SOC 5 - Introduction to Global Studies

    Recent Professors
    AKIHIKO HIROSE, SARAH THOMPSON
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024
    Class Size
    44–46 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of SOC 5
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4G · IGETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area D7 · CSU GE Area D
    Description
    This course looks at the economic and political forces that have led to rapid changes in global interaction and culture over the past century, with special emphasis on the last twenty years. It explores the issues of nationalism, global citizenry, state violence, terrorism, the global economy, migration, the threatened environment, technology, and the role of multinational media industries on culture. Students who have completed, or are enrolled in, SOC 5 may not receive credit.
    Usually Held
    Tue 12:30pm–1:45pm, Tue Thu 11:00am–12:15pm