How do goods/products get from producers to consumers? Global supply chains are involved in the global system of organizations, people, processes, and resources that transform raw materials into finished products. Additionally, these complex processes and networks are responsible for delivering finished products to consumers. In this course, we will first lay a foundation for understanding global supply chains, drawing from political science, economics, and management. Next, we will engage in critical analysis of the process and network with respect to issues that include human rights, gender, the environment, and labor standards. We will correspondingly examine the roles of actors such as governments, firms, consumers, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations involved in global supply chains. This course adopts the flipped classroom approach, requiring students to spend one class session a week preparing for active learning activities in the second class session of the week.

Prerequisite: HPSS-S101 for Undergraduate Students

Elective

How do goods/products get from producers to consumers? Global supply chains are involved in the global system of organizations, people, processes, and resources that transform raw materials into finished products. Additionally, these complex processes and networks are responsible for delivering finished products to consumers. In this course, we will first lay a foundation for understanding global supply chains, drawing from political science, economics, and management. Next, we will engage in critical analysis of the process and network with respect to issues that include human rights, gender, the environment, and labor standards. We will correspondingly examine the roles of actors such as governments, firms, consumers, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations involved in global supply chains. This course adopts the flipped classroom approach, requiring students to spend one class session a week preparing for active learning activities in the second class session of the week.

Prerequisite: HPSS-S101 for Undergraduate Students

Elective

You may register for this section if your EFS studio days are Tuesday/Thursday/Friday.

This course introduces students to critical analysis and writing in the social sciences. You will develop these skills through the study of international politics. A Eurocentric perspective dominates the approaches to studying international politics. However, in this course, we will explore international politics from the perspective of the Global South, that is, understanding international affairs from the experiences and perspectives of poorer and less powerful countries in the world. Students should come away from the course with important reading and writing skills that prepare them for upper-level liberal arts courses and a beginner's understanding of international affairs that can help them competently follow and participate in current affairs.

Transfer and upper-level students should register for one of the evening sections.

Major Requirement | BFA

You may register for this section if your EFS studio days are Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday.

This course introduces students to critical analysis and writing in the social sciences. You will develop these skills through the study of international politics. A Eurocentric perspective dominates the approaches to studying international politics. However, in this course, we will explore international politics from the perspective of the Global South, that is, understanding international affairs from the experiences and perspectives of poorer and less powerful countries in the world. Students should come away from the course with important reading and writing skills that prepare them for upper-level liberal arts courses and a beginner's understanding of international affairs that can help them competently follow and participate in current affairs.

Transfer and upper-level students should register for one of the evening sections.

Major Requirement | BFA