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This course will explore critical themes in the area of sustainability, namely global and local perspectives, urban sustainability, indigenous views on sustainability and conservation.

This seminar offers an exploration of how epidemiology shapes community-based health interventions, particularly within the context of India. Students will analyze the disease burden and associated risk factors while evaluating public health strategies that address these challenges in the community.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the broader Arabian Peninsula region, leveraging heritage from traditional livelihoods like pastoral nomadism, pearl diving, and maritime trade, are strategically using modern energy resources to build knowledge-based economies.

The Baltic nations of Estonia and Latvia offer unique insights into both historical and contemporary East-West relations. After enduring a 50-year annexation by the Soviet Union, they have emerged as vibrant democracies recognized for their leadership in technological innovation and e-governance.

This course introduces you to how the field of global public health shaped and is shaped by South Africa, past and present. 

How are cities, towns and landscapes interconnected in the postcolonial present? How do histories of imperialism and colonialism leave imprints on landscapes, built environments and the connections between them?

At heart even though the central objective of the course is simply to introduce students to the study of African cities through an experientially meaningful way using the example of Accra as a case study, in reality the main interest is to expose students to something more subtle and complicated.

South Korea has become a global center of pop culture and art. In this seminar, students will learn about South Korea’s economic, social, and political transitions that enabled its meteoric rise from the devastation wreaked by the Korean War to its current place in the global content spotlight.

The unique focus of the Madrid Program combines linguistic and academic rigor, cultural immersion, and personal attention. The program introduces students to the richness and diversity of the Iberian Peninsula through first-hand theoretical and practical experiences.

This course will serve as an introduction to contemporary Morocco and its historical role as a crossroads of civilizations straddling three continents: Africa, Europe, and West Asia. 

This BOSP seminar will provide an in-depth exploration of neuro-ethical issues surrounding life and death in Japan and America. Participants will learn about the medical, ethical, cultural and legal dimensions of brain death and organ donation in two unique cultural contexts.

This Global Seminar in Shenzhen explores innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology commercialization in “China’s Silicon Valley.” Students will analyze how policy, culture, and markets shape Shenzhen’s entrepreneurial ecosystem through lectures, site visits, and team projects with local peers.