SOC225 Global Issues
Students investigate problems associated with increased globalization and transnational processes. Topics vary and may include: gaps between wealthy and poor nations; economic realignments associated with neoliberal economic policies and transnational supply chains; violence in the forms of warfare, terrorism, and transnational crime; drug and human trafficking; the causes and effects of transnational migration; the future of indigenous cultures around the world; environmental issues, consumption, and resource scarcity; drug and human trafficking; and failed states, ethno-nationalism, and genocide. OFFERED AS NEEDED