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  • INST 3050: Economic Geography

    3.00 Credits
    University of Wyoming

    Economic geography is the study of the location, distribution and spatial organization of economic activities across the globe; specifically how the economic realm is intertwined with other spheres of international social life. It explores the inherent logics and mechanisms of the capitalist system, and the social and spatial inequalities that result. Cross listed with GEOG 3050.Prerequisites: 6 hrs. of Social Sciences or International Studies.
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  • INST 3100: Chinese Society

    3.00 Credits
    University of Wyoming

    Reviews origins and consequences of Chinese revolution in comparative and cultural perspectives. Discusses influence of historical traditions and social structure on individual lives and behavioral patterns. Cross Listed with SOC 3100. Prerequisite: SOC 1000.
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  • INST 3200: Comp Pol Cultures

    3.00 Credits
    University of Wyoming

    Histories and experiences of various societies have shaped their values, norms, beliefs, expectations and attitudes. Explore how the beliefs, values and lifestyles of various societies shape peoples' views of their place in the politics of the state and of the state's place in their daily lives. Cross listed with POLS 3200. Prerequisites: POLS 1200, or POLS 1250, or permission of instructor.
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  • INST 3400: Politics of Turkey

    3.00 Credits
    University of Wyoming

    Examines the history of Turkey with an emphasis on its relationship with the Western world. Major topics include the Ottoman Empire; Ataturk and the founding of the Republic of Turkey; Turkey's role in the Cold War; Kurdish and other minority populations; the other minority populations; the changing Turkish political landscape; the evolution of Islamist politics; and recent relations with the United States and European Union. Prerequisites: junior standing and WA.
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  • INST 3420: Anth Global Issues

    3.00 Credits
    University of Wyoming

    Using anthropology's long-term holistic and comparative approaches, the course examines key global issues, e.g. Poverty, war, disease, environmental degradation, and terrorism from an anthropological perspective. Cross listed with ANTH 3420. Prerequisite: ANTH 1200.
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  • INST 3600: Technology Bytes

    3.00 Credits
    University of Wyoming

    Technology Bytes seeks to better understand the nature of digital technologies by examining the historical and global contexts of their emergence and by their impacts on the everyday lives of users across world regions. The course is interdisciplinary and uses a digital-free teaching methodology to gain greater perspective on the subject matter. Prerequisite: COM 2
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  • INST 3860: World Food, Ag, & Development

    3.00 Credits
    University of Wyoming

    Explores economic approaches to improving nutrition, agriculture production, and the environment in developing regions of the world. Students gain uinderstanding of complex conditions surrounding food security; institutions involved with food policy, aid, and production; environmental factors influencing agricultural production; inequality; and international cultural and societal food disparities.Cross listed with AGEC 3860. Prerequisite: AGEC/ECON 1010 or 1020.
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  • INST 3910: Global Sociology

    3.00 Credits
    University of Wyoming

    Global Sociology explores how humans shape and are shaped by globalization processes. Globalization creates inherent risks, such as increased inequality and violence, but also opportunities for greater democracy and a stronger global civil society. This course examines social, cultural, institutional, and economic factors and their effects on societies around the world. Cross listed with SOC 3910. Prerequisites: SOC 1000 or ANTH 1200 or INST 2350.
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  • INST 3933: African Philosophy

    3.00 Credits
    University of Wyoming

    Examines the work of philosophers of Africa, of African descent and others who deal with the African diaspora. Topics include the nature of African Philosophy and the African American struggle, African colonialism, philosophy, political philosophy and gender, traditional African thought. Prerequisite: A prior course in either African American and Diaspora Studies, Global and Area Studies, or Philosophy.
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  • INST 4013: Political Geography

    3.00 Credits
    University of Wyoming

    Geographic space mediates political action and is generated by it, and spatial forms are produced by governmental agencies that must respond or adapt to emerging patterns of political disruption and tendencies of social change. Students in this course learn to think about the relationship between politics and space at multiple scales and in global context. They also develop an inter-disciplinary approach to the sub-discipline of political geography in social and historical context, and, in that sense, develop a capacity to think and act as political geographers. Dual listed with INST 5013; cross listed with GEOG 4013/5013 and POLS 4013/5013. Prerequisites: 6 hours in social science, junior or senior standing.
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