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INTL 199 Global Environmental Issues (4) June 22–July 17. Examines climate change, consumption, population, agricultural impact, deforestation, oceans, fossil fuels, alternative energy, mineral exploitation, water conflict, greening the economy, ecotourism. Hindery.
INTL 199 Introduction to International Issues (4) June 15–19. Survey of major political, economic, and cultural themes in international studies through in-class debates on key contemporary issues. Introduces students to the tools needed for later courses in international studies. Required for the major.
INTL 240 Perspectives on International Development (4) July 20–August 14. Introduction to major ideologies, theories, historical processes, and contemporary challenges in international development.
INTL 250 Value Systems in Cross-Cultural Perspective (4) June 22–July 17. Introduction to value systems of various cultures, focusing on how values relate to religion, forms of social organization, group affiliation, and patterns of conflict resolution. Extra fee. Carpenter.
INTL 260 Culture, Capitalism, and Globalization (4) July 20–August 14. Cultural and historical perspectives on the development of capitalism as a way of life and its relationship to contemporary global issues and imbalances. Wooten.
All 399 courses require consultation with instructor after class on final paper.
INTL 399 Development as Racism (1) July 25–26. Explores development as a disempowerment-producing machine designed mainly to assuage consciences and ensure dependency.
INTL 399 Global Human Rights (1) July 18–19. Are human rights universal? Do the same rights apply across time, regions, cultures, religions, and social groups? What are the origins of the concept of human rights? How are they currently deployed; by what actor; to what ends?
INTL 399 Global Sports and Politics (4) June 22–July 17. An interdisciplinary inquiry into amateur and professional sports and their intersection with power and politics. Integrates theory with contemporary and historical case studies. Mezahav.
INTL 399 Humanitarian Aid (1) June 27–28. Politics and ethics of giving; consequences of receiving in terms of sovereignty, growth, local development. Instruments and channels of collecting, transmitting, and distributing aid.
INTL 399 Nation Building/Nation Wrecking (1) June 20–21. Historical and contemporary examples of failed and successful nation-, community-, and state-building; links to democracy, capitalism, individualism, and development. Galvan.
INTL 399 The United States in the Eyes of the World (1) August 1–2. How does the rest of the world imagine the U.S? What images and function does the U.S. serve in the domestic politics of other regions, and in the international system? Tracks the image of the U.S. from Amerigo Vespucci to Barack Obama.
INTL 399 Smuggling in Global Perspective (4) June 22–July 17. Focuses on smuggling and the social implications of illegal global trade. Why are some trades legal and others not? Who are the winners and losers? What is the impact on issues of social justice locally and globally? Mezahav.
INTL 401 Research: [Topic] (1–12R)
INTL 403 Thesis (1–12R)
INTL 405 Reading and Conference: [Topic] (1–12R)
INTL 405 Reading and Conference: Development as Racism (1) Coreq: INTL 399 (Development as Racism).
INTL 405 Reading and Conference: Global Human Rights (1) Coreq: INTL 399 (Global Human Rights).
INTL 405 Humanitarian Aid (1) Coreq: INTL 399 (Humanitarian Aid).
INTL 405 Reading and Conference: Nation Building/Nation Wrecking (1) Coreq: INTL 399 (Nation Building/Nation Wrecking).
INTL 405 Reading and Conference: The United States in the Eyes of the World (1) Coreq: INTL 399 (The United States in the Eyes of the World).
INTL 406 Field Studies: [Topic] (1–12R)
INTL 407/507 Darfur Crisis: War and Governance (4) July 20–August 14. Historical underpinnings, myths, and realities of the crisis in Darfur, Sudan, as taught by a scholar from Darfur. Moussa.
INTL 407/507 Global Travel Issues (4) July 20–August 14. Is tourism a viable path to sustainable local development? Considers the ethical implications of travel, and the broader implications for sites visited. Ringer.
INTL 407/507 Indian Society through Film (4) June 15–19. Social issues explored through film—the ways in which Indian society and history are depicted, the depiction versus the historical reality, and the film industry’s effect on social orientations and values. Weiss.
INTL 407/507 Latin America through Film (4) June 15–19. Situates multimedia curriculum in historical and social context to analyze development and social challenges in Central and South America. Hindery.
INTL 407/507 Women’s Movements around the World (4) July 20–August 14. Explores women’s activism worldwide, especially outside the West. Culminates with prospects for the UN (and particularly the United Nations’ Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Woman) to empower women globally. Weiss.
INTL 409 Practicum: [Topic] (1–12R)
INTL 431/531 Cross-Cultural Communication (4) July 20–August 15. Focuses on skills and insights needed by professionals working in cross-cultural settings. Considers values, development, education, politics, and environment as central to cross-cultural understanding. Prereq: INTL 250.
INTL 503 Thesis (1–12R)
INTL 601 Research: [Topic] (1–12R)
INTL 605 Reading and Conference: [Topic] (1–12R)
INTL 606 Field Studies: [Topic] (1–12R)
INTL 609 Prcticum: [Topic] (1–12R)
ARB 101, 102, 103 First-Year Arabic (5,5,5) June 22–July 17; July 20–August 14; August 17–September 4. Introduction to Arabic with emphasis on speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension. Sequence. Self-support fee replaces tuition.
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