1 CTC 301 Cultural Diversity & Global Issues

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7 Objective  To have a better understanding of what “cultural diversity” means  To have a better understanding of important global issues (including large engineering projects)

8 Definitions  Diversity of different societies  Metric--# of languages  Different societies have different customs, religions, morals, clothes, interaction w/ others, etc.

Diversity-Other groups  Special groups (veterans, geriatrics, etc)  Disabilities  Other? 9

10 Valuing Diversity  Discussion

11 Global Issues Globalism versus global social issues

Final Paper Option  Read the IPPC 2014 Synthesis report:  Write a 5-page summary review on some subtopic of the report that is of interest to you and drop it off in the Angel folder.

13 Other Topics (for paper) 1. Ethics: cultural differences 2. Indigenous populations. Are there any left? What can we learn from them? (Not assigned) 3. Global Warming----(arguments for/against) (Not Assigned) 4. Nanotechnology (Not Assigned) 5. Dubai Promenade 6. Future Energy Sources 7. Sustainability (Not Assigned) 8. Global water issues (Not Assigned) 9. Three Gorges 10. High speed rail (China) 11. ADA requirements