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Courses - Fall 2025
HNUH
University Honors
HNUH100
Credits: 1
Grad Meth: Reg
First-semester orientation and exploration seminar required of all UH students.
Restricted to first-semester UH students.
HNUH218C
Globalizing the American Revolution
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
GenEd: DSHS, SCIS
Cross-listed with: HIST223.
Credit only granted for: HNUH218C or HIST223.
How is the American Revolution a creation story in the making of our multi-cultural and interconnected modern world? Consider the Declaration of Independence. When first published on July 5, 1776, it was printed by an immigrant Irishman on Dutch paper that had been brought over from England. This was the first such declaration of independence ever issued, but its ideas and forms traveled far and wide. More than 100 other declarations of independence have been issued since then. The people that declaration mobilized are similarly diverse: the American Revolution is as much the story of Creek farmers, Spanish soldiers, French slaves, Canadian fugitives, Indian tea-growers, and African statesmen as it is of the Minutemen and Sons of Liberty. In this globe-trotting class, students will be positioned to debate how the familiar story of the American Revolution changes when we place it in transnational context.
HNUH218C is the required Big Question course in the Butterfly Effects thematic cluster. Butterfly Effects courses will be offered through Spring 2026.
HNUH218R
Stealing from the Poor, Giving to the Rich: The Political Economy of Global Capitalism
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F
GenEd: DSHS, DVUP
Street names and museum exhibits are being renamed in Europe to erase the ghosts of their colonial history. Yet, this speaks of the colonial "era" as the past, when in fact it is very much our present. The economic principle driving colonialism--capitalism--encouraged an insatiable appetite for territorial acquisition, human bondage, and destruction that stole wealth, life, and joy from racialized "others" to fuel European development. We maintain and further these thefts, oppressions, and exploitations through our purchasing habits and justify them through cultural ideas and ignorance. What would it mean to undo these oppressions? What must we understand to begin this process? This course surveys colonial capitalism and its legacies in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa to explore how history informs the present robbing of the Global South for the Global North's development, as well as pathways towards resistance and reconciliation.
HNUH228C
The Fiction of Fact: Race, Science and Storytelling
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
GenEd: DSHU, SCIS
What is a fact? Science is often viewed as an unbiased, fact-based, analytical discipline. However, throughout history, science has sometimes been the most potent weapon for creating and supporting political fictions and social hierarchies. Not unlike the discipline of the humanities, the sciences practice interpretation: scientists observe behaviors, of subject or objects, and necessarily provide an interpretation of the data. But it is the recourse to the "real" that has made science so powerful in underwriting cultural constructs. Whether we observe how science is manipulated in the public sphere, or how it is practiced for good or ill, it has been used to naturalize hierarchies of race, class or gender. Through a range of materials--fiction, film, visual arts, scientific articles, public humanities and political theses - this course will explore one of the most potent cases of this phenomenon of "scientific" storytelling: the case of race.
HNUH228O
Liquid Crystals: the Secret of Life
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
From Superman's Kryptonite to the Star Trek crew spending a lifetime traversing the universe, evidence of space travel has occupied science fiction for ages. Now, we are in a new era: real life is catching up with fiction. Nations have sent extended missions to the Moon and Mars, and recently the OSIRIS-Rex brought rocks and dust from the asteroid 101955 Bennu down to Earth. To understand how real life can catch up with fiction (or cannot), we look at liquid crystals, the substances that are the secret of life itself. Liquid crystals are all around and in us. They are the material used in the displays that surround us - telephones, t.v.s, and computers - and the molecules that make life possible. In short, they are essential to us and to everything else that lives. Through a study of liquid crystals and their phases, students will learn the tools to address such pressing concerns as why extremes of temperature and pressure affect life the way they do, and what we can do about it.
HNUH228R
The Picture of Health and Illness: Modern Medicine in Illustration
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
From prehistoric carvings, through King Tut's burial mask and Michelangelo's David, to the Lincoln Memorial and Body Worlds, images have long been used to communicate what people can and should be. After the "Scientific Revolution" in Europe, when identity was increasingly tied to biology, medical illustrations communicated theories of the ideal body and how it should, and should not, look. Doctors working in the midst of scientific revolution unequivocally tied health to race, gender, and sexuality by enlisting engravers, photographers, and printers to depict the healthy body as a European man and all others as weak, flawed, or ill. This course takes up questions about science, illustration, and identity. Can science tell us who we really are? Do pictures reveal the truth about our bodies? In this class, students will develop their own theory of how science continues to shape who we think we can be and how we might resist those limitations.
HNUH229T
Climate in Crisis: Socio-Environmental Sustainability
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
GenEd: DSNS
What does it mean to achieve sustainability and how does use of a socio-environmental lens help move the world in that direction? In this, the theory component of the Climate in Crisis track, students will develop an understanding of socio-environmental systems, what they have in common with other complex adaptive systems and the approaches used to study them. With a focus on why a socio-environmental systems approach can help illuminate the environmental, socio-cultural, economic, and intersectional dimensions of sustainability, we will explore what different disciplines bring to this complex topic and use qualitative and quantitative approaches to grapple with problems of sustainability. How do we work with stakeholders to identify the vulnerable, the equitable paths forward, and the trade-offs? Who are the winners and losers of policy decisions? In HNUH229P, students will complement the work of this course with hands-on engagement at the level of Federal policy and legislation.
HNUH238C
Surveillant Society, Surveillant Selves
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F
GenEd: DSHS, SCIS
Do the social and individual benefits of surveillance outweigh its risks? Surveillance is a ubiquitous practice in contemporary society. Governments surveil populations; corporations surveil customers and users; and individuals surveil themselves and others. From red light cameras and doorbell security cameras to geo-tracking apps and smart appliances, surveillant practices shape 21st-century lifestyles. Many take these practices for granted as acceptable trade-offs for individual and collective benefits. Others sound the alarm on the dangers of being tracked and monitored, with concerns over individual liberty, social inequalities, and more. In this course we will debate how surveillance shapes social practices and selves. Students will draw their own conclusions about the role of surveillance in society, and what, if anything, should be done to change it.
HNUH238R
Invasive: Feminist Perspectives on Power, Politics, and Ecosurveillance
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
GenEd: DSHU
Invasive species play a key role in 60% of plant and animal extinctions, constituting a serious threat to global biodiversity and costing over $423 billion annually. But what is at stake in the impulse to frame a species as "invasive"? What modes of watching, tracking, and surveilling emerge in the context of invasive species management? What are the material and ethical implications of these practices? As the cost of invasive species management has quadrupled every decade since 1970 and is likely to continue to increase, what alternatives exist? Reading through the lens of feminist science studies, this course asks what species movement might teach us about the possibilities and challenges of multispecies environmental ethics. Students will examine theoretical, historical, cultural, and practice-based accounts to better understand how our collective and individual actions continue to unevenly shape the biodiversity of our changing planet.
HNUH239T
Geopolitics of Finance: Innovation & Cross-Cultural Globalization
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
GenEd: DSHS, DVUP
Introduces students to the creative possibilities of the global economy: cross-cultural innovation, collaborative design-driven solutions, and enduring innovation with global purchase. Covers innovations in global business that are transforming the future through an embrace of diverse cultural perspectives. Working with interactive idealized design, out-of-the-box-thinking, and strategic exploration tools, students will explore and experience relevant design to new and cross-cultural value creation. Through rapid prototyping, immersive reflections, and innovative design activities, students will experience how to translate insight into action, and action into tangible results. The evolutionary application of frameworks in this course culminates in a capstone project. This course is self-contained but paired with HNUH239P in the Geopolitics of Finance track, which explores how globalization has brought about fundamental changes to our daily lives by making the world more interdependent.
HNUH248C
The Societal Impact of Artificial Intelligence
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
GenEd: DSHS, SCIS
How will AI change society? AI is changing not only business, but the nature of society itself. This course investigates the nature of those changes and forecasts their future development. With a focus on the implications to business, including the nature of human jobs as AI does an increasing amount of work, students will debate the implications of AI through a variety of lenses. From definitions of consciousness and the potential for robots to claim rights to the gender implications of AI, we will explore its philosophical and political implications. As AI is also capital, we will interrogate what the advance of AI means to capitalists and for labor. Finally, we will enter the debate around whether AI will require more than machine learning to approximate general intelligence and whether it can truly be creative. Through the exploration of the unprecedented pitfalls and opportunities that AI represents, students will learn how best to cope with a world that is dependent on AI.
HNUH248O
We the Artificial People: How AI has Reshaped Politics
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
Artificial intelligence (AI) has had profound impacts on the modern political landscape, in the US and abroad. From political campaigns powered by AI-driven audience microtargeting to AI-powered bots that influence public discourse to animosity incentivized by algorithmic content curation, AI has changed how politicians engage with the public, revealed new societal vulnerabilities, and exacerbated longstanding social ills. At the same time, these technologies empower new voices and engagement in political processes. This course encourages the critical evaluation of how AI has impacted political behavior and opened new threats like foreign electoral inference, disinformation, and manipulation through deep-fakes and generative language models. Through an exploration of key dimensions and challenges around the use of AI in political processes and methods to cope with these challenges, students will debate AI governance and frameworks for ethical, fair, transparent, and accountable AI.
HNUH248Q
Frankenscience: An Exploration of "Natural" and "Artificial" In Society and Science Fiction
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
What is "natural" and what is "artificial"? While this distinction might seem obvious at first, modern biology has blurred it in surprising ways. Genetic engineering, vaccination, immunotherapies, bionics, and cybernetics all combine natural and artificial components to bring new dimensions to the way we think about human health. At the same time, humans have grappled with fears and innovation through speculative fiction far longer than these ideas have had practical applications. Landmark stories of artificial life include beings in Greek mythology (Talos), Jewish lore (golem), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and more to the present day. Approaching the interface between biological and artificial materials from both perspectives, this course will present history's cutting-edge developments in biomedical research and explore the boundaries of the natural and artificial in science fiction, allowing students to develop tools for grappling with AI and other "Frankenscience."
HNUH248R
Artificial Intelligence: Critical Examinations through Science Fiction and Technology
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
GenEd: DSHU
AI permeates our world, but science fiction (SF) told stories about it centuries before AI became a reality in the 1950s, shaping our understanding and expectations through words and images. In this course, students will trace AI's evolution through SF to critically examine how key SF works have shaped how we think about AI and intelligence. Through an exploration of existing AI, like autonomous weapon systems, generative AI, and AI assistants, as well as a visit to UMD's AI department, students will learn to be critical viewers, readers, and developers as they grapple with AI's moral and social implications. Using the context of SF and technological developments, we will explore what the creation, existence, and evolution of fictional and real AI means for technology and humanity.
HNUH249P
National Security: US Foreign Policy
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
Credit only granted for: HNUH249P or HONR269T.
Formerly: HONR269T.
Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the U.S. launched a major effort to dismantle the Taliban and create a sustainable democracy in Afghanistan. In 2021, the Taliban took control of the country. Was the U.S. effort doomed to fail? To answer this question, UH students will partner with peers at the American University of Afghanistan through a virtual global classroom to examine the lessons learned from the U.S. and international presence in Afghanistan over the past 20 years. Through reading assignments and virtual meetings with former senior U.S. and Afghan officials, students will examine the reasons behind the downfall of the country and analyze whether the outcome could have been changed. Students are not expected to have any prior knowledge about the conflict in Afghanistan. This course is self-contained but paired with HNUH249T in the National Security track, which explores debates around efforts to protect the nation from terrorism while preserving our values.
HNUH258C
Nature at Risk: Extinction, Consequences, and Strategies
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
GenEd: DSNS, SCIS
How should we prioritize among all the species at risk of extinction? This course will grapple with the complex and consequential process of extinction from biological, geographical, and mathematical perspectives. Core themes will include the 1) nature(s) of extinction risks, 2) potential consequences of different kinds of extinction, and 3) considerations involved in setting priorities. Students will explore, handle, and analyze relevant data (e.g., evolutionary trees, species occurrence records, population censuses) to better understand extinction processes. With the aid of AI-generated hypothetical species, we will investigate hidden biases, debate the consequences of our choices, and explore possible prioritization strategies.
HNUH258R
Cultivating conservation: exploring connections between biodiversity and livelihoods
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
There are a lot of ways food is harvested from land and sea before it reaches your dinner plate - not all of them are savory. In this course, we'll explore how the many livelihoods that provide us with food can also work to incorporate and rely on biodiversity conservation. What does biodiversity conservation look like in a working landscape or seascape? How do social movements align or contrast with different food production and conservation practices? And finally, how are these environments - and the people and cultures embedded in them - increasingly under threat? Through complementary aspects of social science and conservation practice, this course emphasizes not only the threats posed to unique localities and livelihoods, but also the hope of a just and sustainable dinner table. Students will leave with knowledge of the practices and skills needed to participate in transforming our food system for improved environmental and community outcomes.
HNUH259P
Drawn to D.C.: Mapping the City
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
GenEd: DSSP
Restriction: Must have matriculated in University Honors starting in Fall 2020 or later.
Spaces, materials, objects, structures--the building-blocks of cities--index the values of the societies that produce them. By their very nature cities are memory devices. Yet, in an increasingly transient and virtual world, with access to a seemingly infinite amount of memory, what is the status of the spaces we inhabit? This course will explore the relationship among memory, the body and the built environment. Beginning with the role cities play in our individual lives and the construction of personal memories, we will take account of what we forget by remembering and what experiences are missing. Through lectures, seminars and discussions, students will produce short experimental books and pamphlets remapping Washington D.C. and the many invisible - personal - cities it contains. No previous art or design experience required. This course is self-contained but paired with HNUH259T in the Drawn to D.C. track, which explores the created spaces we inhabit, and how they inhabit us.
HUNH259P pairs with HUNH259T to complete the Drawn to D.C. Theory/Practice track. This pair of courses can be taken in any order. This track will be offered at least through the 2024-25 academic year.
HNUH268C
Inclusion and Exclusion: Deportation in American Life
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F
GenEd: DSHU, SCIS
What is the "American Dream" under threat of deportation? The United States proclaims to be welcoming but ideas about sovereignty, the nation, the border, good and bad immigrants, and crime in the United States coalesce to support the retention of some people and the displacement of others from its territory. Who the US deports is related to why it deports and on whose behalf such policies are made. This course acquaints students with current theories, methodologies, and debates in the field of the Humanities to grapple with the most pressing domestic questions about immigration and deportation. A variety of frameworks and approaches including critical ethnic studies, history, social movements, and geography, will challenge students to take a position on immigration law and deportation, and their effects on different communities - on all of us.
HNUH268O
Sea Drinkers': Stories of Migrant Ocean Crossings in African Cinema
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
"You can always get off the boat: but off the Ocean, that's something else again", notes Alesandro Barrico in his novel Ocean Sea (1993). For decades, the phrase "Drinking the Sea" has been used as a metaphor to describe clandestine immigration from Africa to Europe and the dangerous risks that migrants undertake in the effort to improve their lives. Today, over 70 million people are displaced from their homelands. Using films as well as readings by leading African scholars, students will consider the depth and scope of migration and displacement. Among the key questions we will explore are: How does migration affect the storytelling of African filmmakers? Is film an effective artistic medium for influencing sociopolitical policy in countries dealing with migrant crises? Students will emerge from the course with the skills to understand clandestine migration in terms of the world's geopolitical and economic systems in which we live.
HNUH268R
What Makes Land a Homeland?
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
We live in a world of contested lands. The University of Maryland itself stands on the ancestral land of the Piscataway People. Around the globe, we witness conflicts over land, such as the ongoing war in the Middle East over Israel-Palestine. We hear daily about the refugee crises in Syria and the complex debates surrounding the U.S.-Mexico border. These situations raise important questions: What does it mean to truly belong to a place? How does a migrant come to see their new country as home? This course explores the histories, cultures, memories, and stories of lands left behind to understand how places become homelands. Students will examine the politics behind the making of territories and the deep connections people form with land. Through this exploration, we will center the experiences of migration and displacement, questioning how these journeys reshape our understanding of belonging and the places we call home.
HNUH269P
Building Community: How to Make Friends
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
GenEd: DSHS, DVUP
Credit only granted for: HNUH248U or HNUH269P.
Formerly: HNUH248U.
In 2017, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy deemed loneliness an "epidemic." While the rise of social media is meant to foster connection, over 23% of adults report being lonely and social networks have been shrinking for decades. Despite increasing rates of loneliness, it is still possible to overcome these trends and find connection. We tend to assume that we should know how to connect with others intuitively, but, as rising rates of loneliness indicate, this is not the case: connection is something we must learn and practice. In this applied course, students will learn the science of connection and engage in practical activities designed to help them make and keep friends. They will leave the course better able to foster meaningful connections. This course is self-contained but paired with HNUH269T in the Building Community track, where you will learn the social value of showing up, for the world and for yourself.
HNUH278C
Riding the Korean Wave: Kdrama, Race, and Global Culture
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
How does culture construct our knowledge of the world and ourselves? Using Korean dramas, aka Kdramas, as a case study, this course will explore how various media negotiate blackness for global audiences. As a viral, billion-dollar art form, Kdramas provide an ideal window through which to explore recent trends in our global culture, including colorism, "Black as cool," travel as consumption, and immigration. They illuminate the politics of culture. We will examine how moral panics and social dilemmas are presented in the fictitious world of "Kdramaland," and how they inform our understandings of South Korean society, our own societies, and the world. Drawing on social science research by Koreans and non-Koreans alike, students will debate the ways the culture of the Korean wave reflects, reproduces, and challenges social inequities of marginalized and minoritized groups, as well as how those groups respond, to illuminate the larger global forces at work in intercultural exchange.
HNUH278R
Getting Graphic: Comics as Resistance
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F
In 2023, Maia Kobabe's graphic memoir, Gender Queer, was the most challenged book in the U.S. Often restricted due to spurious claims about corrupting children, comics have a long history of upsetting the status quo with their unique use of words and pictures. Artists from historically marginalized communities continue to shape this medium. This class examines comics, from glossy horror comics to grungy punk zines, that reject the conventional and subvert suppression. Learning experientially through DMV resources like the D.C. Punk and Indie Fanzine Archive and local comics fests, students will generate their own comics and investigate censorship and resistance.
HNUH288C
Abortion in U.S. Society
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F
How do and can we talk about abortion in contemporary society? Civil discussion around the topic of abortion is almost non-existent between people with extremely different views in the U.S. It is such a taboo topic that an exchange of ideas can even be difficult for those with slightly different views--i.e., those who believe abortion should not be regulated by the government (more than any other health care is) and those who believe abortion should be legal and regulated by governments. Although it is an issue about which Americans care deeply, the very people who need most to talk about it seem unable to find any common ground upon which to begin. This course provides students with a solid base of knowledge needed to form opinions and engage in civil debate. Through an exploration of the different ways we talk about abortion in the U.S. and the sources of those strategies, students will learn to find their voice in the controversial topic.
HNUH288R
Is Black Bad for Your Health? Examining Race as a Risk Factor in Public Health
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
Cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, asthma... Not only are Black Americans at higher risk for developing these life-threatening conditions, but they are also at higher risk of dying from them. In fact, Black race, unlike other racial identities, has been so consistently associated with poor health outcomes that "Black" is considered a risk factor--a characteristic that increases the likelihood of developing a disease--for many diseases. Can one's race alone determine their health trajectory? If race is socially constructed, how can race be a risk factor for health outcomes? This class will take up the tensions, contradictions, and seemingly illogical public health practices related to health outcomes for Black Americans and the impact of these practices on the broader community. Students will make sense of our present by examining our past--race science, eugenics, medical apartheid--and learn to disrupt the social reproduction of inequities to create a healthier society for the future.
HNUH300
Vantage Point Seminar
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
Goal-setting and project-design seminar required of all UH students and taken in the second semester of the sophomore year or the first semester of the junior year.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later.

Vantage Point is for UH students in their 4th or 5th semester who have already completed or are completing their second cluster or track for the UH Citation.
HNUH318T
(Perm Req)
Political Engagement and Advocacy
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Must be in the Federal Fellows Program; and permission of instructor.
Cross-listed with: FGSM310.
Credit only granted for: HNUH318T or FGSM310.
An examination of questions and issues in the practice of political engagement and advocacy. Guest lecturers drawn from political, civic engagement, and advocacy arenas will visit class and participate in discussions.
HNUH319T
Civic Leadership and Human Services
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
Restriction: Must be in the Maryland Fellows Program; and Permission of Department.
Cross-listed with: FGSM315.
An examination of important issues, methodologies and tools of civic leadership in relation to human services, especially at the state and local level.
HNUH328T
(Perm Req)
Public Health Policy
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Must be in the Federal Fellows Program; and permission of instructor.
Cross-listed with: FGSM320.
Credit only granted for: UNIV348P, HNUH328T or FGSM320.
Formerly: UNIV348P.
An exploration of the major questions and issues facing the U.S. health care system as well as the formulation and implementation of health policy.
HNUH338T
(Perm Req)
Homeland and National Security Policy
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Must be in the Federal Fellows Program; and permission of instructor.
Cross-listed with: FGSM330.
Credit only granted for: UNIV348T, HNUH338T or FGSM330.
Formerly: UNIV348T.
An examination of the concept of U.S. homeland and national security, threats, and major vulnerabilities in the context of recent history.
HNUH348T
(Perm Req)
Energy and Environmental Policy
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Must be in the Federal Fellows Program; and permission of instructor.
Cross-listed with: FGSM340.
Credit only granted for: UNIV348E, HNUH348T or FGSM340.
Formerly: UNIV348E.
An examination of issues of energy and environmental sustainability through an investigation of policy-making in energy, climate change, and sustainable development.
HNUH358T
(Perm Req)
Critical Regions and International Relations
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Must be in the Global Fellows Program; and permission of instructor.
Cross-listed with: FGSM350.
Credit only granted for: HNUH358T or FGSM350.
An examination of international relations and foreign policy challenges in critical regions.
HNUH368T
(Perm Req)
U.S. Diplomacy and Policymaking
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Must be in the Global Fellows Program; and permission of instructor.
Cross-listed with: FGSM360.
Credit only granted for: HNIUH368T or FGSM360.
An examination of questions and issues in the practice of contemporary diplomacy and policy-making. Guest lecturers drawn from Washington policy-making and foreign service communities will visit class and participate in discussion.
HNUH369T
Economic Diplomacy: Challenges and Opportunities
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
Restriction: Must be in the Global Fellows Program; AND Permission of Department.
Cross-listed with: FGSM365.
Credit only granted for: FGSM365 or HNUH369T.
An examination of political, social, and environmental aspects of the global economy in the context of power competition and technological change.
HNUH378T
(Perm Req)
Science Diplomacy: Foreign Policy & Science, Technology, and Innovation
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Must be in the Global Fellows Program; and permission of instructor.
Cross-listed with: FGSM370.
Credit only granted for: UNIV389F, HNUH378T or FGSM370.
Formerly: UNIV389F.
An exploration of the critical roles scientific knowledge and technological innovation play in the formation and implementation of foreign policy issues, including energy and climate change, public health, space and innovation, and economic development.
HNUH379T
Strategic Thinking, AI, and Innovation Power
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
Restriction: Must be in the UMD Fellows Program; and Permission of Department.
Cross-listed with: FGSM375.
This course will prepare students for careers in technology innovation in three segments. First, students will ground themselves in the basics of strategic theory and how to make a strategy at any level of analysis. Second, from a practitioner's perspective, students will explore the U.S. innovation ecosystem in the context of world affairs across industry, academia, government, and venture. By doing so they can also examine potential career paths in building technology power to improve international security. Third, students will gain practical experience from studying cases in innovation power and build their own tech strategy as a capstone experience. Through all three phases of the class, artificial intelligence will be used as the base case and the most important general purpose technology of our day thus gaining an appreciation for AI itself on one hand, and how it is but one example of how technology can impact the destiny of nations on the other.
HNUH398P
(Perm Req)
Federal and Global Experiential Learning
Credits: 3 - 9
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
GenEd: DSSP
Restriction: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
Cross-listed with: FGSM398.
Credit only granted for: FGSM398 or HNUH398P.
This is the experiential course component of the Federal Fellows Program and Global Fellows Program.
HNUH398T
(Perm Req)
Global Health Challenges and Water Security
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Must be in the Global Fellows Program; and permission of instructor.
Cross-listed with: FGSM390.
Credit only granted for: HNUH398T, HONR378M, or FGSM390.
An examination of questions and issues of global health and water security. Expert practitioners will also visit class and participate in discussions.