Global Studies Winter Term 2017, Jan 3^rd -27^th

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American Studies: 

AMST352 – American Culture in Global Perspective (Track I/III Elective)

Economics:          

ECON101 – Principles of Microeconomics (Gateway Course*);

ECON102 – Principles of Macroeconomics (Gateway Course*);

ECON311 – Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis (Track II/III Elective);

ECON482 – International Finance (Track II/III Elective)

Geography & Environmental Systems: 

GES102 – Intro to Human Geography (Gateway Course*)

Global Studies: 

GLBL483 – International Negotiation (Track III Elective)

History: 

HIST 381 – Japanese History through Film and Literature (Track II Elective)

Modern Languages, Linguistics & Intercultural Communication: 

MLL305 – Introduction to Intercultural Communication (Gateway Course/Track II/III Elective**)

Political Science:              

POLI280 – International Relations (Gateway Course*);

POLI482 – International Law (Track II/III Elective);

POLI483 – International Negotiation (Track I/II/III Elective)

* Gateway courses = core electives

** Students can take a given course to fulfill either a gateway or a track requirement but may not use the same course in both categories

2 Corinthians 4:15-17 - That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!”

The difference between faithful people and unfaithful people is unfaithful people give up at the first sign of difficulty. Faithful people keep on keeping on. I’m not that smart, but I do know one thing: It is always too soon to quit. God uses tough times to test our persistence.

When we started Saddleback, I preached the first sermon to one person: my wife. She thought it was too long. Thirty-one years later, she’s still saying my sermons are too long! I thought when we started a church we’d get a building quickly. We went 15 years without a building. In the first 13 years of this church, we used 79 different facilities. You know how many times I felt like giving up? Just every Monday morning! But I don’t know how to quit. And God said, “Rick, if I never give you a building, would you still serve me?” And I said, “Absolutely!”

Saddleback grew to more than 10,000 people before we built our first building. How would you like to set up and take down a church for 10,000 people every week? There’s not a lot of glory in that. It’s just hard work. God uses tough times to test our persistence.

If you’re going through tough times right now, then this verse is for you: “That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!”  God is more interested in what you’re becoming than what’s happening to you. He often allows trials, troubles, tribulations, and problems in your life to build diligence, determination, and character. Will you continue to serve God even when life stinks?

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up” - Galatians 6:9 NIV.
(From Rick Warren’s Daily Hope devotional.)

-AP

Brown Bag Lunch: Telecommuting

Thursday, October 27, 2016
The Commons: 331
Noon-1 p.m.

Join Kristin Waters, Undergraduate Admissions, and Rochelle Sanders, Human Resources as they present a brown bag lunch session on teleworking. Kristin recently completed her doctoral dissertation on teleworking, and will provide an overview of her recent research. She will also share current literature, tips, and trends of teleworking. Rochelle will review the current UMBC telework policy and information on its use. Come to this session to learn more about the policy and topic and to see if teleworking fits for you!

View event post and let us know you're coming: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/pss/events/43111

While the American Dream means different things to different people, a recognizable “good life” that communicates the American Dream often revolves around consumption: well-appointed homes, cars that signal status, the elaborate Promposals, weddings, and vacations shared on Facebook or Instagram.

Explore all this and more in AMST 352: American Culture in a Global Perspective, a comparative study into how and why United States culture impacts the world. This winter’s topic: Consumer Culture.

What are the relationships between America’s consumer culture and the rest of the world? What are the economic, environmental, labor, and health impacts of consumer culture for the people who make and/or consume everyday products like the food we eat, the clothing we wear, and the prescription drugs that keep us healthy? To what extent might the conditions of contemporary consumer culture foster a dehumanizing and ever-expanding “iron cage” that might enclose producers and consumers alike? This winter term, we’ll address all of these questions, sharpening our skills in speaking, writing, and critical thinking along the way.

AMST 352 is offered at UMBC’s Shady Grove campus, and fulfills the Arts and Humanities GEP and the Culture requirement for undergraduates.

Register Now!