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CCST 208 International Coffee and News 2 credits
Have you recently returned from studying or living abroad? This course is designed to help you keep in touch with the culture you left behind, while deepening your understanding of current issues across the globe. Relying on magazines and newspapers in the local language or in English-language media, students will discuss common topics and themes as they play out in the countries or regions where they have lived or studied. Conducted in English.
Recommended preparation: Participation in an off-campus study program (Carleton or non-Carleton), substantial experience living abroad, or instructor permission. Not recommended for first-year students.
Repeatable: This course can be retaken once, for a total of four credits.
- Spring 2026
- HI, Humanistic Inquiry IS, International Studies
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CCST 208.01 Spring 2026
- Faculty:David Tompkins 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- Grading:S/CR/NC
- MLeighton 301 12:30pm-1:40pm
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HIST 247 The First World War as Global Phenomenon 6 credits
This course will explore the global context for this cataclysmic event, which provides the hinge from the nineteenth century into the twentieth. We will spend considerable time on the build-up to and causes of the conflict, with particular emphasis on the new imperialism, race-based ideologies, and the complex international struggles for global power. In addition to the fighting, we will devote a significant portion of the course to the home front and changes in society and culture during and after the war. For History majors, the field will be determined by the student's research project.
- Spring 2026
- HI, Humanistic Inquiry IS, International Studies
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HIST 247.01 Spring 2026
- Faculty:David Tompkins 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 304 9:50am-11:00am
- FLeighton 304 9:40am-10:40am