Area 7: Critical Issues in a Global Context
3 credit hours (1 course) selected from approved CLE courses
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Goals for Area 7
Goals 1–4 apply to all courses in Area 7. The remaining goals are addressed to varying degrees, depending on the content
of the course.
- Examine an issue or a group of related issues whose influence on contemporary life extends beyond the boundaries of the United States and significantly involves other societies, cultures, and geographical locations;
- Develop an informed understanding of the context of the critical issues under study, including relevant historical, technological, cultural, and/or scientific factors;
- Learn how to interpret and evaluate controversial issues of the day from several distinctive and differing points of view, using appropriate information from varied sources;
- Relate contemporary events at home and abroad to the subject matter of the course;
- Gain an informed understanding of the crucial national and international role played by technology with respect to selected critical issues;
- Examine the root causes and influences of such dynamics as racism, ethnic prejudice, sexism, and other forms of social exclusion;
- Develop an understanding of the culture, the state of technological and economic development, and the values of a particular society or people outside the United States;
- Examine the role of ethical thinking and action in relation to issues in such areas as technological development, political policy, the environment, and social and economic patterns.
Current Course Offerings
All of the following courses are approved for the Curriculum for Liberal Education for Area 7. Indications are listed with each course if it is also an approved course for another area of the CLE. Area 7 courses may also fulfill requirements in majors, minors, or college curricula.
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Some of these courses are not offered every term. Check
the catalog and timetable for relevant offerings.
Africana Studies
- AFST 1814 Introduction to African Studies (also in Area 2)
(cross-listed with IDST 1814)
Agricultural and Applied Economics
- AAEC 2464 Religion and Science
(cross-listed with STS 2464 and REL 2464) - AAEC 3204 International Agricultural Development and Trade
(Pre: AAEC 1005, 1006) - AAEC 3314 Environmental Law
Aerospace Studies
- AS 4215 National Security Forces in Contemporary
American Society
Apparel, Housing and Resource Management
- AHRM 4604 Housing: Energy and the Environment
(Pre: AHRM 3604)
Biological Systems Engineering
- BSE 4394 Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing
Countries
Biology
- BIOL 2204 Plants and Civilization
Civil Engineering
- CEE 3104 Introduction to Environmental Engineering
(Pre: CHEM 1035, 1036, MATH 1205, PHYS 2175) - CEE 4554 Natural Disaster Mitigation and Recovery
(Pre: 3014, 3304, 3404, 3514, 3684)
Communication
- COMM 3204 Multicultural Communication
(cross-listed with HUM 3204)
Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences
- CSES 3444 World Crops and Cropping Systems
(Pre: junior standing)
Economics
- ECON 4124 Growth and Development
(Pre: ECON 2005, 2006) - ECON 4135 International Economics I
(Pre: ECON 2005, 2006) - ECON 4136 International Economics II
(Pre: ECON 3204)
Engineering
- ENGR 1814 Energy, Resource Development and the
Environment
English
- ENGL 1644 Intro. to World Literature (also in Area 2)
- ENGL 3534 Literature and Ecology (WI) (also in Area 2)
(Pre: ENGL 1106 or 1204H) - ENGL 3644 Postcolonial Cultural Studies (also in Area 2)
(Pre: ENGL 1106 or 1204H)
Entomology
- ENT 2004 Insects and Human Society
Environmental Science
- ENSC 3604 Fundamentals of Environmental Science
Finance
- FIN 4144 International Financial Management
(Pre: FIN 3104)
Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
- FIW 2114 Principles of Fisheries and Wildlife Mgmt.
(Pre: BIOL 1006 or 1106)
Forestry
- FOR 2784 World Forests and Forest Products
(Pre: sophomore standing; cross-listed with Wood 2784)
Foreign Languages
- RUS 2734 Russian Culture and Civilization (also in Area 2)
(cross-listed with HUM 2734)
Geography
- GEOG 1014 World Regions (also in Area 3)
- GEOG 2034 Geography of Global Conflict
- GEOG 2054 Introduction to World Politics (also in Area 3)
(cross-listed with IS 2054 and PSCI 2054) - GEOG 2134 Geography of Global Economy
- GEOG 3104 Environmental Problems, Population and
Development - GEOG 3254 Geography of East Asia
- GEOG 4074 Medical Geography
(Pre: 3 hours of Geography) - GEOG 4204 Geography of Resources
- GEOG 4764 International Development
(Pre: junior standing; cross-listed with SOC 4764 and UAP 4764)
Geosciences
- GEOS 1024 Resources Geology and the Environment (also in Area 4)
History
- HIST 1214 History of the Modern World
- HIST 1224 Introduction to Latin America (WI)
- HIST 2054 Engineering Cultures (also in Area 2)
(cross-listed with STS 2054)
- HIST 2124 Critical Issues in World History
- HIST 3184 History of US Foreign Relations
- HIST 3394 Europe Since World War II
- HIST 3554 Age of Globalization
- HIST 3654 The Arab-Israeli Dispute
Horticulture
- HORT 2184 Globalization and Horticulture
Hospitality and Tourism Management
- HTM 2454 Travel and Tourism Management
Human Development
- HD 2314 Human Sexuality
Humanities
- HUM 3204 Multicultural Communication
(cross-listed with COMM 3204) - HUM 2734 Intro. to Russian Culture and Civilization (also in Area 2)
(cross-listed with RUS 2734)
Industrial and Systems Engineering
- ISE 4304 Global Issues in Industrial Management
International Studies
- IS 2054 Introduction to World Politics (also in Area 3)
(cross-listed with PSCI 2054 and GEOG 2054) - IS 2064 The Global Economy and World Politics (also in Area 3)
(cross-listed with PSCI 2064)
Management
- MGT 4314 International Management
(Pre: ECON 2005-2006 and junior standing)
Marketing
- MKTG 4704 International Marketing
(Pre: MKTG 3104 and junior standing)
Mining and Minerals Engineering
- MINE 3074 History of Mining
(Pre: junior standing)
Naval Science
- MN 2104 Seapower and Maritime Affairs
Philosophy
- PHIL 2304 Global Ethics (also in Area 2)
Physics
- PHYS 2074 Highlights of Contemporary Physics
Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science
- PPWS 2004 Mysterious Mushrooms, Malicious Molds
- PPWS 2104 Domesticating the Gene
(Pre: BIOL 1005, 1105 or equivalent)
Political Science
- PSCI 1004 Nations and Nationalities (also in Area 3)
(cross-listed with SPIA 1004) - PSCI 1024 Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics (also in Area 3)
- PSCI 2054 Introduction to World Politics (also in Area 3)
(cross-listed with IS 2054 and GEOG 2054) - PSCI 2064 The Global Economy and World Politics (also in Area 3)
(cross-listed with IS 2064)
Religion
- REL 1024 Judaism, Christianity, Islam (also in Area 2)
- REL 2234 Women, Ethics, and Religion (also in Area 2)
(cross-listed with WS 2234) - REL 2464 Religion and Science
(cross-listed with AAEC 2464 and STS 2464)
School of Public and International Affairs
- SPIA 1004 Nations and Nationalities (also in Area 3)
(cross-listed with PSCI 1004)
Science and Technology in Society
- STS 2054 Engineering Cultures (also in Area 2)
(cross-listed with HIST 2054)
- STS 2464 Religion and Science
(cross-listed with AAEC 2464 and REL 2464)
Sociology
- SOC 3504 Population Trends and Issues
- SOC 4764 International Development
(Pre: junior standing; cross-listed with GEOG 4764 and UAP 4764)
Urban Affairs and Planning
- UAP 3344 Global Environmental Issues: Interdisciplinary
Perspectives - UAP 3894 World Poverty/Hunger in Urban Regional Context
- UAP 4214 Women, Environment and Development in Global
Perspective
(Pre: UAP 3344 or 3354, or 3000 Level Social Science, or Women’s Studies ) - UAP 4764 International Development
(Pre: junior standing; cross-listed with GEOG 4764 and SOC 4764)
Women’s Studies
- WS 3214 Global Feminisms (Pre: WS 2264)
Wood Science and Forest Products
- WOOD 2784 World Forests and Forest Products (cross- listed with FOR 2784)
(Pre: sophomore standing)