1. 1 CTC 301 Cultural Diversity & Global Issues

2. 2 Objective  To have a better understanding of what “cultural diversity” means  To have a better understanding of the important global issues

3. 3 Definitions  Diversity of different societies  Metric--# of languages  Different societies have different customs, religions, morals, clothes, interaction w/ others, etc.

4. 4 Valuing Diversity  Discussion

5. 5 Global Issues Globalism versus global social issues

6. Homework  None

7. 7 Topics (for presentations) 1. Ethics: cultural differences (Bikowicz/Thieme) 2. Indigenous populations. Are there any left? What can we learn from them? (Feeney/McNally) 3. Global Warming----(arguments for/against) (Gordon/Prine/Fane) 4. Nanotechnology (Hurkes/Norton) 5. Dubai Promenade (Civic/Rehukugler) 6. Future Energy Sources (Lyons/Ryan) 7. Sustainability (Dikar/Hiser) 8. Global water issues (Malone/Constabile) 9. Three Gorges Dam (Durgan/Froehlich) 10. High Speed Rail (China) (Jean-Pierre/Wormuth)