CAS 2100x Mapping the Future is a new College of Arts & Sciences interdisciplinary course with five modules on profound issues facing contemporary society.
Each module in the Spring 2017 course features a community event with speakers debating the core principles of an issue and students critically evaluating and analyzing diverse viewpoints.
Mapping The Future asks students to consider the kind of world they want to live in and then weigh challenges to and differing opinions about reaching their own vision of the the future. Using analytical debate and issue-based forecasting techniques, students will evaluate differing ideas presented on each topic and evaluate both the mode of discourse and merits of each idea to make informed projections about the future of society.
Students will explore:
- Environment and Energy with Dr. Paul Patton, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Food Studies
- Future of Food with Dr. Art Trese, Associate Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, and Dr. Theresa Moran, Assistant Professor & Food Studies Theme Director
- Mass Incarceration with Dr. Haley Duschinski, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Law, Justice & Culture and the Making & Breaking the Law theme
- Meanings of Addiction with Dr. Robin Muhammad, Professor and Chair of African American Studies
- Drones in Warfare with Dr. Nukhet Sandal, Assistant Professor of Political Studies and Director of the War and Peace Studies program and the War & Peace theme
The class is limited to 30 students and fulfills A&S distribution requirements for Social Science and Natural Science. Enrollment is by permission. Interested students should contact Theresa Moran, the instructor of record, morant@ohio.edu.
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