About this course: How can we use the things we share in common to address some of the most challenging problems facing the world? This course examines issues concerning poverty, the environment, technology, health care, gender, education and activism to help us understand better how to initiate positive change.
Created by: Wesleyan University
Taught by: Michael S. Roth
| Level | Beginner |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Syllabus
WEEK 1
What are Social Goods? From the Commons to Moral Revolutions
Discussion about what our social good is, how we define it and how it can be sustainably used.
7 videos, 1 reading
Graded: What are social goods? What is the commons?
WEEK 2
Poverty and Development
Discussion about poverty and the relationship of poverty to philanthropy and to foreign aid, actions taken to mitigate the effects of poverty, of major theorists and economists working in this area and , also, a new approach to this subject through randomized ...
7 videos, 1 reading
Graded: Poverty and Prosperity
WEEK 3
Climate Change and Sustainability
Discussion about political and economic ramifications of climate change, including how to think big about sustainability
9 videos, 1 reading
Graded: Climate Change and Sustainability
WEEK 4
Disease and Global Health Care
Discussion about health care and poverty, considering major challenges that disease presents around the world and the global role of healthcare
7 videos, 1 reading
Graded: Global Disease and Health
WEEK 5
Women, Education and Social Change
Discussion of gender issues and the upward mobility of women, across business and education.
8 videos, 1 reading
Graded: Women, Education and Social Change
WEEK 6
Looking Back, Looking Foward
Reflections on where we have been and where we are going
2 videos
Graded: Peer Review: Final Assignment
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This is a very insightful course.
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Great Course. Thanks.