Global Issues

Ukraine 101

Malgorzata Durygin

Mon. and Wed., 11:00A– 12:15P

This course will provide students with an opportunity to survey Ukraine, investigating basic issues related to the Ukrainian language and cultural heritage including art, music, literature, and cuisine, and its significant contributors. Ukraine with its past and its current fight for freedom and democracy, as well as the significance of Ukraine as the center of the struggle for international values globally, and the present and future of the rule of law, democracy, and security for the larger world, and, in turn, to develop an ability of multiple viewpoint analysis of the world and become motivated to act and collaborate locally and globally.

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You Crit Like a Girl: The Unique Role of Women in Gaming, Entertainment, and Media

Connie Viamonte

Tues., 1:00P- 2:15P (HYBRID)

This course will investigate gender through the lens of modern media and entertainment.

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Digital Fairytale

Maikel Right

Online

Digital Fairytale: Once Upon A Time, is a course dedicated to evaluating the disruption of the “Smart-phone Era” and the Internet of Things have had on our holistic living experience.

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Black Nightmares: Deconstructing Symbolism and Race in Horror Stories

Trina Sanders

Online

This course will explore the themes of racism meets horror stories. This course will use the dark fantasy horror television series “Lovecraft Country” to uncover blackness, queerness, fantasy, and the struggle against racism and imperialism.

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Third World Film: Africa

Elizabeth Hanly

Online

This QM approved fully online course will focus on African film.

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Music for the Soul: Rhythm, Resistance, and Revolution in American History

Trina Sanders

Online

This course will take you on a journey through the soundtrack of Black America, showing how music has always been more than art, rather the voice of power, pain, resistance, and revolution. From the fields of the South to the streets of Harlem, from Nina Simone to Kendrick Lamar, we’ll explore how Black music has shaped American identity and sparked social change.

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Innovation Nation: The Global Influence of Israeli Technology and Entrepreneurship

Andi Wolfer & Aaron Kaplowitz

Mon., 10:00A - 12:30P (BBC)

Israel has built a reputation as an entrepreneurial powerhouse that exports industry-disrupting technologies all over the world. Visitors to the “Start-Up Nation” marvel at the innovations that have emerged from a country that once made the desert bloom.

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Exploring Culture Through Music and Dance

Wendy Guess

Online

This course explores the transformative power to create, connect and master the understanding of our world through the lens of movement and music.

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Diplomacy Lab

Brian Fonseca

Thurs., 5:00P-7:30P (YEARLONG)

The U.S. Department of State's Diplomacy Lab at FIU's Honors College affords students the opportunity to explore real-world challenges identified by State Department officials.

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Graphic Voices

Gretchen Scharnagl

Tues., Thurs., 1:00PM - 2:15 PM

We will read and discuss graphic works ranging from the graphic novel, to outsider artist comics, and including coloring books, to discover the potential of this language to disseminate important stories and historic, social, psychological, artistic or scientific content.

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Corporate Diplomacy: The Role of Business in Promoting Peace and Sustainable Development

David Wernick

Every Other Wed., 11:00A-1:30P (Hybrid)

This course has been designed for students who intend to make an impact and make the world a better place using their own philanthropic resources.

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Thou Shalt Not Steal: Wage Theft & Moral Philosophy

Jeanette Smith

Thurs. 1:00P - 2:15P (Hybrid)

For many low-wage or part-time workers, wage theft is an inevitable aspect of their working lives. Wage theft includes not being paid for overtime, being paid less than the minimum wage, or not being paid at all.

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Philanthropy: Giving with Greater Impact

Fang Shu

Online

This is an online course designed for students who intend to accelerate an impact and make the world a better place, using their own philanthropic resources.

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Sustainable Development: Using A Harvard Business Simulation Approach

Hortensia Sampedro

Wed., 2:00P-3:15P (Online Live)

This course is suitable for Honors students from all disciplines interested in applying interdisciplinary, practical solutions to global problems. We will study practical approaches to the first nine (9) United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We will use Harvard Business Simulations to gain experiential learning.

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Global Environmental Health and You

Brenda Luna

Thurs., 11:00A-12:15P (Hybrid)

This course examines the relationships between human health and the environment. Students will explore the role of the natural and built environment and their impact on their health, as well as their local and global community’s health.

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