FALL 2022
L61 FYP 116 AMPERSAND: Geographies of Globalization & Development
This course provides an overview to the geographies of globalization and development in the world today. We begin by engaging with a variety of theoretical perspectives, definitions, and debates in order to establish the foundations upon which we can conceptualize and understand existing patterns of inequality, social injustice and environmental conflicts. In order to further highlight the different ways in which development and globalization interventions are experienced and contested, in the second half of the course we will focus our considerations towards specific contemporary issues at the forefront of globalization and development debates, including migration and refugees, urbanization, sustainable development, tourism, and alter-globalization social movements.
L61 FYP 1503 AMPERSAND: Workshop for the Global Citizenship Program
This yearlong workshop, which is restricted to and required of participants in the Global Citizenship Program (GCP), is a companion to the core GCP fall course. During the first semester, students will analyze their own identities and biases as a basis for learning about other identities, cultures, and worldviews. We will then explore the topics of solidarity, charity, agency, and empowerment in order to better understand how we can contribute to ethical and lasting change as global citizens. This work will prepare students for their second-semester Spring Break experience, as well as the community-based learning project in which they partner with a local organization to develop a project together.
Companion Course: You are strongly encouraged to enroll in a foreign language at your level of proficiency.
SPRING 2023
L61 FYP 117 AMPERSAND: Global Population on the Move: Language and Resettlement with Legal, Healthcare and Educational Systems
Today, the number of displaced people is at its highest: one out of every 113 people on Earth. In this course, we begin with an understanding of what it means to be a refugee, and we discuss readings that lead us to an understanding of the modern refugee as we contextualize the significance of such terms as 'refugee,' 'asylum,' 'sanctuary,' 'non-refoulement,' or 'forced displacement.' With this foundation, we move to the role that language plays with resettlement into society and examine factors in the legal, healthcare and educational systems. We examine global work done through the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and more, and we concentrate on the current state of refugees and New Americans in St. Louis and the USA. The course fosters critical thinking across academic disciplines, encourages practical implications of research on global citizenship, and includes guest lectures by local practitioners and other Washington University scholars.
L61 FYP 1503 AMPERSAND: Workshop for the Global Citizenship Program
This workshop, which is restricted to and required of participants in the Global Citizenship Program, is a continuation of the Fall L61 FYP1503 workshop. Using the skills we developed first semester, we will explore tangible ways to practice global citizenship and foster solidarity in the "real world" outside the classroom. Students will partner with a local organization to develop a collaborative community-based learning project. An optional trip during Spring Break will provide further opportunities for hands-on learning and interaction with organizations and people involved in the themes of the course.
