UCOR 3620 - Social Sciences and Global Challenges

5 credit hours
Courses in the social sciences that explore important global issues through the lens of the social sciences. Each course focuses on a particular issue/challenge and course content assists students in understanding key disciplinary knowledge and approaches that provide insight into the issue. Students explore ways to productively think about and address the issue. These courses help students increase their understanding of complex global issues, develop knowledge of a social science as it relates to a global issue, explore approaches to and solutions for global issues, develop skills and confidence in applying know ledge to complex issues, and improve writing and research skills. Global Challenges courses include students from a variety of disciplines, promoting interdisciplinary conversation and understanding. This course requires a major paper or project, as well as some kind of reflective assignment where students are asked to synthesize their overall learning as it relates to the global issue being studied. Community-based learning is encouraged but not required.

Prerequisite Course/s: 75 or more credits; and UCOR 1200 or MATH 1120 or MATH 1321 or MATH 1130 or MATH 1230 or MATH 1334 or MATH 1335 or MATH 1210 UCOR 1300; and UCOR 1610 or UCOR 1630 or UCOR 1640