POL 548 - Regional Conservation Planning

3 credits
Matriculated students must be a graduate student in good standing. Non matriculated students must possess an earned bachelor’s degree. Any exceptions require the permission of one of the following: the course instructor, the graduate program director or the Department Chair. Critical evaluation of the positive and negative impacts of globalization. The course examines the economic impacts of globalization, such as the transnationalization of production and markets, economic inequality between and within nations, and the impact of supra-national structural adjustment policies. The course also examines some of the social and policy impacts of globalization, including global terrorism, the global drug trade, political violence, sex trafficking, cultural homogenization, environmental deterioration, the spread of infectious diseases and other topics.