SemesterFall Semester, 2025
DepartmentFreshman Class of BA in Global Governance
Course NameIntroduction to Global Studies
InstructorCHIANG SHUN-NAN
Credit3.0
Course TypeRequired
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

Schedule of Classes        



 









































































































Week

Topic

Assigned Reading

#1



9/3

Course introduction & Why are we gathering here?

N/A

Part I: Global Governance

#2



9/10

Current regime: post WWII order - Brenden wood regime - currency & global trade

Trump’s Tariff War and the Crisis of the Post-Bretton Woods Order: An Interview with Paulo L. dos Santos



https://movimentorevista.com.br/2025/04/trumps-tariff-war-and-the-crisis-of-the-post-bretton-woods-order-an-interview-with-paulo-l-dos-santos/



#3



9/17

Multi-polar world: a historical perspective

Chapter 1 in The origins of the modern world

#4



9/24

Local & global

TBD

#5



10/1

Panel discussion & round table

N/A

Part II: Environmental Sustainability

#6



10/8

industrialization as the opening of the new environment era

TBD

#7



10/15

the old & new debates of the population crisis

Chapter 1 in Population And Environment: Rethinking The Debate

#8



10/22

Global environment governance & activism

Chapter 1 in The New Climate Activism: NGO Authority and Participation in Climate Change Governance

#9



10/29

Panel discussion & round table

N/A

Part III: Technology for/by Global Development



#10



11/5

economic growth & technology development

TBD

#11



11/12

grand challenge & the urgency of solutions

TBD

#12



11/19

Techno-geopolitics

Chapter 1 in Techno-Geopolitics: U.S.-China Tech War and the Practice of Digital Statecraft

#13



11/26

Panel discussion & round table

N/A

Part IV: Special topic

#14



12/3

Special topic: De-construction of Sustainable Development Goals

N/A

#15



12/10

Special topic: Navigating AI dilemma

N/A

#16



12/17

“Me/Us __ the World” exhibit (open to public)


 


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

TBD


Requirement/Grading

Evaluation                                                                                                                              




  • Accumulative



There are five types of assignments you will finish during the course. As you can see, there is NO mid-term or final exam. All the grades are accumulative. This means you will accumulate your grades with each task you accomplish. But this also means you need to spend an equal amount of time on the course each week, and you will NOT have the chance to “cram” all the coursework at the end of the semester.



 




  1. Grade Calculation



 
















































(1) Weekly Memo

27%

9 readings, 3% each

the end of every Monday

(2) Participation

26%

13 times, 2% each

N/A

(3) Round-Table Project

30%

 

 

(4) The World this Week curation

5%

once

N/A

(5) “Me __ the World” exhibit

10%

 

 

(6) Study Journal

6%

 

 

Total

104%

 


 


Textbook & Reference

There is no textbook for this course. We will read a chapter from one book or a piece of journal article each week.


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