A variety of intellectual approaches will be integrated in an interdisciplinary exploration of some of the major challenges facing the world community. Examination of such issues as the environment, poverty, disease, human rights, cultural identity or armed conflict will be used to stimulate discovery of what constitutes ‘global engagement’. Topics will vary and the course may not be offered in every term.
NOTE This course is repeatable for credit under different topic titles.
NOTE Only offered at Bader College, UK.
This course will offer a unique opportunity to study a special topic in Britain and Europe in a global context. Topics will vary each term, and the course may not be offered every year.
NOTE This course is repeatable for credit under different topic titles.
NOTE Only offered at Bader College, UK.
This course will offer a unique opportunity to study a special topic in Britain and Europe in a global context. Topics will vary each term, and the course may not be offered every year.
NOTE This course is repeatable for credit under different topic titles.
NOTE Only offered at Bader College, UK.
This course will examine ways in which southeastern England has been and is connected to the world. Students will develop an appropriate research methodology drawing on local archival and oral resources to investigate selected topics. Topics will vary yearly and may be examined from a variety of perspectives: historical, sociological, cultural or within a multidisciplinary framework.
NOTE This course is repeatable for credit under different topic titles.
NOTE Only offered at Bader College, UK.
An introduction to the theory and formation of cultural identity with some reference to cross-cultural issues.
NOTE Administered by the Department of Philosophy.
NOTE Also offered at Bader College, UK.
An examination of individual and group relations within and between culturally diverse societies. Topics include: relations among indigenous, immigrant and ethnocultural communities; acculturation and identity strategies; the role of prejudice, discrimination, dominance, emotions and values; intercultural communications and training; and modes of mutual accommodation (pluralism, internationalism and globalism).
NOTE Administered by the Department of Sociology.
NOTE Also offered at Bader College, UK.
This course will offer a unique opportunity to study a special topic in Modern European Studies. Topics will vary each term, and the course may not be offered every year.
NOTE Only offered at Bader College, UK.
A comparative discussion of the representation of a number of global cities in contemporary fiction, film, and scholarly criticism with a focus on race, gender, and sexuality. The course explores recent shifts in understanding of cities and of urban life and the widely varying narratives these shifts have engendered.
NOTE Administered by the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures.
A study of thematic and stylistic approaches to the representation of selected cultures and to the presentation and evocation of global issues in one or more of the fine, performing or media arts. Topics will vary each year.
NOTE This course is repeatable for credit under different topic titles.
NOTE Also offered at Bader College, UK.
A study of thematic and stylistic approaches to the representation of selected cultures and to the presentation and evocation of global issues in one or more of the fine, performing or media arts. Topics will vary each year.
NOTE This course is repeatable for credit under different topic titles.
NOTE Only offered at Bader College, UK.
The course explores international and transnational law and institutions and the ways familiar principles might apply to them. We will ask questions such as: What is the source of the authority and legitimacy of international norms? How should we think of the rule of law or procedural justice in an international context? Can international institutions be democratic? Is there a moral basis to state sovereignty?
NOTE Only offered at Bader College, UK.
Learning Hours: 116 (36 Lecture, 80 Private Study)