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3.00 Credits
This course presents the history of modern China from 1860s to today. The course begins with China s forced opening to the West after the Opium Wars and concludes with China s transition at the start of the 21st Century. While emphasizing the chronological record of China s development, discussion also focuses on the changing images of China at home in the West over one and a half centuries. Reliance upon text material is accented by frequent use of film to bring these images and events to life. Prerequisite: 60+ hours
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This course explores the political, social and economic issues surrounding the global exploration, supply, and consumption of energy. The politics of energy examines the national, multinational, and transnational actors that compete for energy resources. The relationship between energy and security is investigated with special attention to the Middle East, China , India , and the United States. The social consequences of the search for and use of fossil fuels is examined, as well as the economics of fossil fuels, biomass, and renewal energy resources. Considerable attention will be granted to studies forecasting future supply and demand, as well as the cost benefit analysis of alternative energy sources. Prerequisite: 60+ hours
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This course examines the relationship between the globalization phenomena and issues related to gender treatment and equity. Primary emphasis will be granted to the effect of globalization on female labor. This topic will be explored in the context of socioeconomic development within and across developed and developing societies. .Major conceptual approaches to under stand development will be addressed and assessed through quantitative and qualitative analyses. Prerequisite: 60+ hours
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3.00 Credits
The expansion of globalization has not been limited to the flow of goods and investment. Ascending in importance and complexity has been that of the role of international migration in pursuit of labor markets. People struggle with their desire to obtain work and their ability to leave their national territory to seek such opportunities. States struggle with their desire to fill needed labor markets while also controlling their borders. This course offers an examination of the transformations in modern labor markets under globalization and the role played by immigrant workers in the context of these transformations. Primary concentration will be granted to analysis of the agricultural, industrial and service sectors. Prerequisite: 60+ hours
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3.00 Credits
Beginning with the customs and sources of international jurisprudence, this course introduces essential legal terminology and distinctions focusing on the lawful exercise of power of nations. Relevant topics include international organizations and methods of dispute resolution, especially armed conflict, human rights, global environmental law, and law of the sea, air, and space. Prerequisite: 60+ hours
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an extensive examination of the conceptualization and measurement of òdevelopmentó and òdemocracy.ó The course begins widiscussion and analysis of the extant model of development as it developed in Western Europe and North America. This model is then applied and tested in regions of the world outside of the core-industrialized states to ascertain its applicability historically and empirically. Prerequisite: 60+ hours
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3.00 Credits
This course exposes students to a focused look at security studies of peace and war, with application to understanding the source and nature of conflicts over time. State and systemic security is approached from a perspective broader than traditional conventional security by examining economic, health, and environmental challenges to states. Prerequisite: 60+ hours
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3.00 Credits
This seminar examines the challenges that the United States confronts in international affairs in the first decades of the twenty-first century; will analyze the foreign and national security policies the country pursues to meet these challenges; and will evaluate the strategies it deploys to implement those policies. The course will place these themes in their historical context. Among the subjects we will explore are: nature of power and the uses of diplomacy in the contemporary world; United States diplomatic, foreign policy, and national security traditions; the National Security Strategy of the United States; the utility of the concepts of sovereignty, hegemony, and the balance of power; the impact of globalization and anti-Americanism on U.S. policy and strategy; and the U.S. approach to failed states, transnational threats, democracy promotion, and conflict termination. Prerequisite: 60+ hours
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This course exposes students to the basic analytical skills and practical experiences needed to generally understand the rationale for and execution of international projects from identification to start of operations. It covers the general theories and practices used by multilateral and governmental organizations as well as large corporations to identify, justify, structure, negotiate and fund international projects. The course is designed to provide practical analytical skills to students who would like to develop careers in the international arena. Among the subjects this course will explore are: project development; project finance; risk identification and mitigation; international legal structuring and negotiations; and project viability analysis. Prerequisite: 60+ hours
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3.00 Credits
The study of global health requires the examination of predominant health issues and current health policy from the local to international perspectives and analysis. This course examines topics in health- and organization-related issues, including a current survey of global health problems, surveillance of diseases and injuries, basic methods for outbreak investigation, international health policies and treaties, and introduction to organizational theories relevant to global health. Prerequisite: 60+ hours
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