Students will produce a report providing an analysis of the problem, the policy options available, and their action recommendations. Students will improve their ability to work in teams and hone their written and oral presentation skills.

Through global case studies in regions including Africa, the Middle East, the US, & Australia, course explores relationship betwn education & conflict: how education systems exacerbate conflict through curricula, inequalities such as access & knowledge gaps; how educ systems can alleviate poverty & other factors leading to armed conflict; how external factors (resource scarcity, global climate change,political instability) impact educ & conflict.

Leading teams in an outdoor space require a strong team foundation, good risk-management skills, learn to live outdoors, and develop a wide range of outdoor technical skills. An emphasis will be placed on reflection of field time and how content learned in class can apply to a variety of contexts. Learning to lead in outdoor spaces gives leaders tangible leadership practice and a flexible mindset to solve front-country problems.

In this immersive course, students will become a team of international political analysts for the semester. After selecting a specialization to pursue, students will learn how to collect and evaluate knowledge, interview experts, organize their ideas, and write and brief decisionmakers. This course will provide valuable experience for those interested in careers in international relations, foreign policy, public policy, media, or related fields.

The course analyzes our global cultural condition from a dual historical perspective and follows a development stretching over the last 60 years, beginning with the period just after WW II and continuing to the present day. Of central concern will be the varieties of cultural expression across regions of the world and their relation to a rapidly changing social history, drawing upon events that occur during the semester.

In this class students will learn to analyze claims about the material and social worlds through formulation and testing of new questions and hypotheses based on observation and experience.

This interdisciplinary course introduces students to critical global economic and cultural issues and examines globalization at a variety of scales of analysis (planetary, regional, national, individual). The goal is to provide understanding of the main conceptual approaches to global studies and thus enhance their ability to understand and evaluate important real-world issues and problems.

Effective facilitators are architects of engagement. Take part in practical facilitation, bridging theory, & real-world scenarios. Develop facilitation skills, clear communication, & strategies for effective group development. Emphasis placed on facilitation practice, allowing students to gain experience & insight from collective feedback.

Theories and cases studies concerning social, cultural and historical aspects of business, trade, finance, organizations, property systems, regulation and work. How are economic institutions and systems of exchange shaped by social and cultural contexts that they affect in turn? What alternative ways of organizing commerce are suggested by world comparative and historical study?

Provides an overview of the laws governing healthcare institutions and the ethical dilemmas facing healthcare managers and providers; reviews ethical principles utilized to examine health care issues. Evaluates the procedures followed by healthcare organizations in making legal and ethical decisions; addresses such contemporary issues as cloning, euthanasia, and organ donation. Prerequisite: Admission to BPHM or BIS program.