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SOCSC-20-Global Issues-L3-43745
This 100% ONLINE ASYNCHRONOUS LATE-START 12-WEEK course surveys ongoing issues that impact large numbers of people and are frequently transnational—cross political boundaries. Major issues include population trends, economic development and inequality, basic human needs (including access to food, water, and healthcare), human rights, international conflict and security concerns, and environmental problems. The class will follow the background to these issues as well as their current impact(s) around the world. We’ll study how and why global issues impact and shape our present and future. Specific emphasis is placed on students developing a broad understanding of global issues 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.
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SOCSC-19-Introduction to Global Studies-L1-23285
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.
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CS-20-Python Application Programming-M1L-22761
This is an introductory programming course intended to provide fundamental skills in creating and organizing maintainable Python programs. It enables people working primarily on non-computing domains (Natural Sciences, Linguistics, IT Operations) to use domain specific software libraries for exploratory computing, data analysis, and data visualization. Students will also gain exposure to tools commonly used to manage their development environment, share work products, and organize tools and libraries.