Review political, economic, ecological, cultural and technological news and trends from the world press. Sources of information will be BBC and The Guardian (UK), Der Spiegel (Germany), Le Monde Diplomatique (France), NHK World (Japan), Global Times (China), RIA Novosti (Russia), Defend Democracy Press (Greece), Cape Times (South Africa), The Australian (Australia) and The Santiago Times (Chile) and other publications. The basic objectives of this class are to learn more about events and trends in other countries/regions and to learn what the world thinks about our country. Topics will be oriented to the interests of class participants.
Course Code
505425