GIST 1100 Fall 2019

Language and Globalization

Mondays and Wednesdays, 12 to 12:50 pm.

8/28/2019 to 10/25/2019

This course will look at the role of language within our modern, globalizing marketplace of ideas. In this class, we will look at the role of language in identity and nation formation and will discuss the critical role that language has played throughout history, both as a unifying and dividing factor.

Jeffrey Angles Department of World Languages

and Literatures

1 credit special topics in global studies

War and Propaganda

Online course

Joyce Busch Global and International Studies

Anna Kietzerow Department of Philosophy

How has the media been used to influence public opinion? How has propaganda altered the worldview of a society in times of war? This course looks at the ways the media has been used to gain support before and during conflict in Europe, Asia, and Africa through the examples of World Wars I and II.

In the era of climate change, the nature of the Arctic is rapidly evolving, and the Arctic nations have myriad interests at stake. This course will explore Arctic security through regional and global perspectives and will explore concepts of hard security (i.e., militarization) and soft security (i.e., economic, environmental, human, and food).

Arctic Security Mondays and Wednesdays,

4 to 4:50 p.m. 8/28/2019 to 10/25/2019