HISTORY103
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Critical Approaches to Global Issues
Subject
HISTORY
Catalog Number
103
Title
Critical Approaches to Global Issues
Course Description
Introduction to critical transnational studies through several disciplinary approaches. Examines capitalism and neo-liberal globalization and their relationships to culture, politics, economics, and other social forms and outcomes; considers transnationalism 'from below'; addresses linear and Western-centric thinking about progress and modernity; focuses a historical lens on political discourses, institutions, and projects to understand them contextually; demonstrates how cultures and identities are dynamically constituted in interaction with historical, material, political, and situational factors; considers how different inequalities and contestations inflect most social formations.
Grading Basis
Graded
Course Typically Offered
Fall and/or Spring
Consent (Permission Number)
No Special Consent Required
Min Units
1
Max Units
1
Lecture
Crosslisted Courses
General Education Curriculum Codes
CCI - (CCI) Cross Cultural Inquiry, W - (W) Writing, IJ - (IJ) Institutions, Justice & Power: A&S Curriculum, CZ - (CZ) Civilizations, SS - (SS) Social Sciences