GLOS 3215 is also offered in Fall 2024
GLOS 3215 is also offered in Fall 2023
GLOS 3215 is also offered in Spring 2022
Spring 2022 | GLOS 3215 Section 001: Supercapitalism: Labor, Consumption & the Environment in the New Global Economy (56099)
- 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
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Meets With:
SOC 3215 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 425
- Enrollment Status:
Open (22 of 23 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Far-reaching transformations of the global economy over the last seventy years in the realms of labor, consumption and the environment. The movement away from regulated national economies to a more fully integrated global economy; changing patterns and organization of production, employment, consumption, and waste disposal; rise of supercapitalism: a new culture of market rule over society and nature.
- Class Description:
- Far-reaching transformations of the global economy over the last seventy years in the realms of labor, consumption and the environment. The movement away from regulated national economies to a more fully integrated global economy; changing patterns and organization of production, employment, consumption, and waste disposal; rise of supercapitalism: a new culture of market rule over society and nature.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This class is an upper division course and assumes some prior knowledge of global studies and/or political economy.
- Learning Objectives:
- Well after this class is over, our goal is that students will be able to utilize the perspectives and knowledge they have acquired during the course to understand the ever-changing nature of the global political economy.
- Grading:
- Attendance and participation, 20%; Weekly commentaries, 20%; Take home mid-term, 25%; in class oral presentation, 10%; research paper, 25%.
- Exam Format:
- One take home mid-term.
- Class Format:
- This course is based on lectures, films, and a significant amount of in-class discussion. This course is reading intensive, and students are expected to do all of the readings all of the time. Active participation in this class is extremely important.
- Workload:
- 3-5 hours/week outside of class; see above for content of work.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/56099/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2021
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