Global Citizenship Cohort | Courses (2024/2025)

Co-ordinator: Dr. Kim Mair, Department of Sociology

Tentative schedule of first-year courses (the usual course load is 5 courses per semester).

The Individual and Society - SOCI 2600A: Kim Mair
why? In Individual and Society, you will learn about the role of symbols and rituals to understand the relationship between the self and society and the ways that we work together to arrive at, and change, shared understandings.
World History – HIST 1200A: Sheila McManus
why? You will learn about selected developments in world history, with an emphasis on continuity and change in the context of societies, politics, economies, cultures, religions, and war.
Global Citizenship Cohort Seminar - LBED 1150A: Kim Mair
why? This half-course, for GCC students only, will meet once a week to plan cohort activities, discuss connections across cohort courses, and hear guest speakers of interest to our theme.
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Knowledge and Liberal Education – LBED 1000A: B rendan Cummins
why? Liberal Education 1000 will help you develop skills such as critical thinking, numeracy, oral and written communication, and research. It’s more than just skills, though; this course will integrate ideas from all areas and help you see the connections and questions that influence these ideas.
Introduction to Human Geography - GEOG 1200A: Julie Young
why? GEOG 1200 will introduce you to ways of understanding the relationships between people and place, including how geographers read landscapes as texts as well as how mapping can both reveal and conceal stories.
Global Citizenship Cohort Seminar - LBED 2150A: Kim Mair
why? This half-course, for GCC students only, will meet once a week to plan cohort activities, discuss connections across cohort courses, and hear guest speakers of interest to our theme. You will also work on your cohort project in your second semester, giving you the chance to put your learning and connections to work.
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Co-ordinator: Dr. Ken Vos, Department of Physics & Astronomy

Tentative schedule of first-year courses (the usual course load is 5 courses per semester).

Knowledge and Liberal Education – LBED 1000: B rendan Cummins
why? Liberal Education 1000 will help you develop skills such as critical thinking, numeracy, oral and written communication, and research. It’s more than just skills, though; this course will integrate ideas from all areas and help you see the connections and questions that influence these ideas.
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Global Citizenship I - LBED 1150: Ken Vos
why? This half-course, for GCC students only, will meet once a week to plan cohort activities, discuss connections across cohort courses, and hear guest speakers of interest to our theme.
The Physics of Everyday Life - PHYS 2020: Ken Vos
why? The course investigates the connection between science and the world in which we live. Science, the environment and society all impact and influence the other two. Often in unforeseen ways. The connection and interplay between the three will be explored. A part of this study involves an exploration of the science behind objects, devices, and technologies upon which we all depend upon in our everyday lives.
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Fundamentals of Environmental Science - ENVS 2000: M atthew Bogard
why? An overview of the fundamentals of environmental science, with a focus on physical and living systems, processes and the ways in which humans depend on, interact with and affect these systems. Topics may include but are not limited to, current environmental concerns, such as human population growth; human changes to biogeochemical cycles; and institutional responses to resource use and pollution.
Introduction to Human Geography - GEOG 1200: Julie Young
why? Survey of human geography as a discipline, focusing on interrelationships among people, places and their environments. Topics include the changing geographies of population, economy, settlement patterns, resource use and environment, politics, gender, and culture.
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Global Citizenship II - LBED 2150: Ken Vos
why? This half-course, for GCC students only, will meet once a week to plan cohort activities, discuss connections across cohort courses, and hear guest speakers of interest to our theme. You will also work on your cohort project in your second semester, giving you the chance to put your learning and connections to work.
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