GST2010 — Introduction to Global Studies
GST 2010 - Introduction to Global Studies GST 2010 - Introduction to Global Studies Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0 Course Description: This course introduces students to the basic concepts and various trends, perspectives, and interconnections of a global society. Course activities focus on the growing interdependence of nations and peoples and the global issues that affect these relationships. The course explores global and regional perspectives through such topics as politics, economics, medicine, technology, history, sociology, the arts, and ethics. MnTC Goals 5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 8 Global Perspective Major Content Arts, literature, & culture Conflicts & war Ethics & global citizenship Global environment & energy Global health and disease Global inequality & human rights Globalization: definitions & interpretations Identity politics : Religion & ideology Introduction to the global nature of the world today Local, regional, and transnational activism Overview of global regions and current issues Science and technology Scope, methods, terminology, and approaches of the field of global studies Transnational institutions Transnational movements of capital, people, ideas Learning