GLS 100 - Introduction to Global Studies

As the foundation course of the Global Studies program, this course is designed to provide a comprehensive survey of the multiple factors and forces shaping the world's political culture, actors, and responses to threats to civilization: war, poverty, injustice, pollution, hunger, disease, and disorder. The course explores values, institutions, and processes among countries, cultures, and civilizations and the linkages among cultures, governments, interests, and policy outcomes. 3 credits