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Course Description

World Affairs (POLS 866) is a three credit course that is part of the Temple general education curriculum. Its focus and learning goals overlap well with the existing framework of the program.  This course is designed to help students build critical thinking and communication skills, help develop ‘information literacy’ and promote curiosity and life-long learning. Students will understand the global processes that shape and link world societies, access and analyze information about the world, develop observations and reach tentative conclusions about global processes; interpret evidence and critically analyze information; and communicate /defend interpretations. The course begins with a brief introduction to major trends in world affairs, including the nature of war, trade, disease, international law, and the environment, and explores explanations of these trends from several disciplinary perspectives, ranging from the natural sciences to the social sciences and the humanities. It then builds on this conceptual work to explore the causes and consequences of inter-state war; emerging forms of global violence in the 21st century, including terrorism and civil wars; the origins of democracy and the prospects for democratization; the emergence of human rights and new norms on humanitarian intervention; the construction and operation of the global economy; the origins and effects of differences in wealth and poverty; variations in health around the world and the global combat against diseases; developments in the protection of the global commons; and the effects of globalization on national, local, and global cultures. In addition, instruction is provided to build students' professional, presentation, communication and soft skills.

World Affairs

Course Outline

Registration: 

Individuals will be registered administratively for this program; there is a limit of 25 registrations; students may choose to take this program as noncredit or as credit.

Schedule:

This course is six weeks long and meets meets twice a week (Tu. & Thur.)* for three hours. The course will run from June 27 – August 8, 2017.

Internship responsibilities outside of the course will run from mid-June to mid-August.   

Time: 1pm - 4pm

  • Tuesday, June 27, 2017
  • Thursday, June 29, 2017
  • Thursday, July 6, 2017
  • Tuesday, July 11, 2017
  • Thursday, July 13, 2017
  • Tuesday, July 18, 2017
  • Thursday, July 20
  • Tuesday, July 25
  • Wednesday, July 26, 2017
  • Thursday, July 27
  • Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017
  • Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017
  • Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017

(Due to no class on July 4th Holiday, the week of July 25 the class will meet Tu., Wed. and Thu.)

Learner Outcomes

 Students will have the opportunity to:

  • Learn from world affairs experts and guest speakers 
  • Develop critical thinking, presentation, public speaking, and debate skills 
  • Attend workshops on work and life skills, including phone etiquette, business correspondence, appropriate dress, and social media
  • Develop skills to critically analyze news stories; apply theory to understanding world events
  • Learn how to outline effective informative speech
  • Develop skills to critically analyze news stories; apply theory to understanding world events
  • Learn how to outline effective informative speech
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