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Indigenous*Environmental*Movements*Professor!Vincent!Lyon/Callo,!Department)of)Anthropology!!

As! globalization! transforms! social,! economic! and! environmental!

relations!across!the!World,!spaces!for!new!forms!of!resistance!also!

develop! and! emerge! as! people! struggle! around! environmental!

justice,! impacts! of! climate! change,! environmental! health,! food!

security,! land! use,! environmental! contamination,! and! water!

security.!This!course!focuses!on!the!activism!of!indigenous!peoples!

in! communities! across! the! globe.! Students! will! be! exposed! to!

contemporary! theory! on! social! ecology,! intersectionality,!

community/sustainable!economies,!and!resistance!studies.!!

Immigration*Policy*Today*Professor!Susan!Pozo,!Department)of)Economics!!

The! intent! of! this! course! is! to! acquire! an! understanding! and!

appreciation! for! immigration! policy! and! the! manner! by! which!

economists! approach! this! important! policy! controversy.! Students!

will! attend! lectures! given! by! prominent! invited! speakers! to! the!

Werner! Sichel! Lecture! Series,! and! in! the!weeks! surrounding! each!

speaker,!meet!as!a!class!to!prepare!for!each!lecture,!learn!to!gather!

appropriate!data!on!the!topic!and!to!discuss!the!previous!speaker’s!

contributions.! In! addition,! the! course!will! provide! an! overview! of!

the!immigration!policy!both!historically!and!globally!with!exercises!

designed! to! develop! competency! with! respect! to! acquiring! and! interpreting!

data/statistics!on!immigration.!!

Elections*Across*the*Planet*Professor!Peter!W.!Wielhouwer,!Department)of)Political)Science!!

This!course!will! introduce!students! form!any!major!to!the!variety!of!

election! systems! found! in! countries! around! the!World,! emphasizing!

variations! in! cultural! values,! political! norms,! and! election! laws! that!

produce!different!election!outcomes.!The!2016!American!presidential!

elections! provide! an! ideal! context! by! which! we! can! discuss!

differences!between!the!United!States’!electoral!system!and! those!of!

other!nations.!In!addition!to!“old!democracies”,!such!as!the!USA!and!those!in!Western!

Europe,!students!will!pay!attention!to!nations!where!democracy!is!less!secure,!such!as!

Latin!America!and!post/Colonial!Africa,!and!new!–!and!emerging!–!democracies!in!the!

Middle!East!and!Asia.!!

CRN*46438*

CRN*46439*

CRN*46442*

College of Arts and Sciences Global Engagement Courses (A-S 3900)

Fall*2016*

Questions!can!be!directed!to!Dr.!Sherine!Obare!(sherine.obare@wmich.edu!)!and!Ms.!Kerrie!Jo!Harvey!(Kerrie.harvey@wmich.edu)!!

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College of Arts and Sciences Global Engagement Courses (A-S 3900)

Women&Leaders&in&Film&Professor!Priscilla!Lambert,!Department)of)Political)Science!This!course!examines!democratically!elected!women!presidents!and!prime!ministers!through!film!and!traditional!research.!!Students!will!meet!7!times!for!2!hours!during!the!semester!to!watch!films!and!documentaries!about!4!women! presidents! and! prime! ministers! from! around! the! world! and!covering!a!period!of!about!50!years! (Golda!Meir,!Margaret!Thatcher,!Ellen!Johnson!Sirleaf!and!Aung!San!Suu!Kyi,).We!will!examine!and!discuss!the!political! factors!that!contributed!to!their!rise!to!power!and!their!influence!on!politics!in!their!countries.!

Competing&for&Natural&Resources&&Professor!Joyashish!Thakurta,!Department)of)Geosciences!The!survival!and!progress!of!the!human!race!is!strongly!influenced!by!the!responsible! acquisition! of! natural! resources.! On! the! one! hand,! large!degrees! of! availability! of! mineral! and! energy! resources! have! created!powerful! empires,! and! on! the! other! hand,! many! civilizations! and!settlements!have!collapsed!over!the!scarcities!of!such!resources!caused!by!high! population! pressure,! climate! change! and! the! invasions! of! foreign!enemies.!This!novel!course!will!expose!students!to!the!occurrences!of!different!types!of!natural! resources! and! examine! the! historical! background,! economic! ramifications! and!scientific!principles!in!many!different!locations!around!the!world.!!

Global&Corporate&Ethics&&Professor!Laura!Hastings,!Global)and)International)Studies!This!course!explores!the!power!that! international!corporations!exert!in! developing! countries,! and! the! extent! to!which! their! activities! and!interactions! with! nation! states! and! workers! can! be! regulated! by!formal! global! regimes.! Through! informal! writing! responses! and! inQclass! activities,! students! will! think! critically! about! competing!perspectives! and! evaluate! the! ethical,! legal! and! political! impact! of!contemporary!multinational!corporate!behavior.!

Understanding&Translation&Globally&Professor!Jeffrey!Angles,!World)Languages)and)Literatures!This! course! is! designed! to! think! about! the! role! of! language! and!translation! within! our! modern,! globalizing! marketplace! of! ideas.! ! It!will! show! that! translation! has! played! such! a! critical! role! in! the!development!of!intellectual!history!that!any!discussion!of!globalization!and! the! spread! of! information! must! take! into! consideration! the!question!of!what!translation!is!and!how!it!is!done.!!The!principle!goal!of!this!course!is!to!teach!students!about!the!global!spread!of!ideas!and!the!critically!important!role!that!translation!plays!in!this!process.!!!

CRN:&46440&

CRN:&46437&

CRN:&46441&

CRN:&46450&

Fall&2016&

Questions!can!be!directed!to!Dr.!Sherine!Obare!(sherine.obare@wmich.edu)!and!Ms.!Kerrie!Jo!Harvey!(Kerrie.harvey@wmich.edu)!!