Courses Developed through CGS Support:
The following courses were developed with support of the Center and Center Faculty Associates.
1 ACE 398: International Business Immersion Program
Group discussion on a special topic in a field of study directly pertaining to subject matter in agricultural and consumer economics. Approved for both letter and S/U grading. May be repeated to 3 hours in a semester, up to a maximum of 12 total hours. Prerequisite: Junior standing and consent of instructor.
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2 HRE 590: GSE: Seminar for Advanced Students in Global Studies Education
Seminar open to persons who have been admitted for doctoral study in human resource education. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Approved for both letter and S/U grading.
Academic Outreach restrictions and assessments apply; see http://www.outreach.uiuc.edu; EPS Global Studies Program - restricted to GSE cohort. No class Memorial Day (May 26). Class will be held on Tuesday, May 27 as replacement.
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Meets 12-May-08 - 07-Jun-08.
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3 EPS 415: Information Technology Ethics
Course examines the ethical and policy issues raised by the use of new information and communication technologies in education. The course is interdisciplinary, drawing from social and historical as well as philosophical perspectives on these issues.
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4 IB 107: Global Warming, Biofuels, Food
Introduction for non-science majors to the biology and ecology underlying the likely impacts of global change on our society this century. Topics include: global warming, alternative biofuels, future food security, and conservation of biodiversity. For non-majors only.
Professor Leakey's Homepage
5 EPS 590 PII: School-Based Project in Internationalization
This course will give students an opportunity to pursue a project of their own, hopefully useful to their own school. The students will be encouraged to utilize some of the theoretical and practical ideas explored in the core courses to develop a policy on internationalization, or a set of workshop to promote internationalization, or a curriculum package in a disciplinary area, or indeed a study abroad or exchange program using technologies.
6 EPS 590 SAX: Study Abroad: Experience and Issues
This course will look at the potential of study abroad programs for internationalizing the curriculum. It will consider the benefits and pitfalls of study abroad programs and will develop a set of criteria for assessing their successful implementation. Additionally, the course will provide students an opportunity for going on a two to three week long study trip to a destination to be announced once negotiations have been completed. On this trip, students will participate in lectures and workshops and will visit schools and other educational institutions and may even seek to negotiate with local teachers a study abroad program for their own students. Although every effort will be made to secure funding for this option, GSE students should plan to meet much of the costs associated with this trip themselves. The students unable to participate or uninterested in this option will be offered an alternative on-line course, drawn from a list of courses on related topics offered by other departments, colleges or even universities abroad.
7 EPS 590 ADX: Identity and Culture in Transnational Contexts
The course considers the manner in which national cultures and identities are constructed and contested within the context of local and transnational forces. In particular, this entails an examination of a variety of vital factors including: nationally sanctioned and contested ideologies, the role of class formation, and grassroots efforts that challenge and reconfigure definitions of national identity through their activities and representations. In addition, the manner in which the media and information technology impact the formation of identities and cultures through the dynamics of globalization is explored. Key to this examination is the movements of both people (and capital) and how evolving processes of (im)migration challenge previous accepted notions of culture and identity, as variations of what were once considered coherent cultural belief systems and traditions are quickly emerging. Moreover, this course will consider cultures and identities in the context of unequal power relations and transnational mechanisms of exclusion and coercion at work in the construction of counter-identities and cultures of resistance around the world.
Instructor: Antonia Darder
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8 EPSY 590 XM: Learning and Pedagogy in a Global Context
This class will explore a fundamental problem in educational psychology and the study of learning, which is that many of the basic traditional tenets of the field become problematic from an enlightened global perspective. But there have been efforts by sociocultural scholars in recent years to address this problem. We'll explore a number of these issues: (1) the question of defining and assessing learning based on a normalizing model versus one that acknowledges and deals with diversity, and (2) classic assumptions about "formal" and "informal" knowledge and the roots of those distinctions in privileged and dominant discourses, and (3) difficulties of trying to study learning from the perspective of cultural comparison without essentializing culture and nationality and thus reducing those things to research variables. We'll also look at learning and teaching from the perspective of the classroom as a cultural and international contact zone, and the difficulty of defining and teaching to a bounded notion like "culture" in a modern world of multifaceted identities and communities.
Instructor: Cynthia Carter-Ching
9 EPS 590 XM: Technology, Globalization and Educational Reform
This course examines some of the key social, ethical, and policy dimensions of new technology use in schools, linking this discussion to the challenges and opportunities provided by globalization. Computers, the Internet, and other multimedia technologies introduce new challenges in thinking about the consequences of technology uses for the learning opportunities and outcomes of students. This course will explore such critical themes as access and equity issues, censorship, privacy, commercialization, new forms of literacy, online communication, and developing a "global community" through the Internet. It will also provide opportunities to investigate the ways in which schools are able to use technology to internationalize their curriculum.
Instructor: Nicholas Burbules
10 EPS 590cmc: Global Perspectives in Twenty-First Century Curriculum Studies
In this course we will centrally consider the impact and implications for modern curriculum theory and practice of the expanding economic, cultural and political networks of affiliation, association and interconnectivity across national borders around the world being generated apace in the new century. These practices and processes of interconnectivity have come to be collectively described by contemporary observers as "globalization." Dynamics associated with globalization as expressed in the intensification and movement of cultural and economic capital, mass migration, and the amplification and proliferation of images are now fully articulated to modern schooling and the social and cultural environments in which both school youth and educators now operate. This course focuses on the way globalization has precipitated the rearticulation and the reconfiguration of key terms that have served to make modern life and modern educational institutional processes and experiences intelligible to students, educational practitioners and researchers alike. These key terms that will be centrally addressed in the course are a) nation/state, b) culture, c) identity, d) economy, e) the organization of school knowledge.
Instructor: Cameron McCarthy
EPS 530z: Globalization and Educational Policy
This course is based on the assumption that it is no longer possible to interpret and analyze educational policies within their national contexts; and that global processes affect the ways in which educational policies are now developed. Surveying recent debates about globalization, the course shows how global institutions, such as transnational corporations, intergovernmental organizations, NGOs and the media affect the global circulations of educational policy ideas and ideologies. The course then examines, using case studies drawn from around the world, the extent to which the processes of globalization have created conditions of cultural homogeneity and global inequalities; and explores how such negative affects of globalization might be resisted.
Instructor: Fazal Rizvi
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12 SOC 562: Seminar in Transnational Studies
Intensive study of a selected area in transnational sociology, e.g., diasporas, global political economy, global environmental studies, transnational racial stratification, etc. May be repeated in the same or separate terms to a maximum of 8 hours as topics vary. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
13 SOC 367: Globalization Dynamics Debates
Study of the multidimensional character of globalization. Discussion of key processes of globalization and areas of consensus and controversy in the literature, including major current controversies such as are we headed for a global monoculture; what is the relationship between globalization and neoliberal capitalism; which trend is more significant, globalization or empire? Discussions on scenarios and policy options of global futures.
14 RLST 481: Muslim Ethics in the Global Age
Exploration of contemporary, often revisionist Muslim ideas on a broad range of ethical issues that face societies today, such as human rights, democracy, gender equality, just war, pluralism, and bioethics. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: Previous coursework on Islam or the Middle East.
15 PS 457: Democratic Governance in a Global Setting
Examination of the basic concepts and politics associated with the emergence of a global society. Students evaluate competing explanations for the emergence of this new politics and how and why the global society governs itself. It examines the strengths and weaknesses of the nation-state, markets, and democratization as responses, respectively, to the imperatives or order, welfare, and legitimacy in the governance of world's peoples and states. 3 Undergraduate hours. 4 Graduate hours. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
16 PS 180: Introduction to the Politics of Globalization
Introduction to the politics of globalization; identification of the principal actors, properties, and patterns of the politics of globalization that distinguish global politics from other forms of politics between and within groups, communities, states, and international organizations.
17 NPRE 480: Topics in Energy Security
Examines the interplay between security and supplies of energy and survival essentials such as food and water. Topics covered can include: coal, oil, uranium, and natural gas and the evolution of importance of various fuels in the Franco-Prussian, First and Second World Wars, in subsequent conflicts in Southwest and Central Asia and in Africa, and in military planning for possible future conflicts. Some offerings will focus on regional issues such as evolution of the concept of energy and food self-sufficiency in India, Bangladesh, and China; the impact of drought and international drainage basin accords; building and securing fossil fuel pipelines; oil in the South China Sea; and the interaction between nuclear power and military security in Pakistan, India, China, Japan, and Korea. Same as GLBL 480. May be repeated in separate terms to a maximum of 6 hours. Junior standing is required. Prerequisite: Composition I and Quantitative Reasoning I.
18 LIS 590: Advanced Problems: Global Perspectives in LIS
Variety of newly developed and special courses on selected problems in the four curriculum domains of Design and Evaluation of Information Systems and Services, Information Organization and Analysis, Management and Consulting for Information Systems and Services, and Access - People and Collections, offered as sections of LIS 590. May be repeated.
19 LAW 657: International Human Rights Law
Studies established and developing legal rules and procedures governing the protection of international human rights, including Marxist and Third World, as well as Western, conceptions of those rights. 3 professional hours. 4 graduate hours.
20 JOUR 470: International Reporting
Role of international news in daily lives. Examines those who report it and those who pioneered it. Students monitor how U.S. and international media cover selected countries and learn how to write international news.
21 ACE 411: Environment and Development (Relationship between economic development and environ sustainability)
Relationship between economic development and environmental sustainability through application of cost-benefit analysis and environmental economics. Developing and developed country issues are considered with an emphasis on hands-on applications of project appraisal, social benefit-cost analysis, green accounting, and non-market valuation. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: ECON 302 or equivalent.
22 ACE 592ic: International Business Immersion Program
Group instruction on a special topic under the direction of one or more members of the faculty. Approved for both letter and S/U grading. May be repeated in a semester to a maximum of 8 hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 24 total hours, if topics vary.
http://courses.uiuc.edu/cis/catalog/urbana/2007/Fall/ACE/592.html
23 ECON 103 GS: Macroeconomic Principles
Taught for the GSI Program. Introduction to the theory of determination of total or aggregate income, employment, output, price levels, and the role of money in the economy. Primary emphasis on monetary and fiscal policy, inflation, unemployment, economic growth, and international economics. Students with credit in ECON 101 may receive 1 hour of credit in ECON 103.
24 GEOG 106: Geographies of Globalization (GSI)
A survey of major world regions by systematically considering five themes: environment, population and settlement patterns, cultural coherence and diversity, geopolitical fragmentation and unity, and economic and social development. While examining the persistence of unique regions, the course will both scale up to global linkages and scale down to place-specific impacts of globalization processes. This course can be used to fulfill either Western or Nonwestern general education categories, but not both.
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25 GLBL 367: Mathematical Issues in National Security
Statistics is the art and science of collecting good data, organizing them efficiently, and making confident conclusions. We learn and practice the technical, personal and communicational skills for statistical consulting. This course is required for statistics majors.
26 HIST 100: Global History
This course will take the students on a long historical journey which starts from the present time and ends in the same place. The main purpose of this course is to explain how the worlds we live in came about. Special attention will be given to the plurality of the "worlds" we live in by emphasizing that the present time was not the inevitable outcome of the unfolding of a presumed progressive internal logic of history. Although we will examine earlier points in the emergence of an interconnected and interdependent world during the long 12th century, the main focus of the class will be on post-17th century and the emergence of a new global world. This course will also highlight struggles and contestations of emerging world-orders in each period, giving voice to historical actors whose presence in history are often neglected.
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27 HIST 396: Special Topics: History of Terrorism
Terrorism is one of the great challenges of our times. This lecture/discussion course will explore the phenomenon through the ages. Although most Americans see Terrorism as a new form of violence, it has a long history. We will examine different varieties of Terrorism, from strategies of terror used by states as part of warfare to suicide bombing perpetrated by Islamic extremists today. Students will be expected to be active participants in this learning experience. Every Friday will be devoted to a discussion of war and terrorism reported in the New York Times, as the class uses the past to interpret the present.
28 LIS 590 GI: Advanced Problems in LIS
Variety of newly developed and special courses on selected problems in the four curriculum domains of Design and Evaluation of Information Systems and Services, Information Organization and Analysis, Management and Consulting for Information Systems and Services, and Access - People and Collections, offered as sections of LIS 590. May be repeated.
http://courses.uiuc.edu/cis/catalog/urbana/2007/Fall/LIS/590.html
29 PHYS/GLBL 280: Nuclear Weapons and Arm Control
30 PS 282: Governing Globalization
Examines the historical, socio-economic, political, and moral dimensions associated with the rise of a global society and its governance. Prerequisite: Completion of campus Composition I general education requirement; completion of one course in a social science or consent of instructor.
http://courses.uiuc.edu/cis/catalog/urbana/2007/Fall/PS/282.html
31 RLST 494 (GU): Muslim Society and Ethics: Rethinking Tradition in the Global Age
http://courses.uiuc.edu/cis/catalog/urbana/2007/Fall/RLST/494.html
