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CTC 301 Cultural Diversity & Global Issues

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Objective To have a better understanding of what

“cultural diversity” means To have a better understanding of important

global issues (including large engineering projects)

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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?

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Valuing Diversity Discussion

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Global Issues Globalism versus global social issues

Final Paper Option Read the IPPC 2014 Synthesis report:https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/syr/

SYR_AR5_FINAL_full.pdf

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.

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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