per Week
16 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
Other Workload: 10-15 minute documentary
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34090/1169
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
3 December 2014

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 5170 Section 001: Sociology of International Law: Human Rights, Trafficking, and Business Regulation (36011)

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 4170 Section 001
GLOS 4406 Section 001
SOC 5170 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 235
Course Catalog Description:
Cultural values and practices in a globalized world. Role of international law. Immigration, terrorism, Americanization, structure of international legal system.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/36011/1169

Fall 2016  |  GLOS 5993 Section 001: Directed Studies (14817)

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
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
12:00AM - 12:00AM
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/14817/1169

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