Zero Week • Weekends • 1st 4 weeks • 2nd 4 weeks • 3rd 4 weeks

Pre-Session Zero Week, June 15 to 19

INTL 199 Global Environmental Problems (4) MTWRF 900-1650. Examines climate change, consumption, population, agricultural impacts, deforestation, oceans, fossil fuels, alternative energy, mineral exploitation, water conflict, geening the economy, ecotourism. Satisfies Block A. Hindery

INTL 199 Introduction to International Issues (4) MTWRF 900-1650. Survey of major political, economic, and cultural themes in international studies through in-class debates on key contemporary issues. Introduces students to the tools needed for later courses in international studies. Required for the major. Wooten

INTL 407/507 Bollywood's Lens on Indian Society (4) MTWRF 1300-2050. Social issues explored through film-the ways in which Indian society and history are depicted, the depiction versus the historical reality, and the film industry's effect on social orientations and values. Weiss.

ASIA 399 Vietnam through Film (4) MTWR 900-1650. Films by Vietnamese filmmakers and films about Vietnam made elsewhere. Discussion emphasizes social issues and local societies, contextualization of the films with sociohistorical and cultural background information. Carpenter.

International Weekends
(1 or 2 credits: Sat 9-4, Sun 9-12 plus optional 1 credit INTL 405 supplement)

INTL 399 Nation Building/Nation Wrecking (2) June 20-21. Historical and contemporary examples of failed and successful nation, community, and state-building. Links to democracy, capitalism, individualism and development. Satisfies many Block B & C areas. Requires consultation with instructor after class on final paper. Galvan

INTL 399 Humanitarian Aid (2) June 27-28. Politics and ethics of giving, consequences of receiving in terms of sovereignty, growth, local development. Instruments and channels of collecting, transmitting and distributing aid. Satisfies many Block B & C areas. Requires consultation with instructor after class on final paper. Foltz

INTL 399 Global Human Rights (2) July 18-19. Are human rights universal? Do the same rights apply across time, regions, cultures, religions, and social groups? What are the origins of the concept of human rights and how are they currently deployed, by what actor, to what ends? Satisfies many Block B & C areas. Requires consultation with instructor after class on final paper. Hendrick

INTL 399 Development as Racism (2) July 25-26. Explores development as discourse in which constructs some regions as repositories of most useful skills, knowhow adn organization, others in need of training and help. Development is thus a disempowerment producing machine designed mainly to assuage consciences and ensure dependency. Satisfies many Block B & C areas. Requires consultation with instructor after class on final paper. Jones

INTL 407/507 (2) Latin America through Film August 1-2. Situates multimedia curriculum in historical and social context to analyze development and social challenges in Central and South America. Satisfies many Block B & C areas. Requires consultation with instructor after class on final paper. Hindery.

Session I: Weeks 1-4, June 22 to July 17

INTL 250 Value Systems in Cross-Cultural Perspective (4) MTWR 900-1050. Introduction to value systems of various cultures, focusing on how values relate to religion, forms of social organization, group affiliation, and patterns of conflict resolution. Carpenter.

INTL 399 Smuggling in Global Perspective (4) MTWRF 1200-1350. Focuses on smuggling and the social implications of illegal global trade. Why are some trades legal and others not? Who are the winners and losers? What is the impact on issues of social justice locally and globally?

INTL 420/520 International Community Development (4) MTWR 1400-1550. Introduction to grass-roots development practices. Comparison across North-South divide of efforts to alleviate poverty, promote sustainability, and ensure mobilization and cohesion. Hindery.

INTL 399 Global Sports and Politics (4) MTWRF 1600-1750. An interdisciplinary inquiry into amateur and professional sports and their intersection with power and politics. Integrates theory with contemporary and historical case studies.

Session II: Weeks 4-8, July 20 to August 14

INTL 240 Perspectives on International Development (4) MTWRF 1000-1150. Introduction to major ideologies, theories, historical processes, and contemporary challenges in international development. Sharp

INTL 431/531 Cross-Cultural Communication (4) MTWR 1200-1350. Focuses on skills and insights needed by professionals working in cross-cultural settings. Considers values, development, education, politics, and environment as central to cross-cultural understanding. Prereq: INTL 250. Hendrick

INTL 260 Culture, Capitalism, and Globalization (4) MTWRF 1400-1550. Cultural and historical perspectives on the development of capitalism as a way of life and its relationship to contemporary global issues and imbalances. Wooten.

INTL 421/521 Gender and International Development (4) TR 1600-2020. Analysis of the changing roles, opportunities, and expectations of third-world women as their societies undergo social upheavals associated with the problematic effects of development. Weiss.

INTL 407/507 Global Travel Issues (4) MTWR 1800-2020. Is tourism a viable path to sustainable local development? Participants will consider ethical implications of the travel and broader implications for sites visited. Ringer.

Session III: Weeks 9-12, August 17 to September 11

INTL 407/507 Darfur Crisis: War & Governance (4) MTWRF 1000-1150. Historical underpinnings, myths, and realities of the crisis in Darfur, Sudan. Satisfies many Block B & C areas.