Key Issue: To what extent should we embrace globalization? 

Related Issue 3 

To what extent does globalization contribute to sustainable prosperity for all people? 

General Outcome 

Students will assess economic, environmental and other contemporary impacts of globalization. 

Specific Outcomes 

Values and Attitudes Students will: 

3.1 recognize and appreciate multiple perspectives that exist with respect to the relationships among politics, economics, the environment and globalization (GC, ER, PADM) 

3.2 recognize and appreciate impacts of globalization on the interdependent relationships among people, the economy and the environment (GC, ER, PADM) 

Knowledge and Understanding 

Students will: 

3.3 explore understandings of contemporary economic globalization (GC, ER) 

3.4 examine the foundations of contemporary globalization (F. A. Hayek, Bretton Woods Conference, Milton Friedman) (TCC, PADM, ER) 

3.5 analyze factors contributing to the expansion of globalization since the Second World War (international agreements, international organizations, transnational corporations, media and transportation technologies) (TCC, GC, ER, PADM) 

3.6 analyze political and economic challenges and opportunities of globalization (trade liberalization, foreign investment, economic growth, privatization, outsourcing, knowledge economy) (ER, PADM, GC) 

3.7 explore multiple perspectives regarding the relationship among people, the land and globalization (spirituality, stewardship, sustainability, resource development) (LPP, CC, ER, GC) 

3.8 evaluate actions and policies associated with globalization that impact the environment (land and resource use, resource development agreements, environmental legislation) (LPP, ER, GC) 

3.9 analyze multiple perspectives on sustainability and prosperity in a globalizing world (ER, LPP, GC)