Description: (5 credits)
students explore the changing meaning of identity and citizenship in a globalizing world, while also understanding the impacts of globalization, both positive and negative, on people worldwide.
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Description: (5 credits) Living in a Globalizing World
Students will explore historical aspects of globalization as well as the effects of globalization on lands, cultures, human rights and quality of life. Students will explore the relationships among globalization, citizenship and identity.
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Description: (5 credits)
Students will explore the complexities of nationalism in Canadian and international contexts. They will study the origins of nationalism and the influence of nationalism on regional, international and global relations.
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Description: (5 credits)
Students will understand historical and contemporary understandings of nationalism in Canada and the world. They will explore the origins of nationalism as well as the impacts of nationalism on individuals and communities in Canada in other locations.
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Description: (5 credits)
Students will study the underlying structures, values and assumptions that make up major political and economic systems of the contemporary world. There are major emphases placed on the theories and practical applications of the different models. This is a diploma course where students will write a government exam for 50% of their mark.
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Description: (5 credits)
Students will acquire an understanding of major political and economic systems, global interaction of nations, how nations are self-interested and how international organizations have been evolving to promote cooperation, peace and humanitarianism. This is a diploma course where students will write a government exam for 50% of their mark.
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