INST 3210-01
US - Latin American Relations
T/Th 3:45-5:50pm
Dr Andolina
Theoretical insights from political science and human geography including historical and ideational perspectives. Themes include sovereignty and intervention, inter-American organizations, trade and development, trans-American migration, and drug trafficking. Cross-listed with PLSC 3640.
ARAB 3910-01
Arabic Language and Culture in Morocco
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Professor Moujtahid
In the Spring Quarter, students will enroll in the pre-departure course, Arabic 3910. Arabic 3910 is an intensive Orientation Course; this course focuses on diverse experiences that increase cultural awareness. All of these historical sites and experiences will be presented to students in media form during classroom course study. In previous Arabic Languages course work, students will have also completed group projects related to these historical cities that will then be seen firsthand.
In Summer Quarter, students will travel to Morocco.
Students will continue their Arabic language studies for 3 weeks in Morocco. They will take intensive courses on Modern Standard Arabic, culture, and society from their SU professor as well as faculty at the University Mohammed V, in Rabat. Arabic 3910 course continues in Morocco where students will be provided with numerous opportunities to interact with and learn from native Moroccans daily during their study.
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UCOR 3600/PUBA 3910-02
Urban (Re) Development and the Contemporary German Experience
M/W/F 10:55-12:20
Dr Woods
If your city was devastated in a natural or extraordinary event and required you to totally rebuild, what decisions would you make? Would you recreate what was previously there out of a sense of history and nostalgia? Would you build something dramatically different to accommodate the lessons we have learned about segregation, inequality, and accessibility? For whom would you rebuild? This learning abroad course will unpack those questions with a hands-on exploration of urban change in Germany. We will take a 15 day journey together, traversing one of the most historically fascinating countries by plane, train, bus, subway, and on foot. We will spend 5 days in each city, beginning with Berlin in the Northeast, then traveling by train to Hamburg in the North, and finally Köln in the Midwest..
UCOR 1600-03, Perspectives on Im/migration
T/Th 1:30-3:35
Dr Hudgins
Should we not have reason to value the same rights in all places? This interdisciplinary course explores contemporary international migration, a natural phenomenon restricted by the sovereign control of borders by nation-states. An historic preference for national security over human security – privileging the security of the state over the individual – places migrants’ human rights in jeopardy in the face of myriad drivers such as war, conflict, poverty, structural violence, etc. We will explore im/migration contexts, challenges, and consequences using multidisciplinary social scientific analyses and other fields of knowledge. The course will include a five-week Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) experience with students from Universidad Iberoamericana, a Jesuit university in Puebla, Mexico. Spanish language capacity is desirable but not required.
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UCOR 3600-03
Online Asynchronous
Dr Zhang
As the world’s two most powerful and important players, the U.S. and the People’s Republic of China hold the key to collectively solving many of the global challenges we face in the 21st century. This course explores this most important and complex strategic relationship through an examination of the basic dynamics of strategic thinking and policy‐making in the U.S. and China and a theory‐informed analysis of key contemporary issues in the bilateral relations, including security, arms control, trade, human rights, energy, and the environment, from a variety of perspectives of International Relations and Foreign Policy Analysis. No prior background on China, U.S. foreign policy, or International Relations is assumed or required.
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