|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
1.00 Credits
Uses a historical perspective on issues of development to examine globalization and its impact on women¿s lives. Examines ways in which social constructions of gender plays a role in economic development. Appraises consequences of the internet revolution, new technologies, and the war for resources, particularly the impact of the material demand of microprocessor chips on war and manufacturing. Case studies of countries such as China, Korea, South Africa and Democratic Republic of Congo examine social policy, the influence of the International Women¿s Movement, and women¿s activism on their own behalf as they struggle to improve the economic conditions in which they live. Instructor: Mazumdar
-
1.00 Credits
An examination of ethnic conflict and discrimination in the United States, Africa, Europe, and Asia. Theories of ethnic identify formation, ethnic conflict, the role of ethnicity in politics, and the economics of discrimination. How ethnic conflict is likely to change in the next few decades. The impact of a freer trade environment and the increasing integration of the world economy on ethnic conflict. The effectiveness of international institutions like the United Nations and NATO in preventing the reoccurrence of tragedies like Rwanda. Instructor: Staff
-
1.00 Credits
Investigates major environmental issues facing tropical nations using concepts from the natural and physical sciences, the social sciences, and resource management. Topics include: climatic and biogeographical patterns, trends in human population size and demography, historical and contemporary issues in resource use and conservation, and sociological and ethical concerns regarding the source and distribution of economic wealth. (Given in Costa Rica.) Prerequisite: Biology 25 or equivalent. Instructor: Shelly
-
1.00 Credits
A cross-cultural study of how images and stories that are mass produced affect the world view, identities, and desires of their consumers. Independent ethnographic research on a phenomenon in mass culture required. Instructor: Allison
-
1.00 Credits
The development of the slave trade from the fifteenth century to its abolition in the nineteenth century; organization and mechanics, impact on Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Instructor: Gaspar
-
1.00 Credits
New approaches to history of the world from ca. 500 to 1500 CE. Examines the world before European hegemony. Topics may include nature of autonomous centers of production around the globe; characteristics of trade, empire, science, technology, and high culture across Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas; diffusion of inventions, ideas, cultures and religions through travel, trade, state and empire building. Readings and films explore diverse cosmopolitan worlds before the coming of modernity. Instructor: Staff
-
1.00 Credits
Overview of South African history from the mining revolution of the 1860s and 70s through the official demise of apartheid in 1994, along with a brief consideration of the challenges facing democratic South Africa. Close attention to the rise and fall of apartheid. Instructor: Shapiro
-
1.00 Credits
Dance as a reflection of historical and current cultural values. Introduction to some of the major forms of world dance (for example, classical dances of Europe, Asia and Africa, and American modern dance); how dance forms illuminate and define gender, personal and group identity, political and religious status, aesthetic values, and the intentions of the dance-makers; dance as an educative force, a facilitator of cultural acquisition, and a reflection of cultural change; the function of dance in various cultural settings; how to look at dance, to analyze movement, and to read the text of dance structure. Instructor: Dickinson or Shah
-
1.00 Credits
Ethico-political strengths and shortcomings of feminism across international borders. Philosophical, political, economic, filmic, and literary formulations of international feminism. Interdisciplinary and multimedia course. Topics include Marxist internationalism and feminism; disciplinary ethnocentrism; international human rights and women's rights; postcolonial feminism; labor, domesticity, and migration; and the idea of 'transnationalism'
-
1.00 Credits
Modern discourses of disease and infection. The transmutation of medical theory into a metaphorical discourse of social structure and individual identity. Cultural representations of modern epidemics, including AIDS and SARS. Instructor: Rojas
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2024 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|