Colorado State University Global Challenge Semester
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Coursework
Global Studies
3 Credits
Global Studies examines how people's experiences are interconnected across countries and cultures, drawing from various fields to understand the world's major forces. The course aims to contribute to a better world by focusing on discovering different countries, understanding global citizenship, and delving into science, history, economics, current events, and cultural understanding, with a central theme of sustainable development. Our journey encompasses the CSU Mountain Campus in Colorado, Costa Rica, Panama, and the CSU Mexico Campus, where we'll explore diverse cultures, their unique challenges, and collaborative solutions for a better future.
Thinking Towards a Thriving Planet: Creative Nature
3 Credits
This course acknowledges our role as co-creators in a holistic planetary ecosystem and our desire to collaborate with the natural world for a sustainable future. By examining art, literature, and language from Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, and the United States, we'll seek insights into the interaction of environments and cultures to reimagine our planetary future.
Latin America: Create Your Story
3 Credits
This course delves into personal narratives to help you reflect on the origin and evolution of your values, goals, and identities during your studies abroad, and their influence on your academic and personal decisions. We'll examine personal narratives from diverse cultures, creative nonfiction, memoirs, visual, and oral forms to help you understand how your story aligns with university programs and more.
Sustainable Development and the Circular Economy
3 Credits
This course introduces case examples, a robust framework, and implementation principles around the circular economy concept, emphasizing optimizing processes and systems as a whole rather than individual components. The shift to a circular economy is a significant challenge for a more sustainable society. One that demands an interdisciplinary approach that combines social, technical, managerial, and environmental perspectives.