GEOG 1310 - Globalization and the Developing World

• Students will be able to explain primary terminology and concepts and describe how meanings of ¿globalization¿ and ¿the developing world¿ vary in multiple cultural contexts depending on the social identities of the investigators.
• Students will be able to compare the historical paths and complexity of values and practices that led different regions of the developing world to their respective positions in the world economy.
• Students will be able to illustrate relations between wealthier and poorer nations and explain how this understanding contributes to making them informed global citizens.
• Students will be able to demonstrate openness and understanding in verbal and non-verbal interactions with culturally different others.
• Students will be able to apply the logic and methods of social sciences to ask complex questions about contemporary geopolitical and environmental issues and analyze the impact of these issues on selected less developed countries.
• Students will be able to reflect on their own cultural rules and biases as participants in the global economy, and identify supportive actions that recognize the feelings of cultural groups occupying the global periphery.