POSC 353 - Politics of the Global Economy

Units: 3
International trade and development assistance. Focus on GATT, the World Trade Organization, the G7 nations, and the International Monetary Fund. Problems of transnational corporations, labor standards, and migration. Global liberalism compared with collectivist economies. Ecological, participatory, regional and nationalist challenges.

Equivalent Quarter Course: POSC 3521.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

A basic understanding of the concepts, terminology, and issues of the discipline of international relations including a familiarity with participants and their respective roles in global policy systems, including nation-states, international governmental organizations (IGOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and social movements
An in depth understanding of international political economics including economic theories, national strategies, global trends, and the relation between economics and democracy
Knowledge of a range of economic problems facing states and international institutions such as currency exchange, financial transactions, industrial policy, welfare programs, economic development, development assistance, economic inequality
The ability to collect and analyze information about the concepts, organizations and topics of international political economy and to apply them to a research topic. Special focus on international organization and policy institute documents
The ability to write a medium length research paper including mastery of the writing process including thesis development, outlining, note-taking, information collection and analysis (including traditional and electronic data bases), and plagiarism avoidance
Demonstrate effective oral communication through regular discussion, research roundtables and individual project presentation (peer learning)
Establish personal academic skill goals for the course; relate course to career goals as appropriate.