POSC 350 - World Problems and Global Response

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D
International conflict, terrorism, human/women’s rights, economic development, pandemics, and/or environmental protection. Analysis of key actors (United Nations, specialized agencies, national governments, non-governmental organizations) and policy alternatives. One or more themes per semester.

Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area D1-2 requirements.
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-D - Upper Division Social Sciences
Course Typically Offered: Spring ONLY

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Demonstrate an understanding of the international public policy process, global governance issues and leading conceptual frameworks: regime theory, realism, functionalism, liberalism, Marxism.
Become familiar with participants and their respective roles in global policy systems, including nation-states, international governmental organizations (IGOs) and non-state actors including non-governmental organizations (NGOs), corporations, and social movements.
Develop in-depth knowledge of a selected world problem or of a combination of problems, such as international drug trade, transnational crime, terrorism, nuclear weapons, refugees, humanitarian assistance, food security, world health, nation-building, and climate change.
Improve ability to collect and analyze information about the concepts, organizations and topics of international relations and to apply them to the selected policy area. Special focus on international organization and policy institute documents.
Articulate well-researched and substantiated assessments about the future of the policy area, namely responses in global governance.

UD-D. Upper-division Social Sciences Learning Outcomes

analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.