This 100% ONLINE ASYNCHRONOUS LATE-START 12-WEEK course surveys different structures of, factors in, and challenges to globalization from different academic perspectives. We’ll study the history of globalization, ongoing debates about globalization, and the influence of economics, geography, and other national and international factors in shaping global citizenship and our world. The class will survey these influences as well as their current impacts around the world in an effort to better understand globalization. Introduction to Global Studies seeks to understand how and why globalization impacts and shapes our present and future by understanding different aspects of and influences to globalization.

Specific emphasis is placed on students developing a broad understanding of globalization coupled with developing critical thinking and creative thinking skills and practices to become more informed citizens of the world and gain a deeper understanding of the world we live in today in order to, hopefully, positively influence the world in which we live in the future.