Course

Globalisation as Human Experience - GLST1100

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

School: School of Social Sciences

Course Outline: School of Social Sciences

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Equivalent: INST1003, SOCA1006

CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

Subject Areas: Globalisation Studies
This course can also be studied in the following specialisation: Development Studies

Considers how the transnational flows of people, goods, culture and capital are changing the significance of locality and national societies in shaping social life. Examines questions of belonging by looking at migration, refugees and citizenship. Looks at the emergence of global culture through a study of the emergence of global and multicultural cities, new patterns of consumption for pleasure, and the role of media and communications in globalisation. Explores the issues of global governance and examines the cultural and political responses to globalisation in anti-globalisation movements, fundamentalism and economic strategies.

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