Glbl 350A: Serving the Global Community
Professor: Tom Shaw
Term: Fall 2011
Location: Stevenson 3036
Time: Mondays 6-6:50pm
Objectives
The primary goal of this course is to sensitize students to the value of human service. One assumes that to be globally competent means (in part) having an interest in being of service to others, locally as well as globally. In this course, we will explore
the value of service in a globally interconnected world.
The importance of community service (at least for this course) derives
not from religious sentiments, but from knowledge, understanding and awareness
of how other people around the world live, and of the challenges and conditions
they face in life. In concert with the goals of a global studies curriculum,
this course aims to highlight the basic struggle for survival that characterizes
the plight of not only poor and oppressed "others," but in an
existential sense also describes our own lives. Our aim will be to clarify
and shape values that motivate service to others and an interest (academic
or otherwise) in improving the lives of people around the globe.
Requirements to pass the course:
1. Attendance. Only 1 absence is permitted.
2. Participation. Regularly participate in class discussions.
3. Reading. Done before coming to class.
Required reading: all linked to this document
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