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Culture, Globalization, & the Environment

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
TuTh 11a.m. – 12:15p.m.
Wheatley W01-0042 3 $1984 (guest students)
Date
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
Time
TuTh 11a.m. – 12:15p.m.
Location
Wheatley W01-0042
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$1984 (guest students)

Description

This course will focus on the interrelation between globalization and the environment in a cross cultural perspective. It will examine the rise of globalization from its colonial antecedents to the modern global era and its multiple effects on local populations and their environment. Topics include environmental institutions, global discourses of environmentalism, environmental movements., media, climate change, and finally, understanding the complex and dynamic nature of engagements between `the local' and `the global'.

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