Course description
Geopolitical Affairs introduces human, cultural, and political geography. Consideration of the world in various spatial contexts will demonstrate the geographical interdependence between people, places, and environments. Exploration of current global challenges and spatial linkages reveal the interconnections between people, culture, and place and demonstrate the local and global connections of action. Organized thematically, this course will focus on several key global connections of action: economic crisis, environmental decline, sustainability, food security, migration, population distribution, poverty, war, and urbanization.
Written Work: News Summaries:
Read, summarize, and evaluate three news articles from either the
The Economist, New York Times, Washington Post, or Time Magazine
featuring news from countries in
The Americas, Europe, or Russia.
This is a current event assignment and news articles should have a publication date no earlier than July 1, 2021
Each response must follow the following format:
Title of Article:
Date of Publication:
Summary of the article: (one paragraph) and your opinion (one paragraph)
.
1. Course description
Geopolitical Affairs introduces human, cultural, and political
geography. Consideration of the world in various spatial
contexts will demonstrate the geographical interdependence
between people, places, and environments. Exploration of
current global challenges and spatial linkages reveal the
interconnections between people, culture, and place and
demonstrate the local and global connections of action.
Organized thematically, this course will focus on several key
global connections of action: economic crisis, environmental
decline, sustainability, food security, migration, population
distribution, poverty, war, and urbanization.
Written Work: News Summaries:
Read, summarize, and evaluate three news articles from either
the
The Economist, New York Times, Washington Post, or Time
Magazine
featuring news from countries in
The Americas, Europe, or Russia.
This is a current event assignment and news articles should
have a publication date no earlier than July 1, 2021
Each response must follow the following format:
Title of Article:
Date of Publication:
Summary of the article: (one paragraph) and your opinion (one
paragraph)
