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Dec 21, 2024
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SS 457 - Current Affairs3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course is designed to encourage students to keep themselves informed about problems at the local, national, and international levels and to develop a critical attitude toward those problems. Discussions of stories in the news, both in magazines and newspapers, and on radio and television, will help to complement material in the text. Students are expected to express their ideas orally (through both individual classroom contributions and through formal panels), and in writing. (prereq: none)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Explain the causes and contexts of local, national, and international events
- Exhibit critical thinking regarding current affairs
- Develop and articulate informed opinions concerning current events and express them in verbal and written form
- Exhibit characteristics of a well-informed, alert citizen and professional
- Apply knowledge of technical matters into local, national and world communication systems
- Strive constantly to broaden knowledge in many fields with respect to the past, present and future
- Describe the forces that drive events in the international arena
Prerequisites by Topic
Course Topics
- Europe
- Commonwealth of Independent States
- The Middle East
- Asia
- Africa
- South America
- Mexico and Central America
- Canada
- United States
Coordinator
Dr. Michael Carriere
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