Global Studies Virtual Symposium: Exploring the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Economics Courses

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October 4, 2024

2 PM – 2:45 PM Eastern

1 PM -1:45 PM Central

12 PM – 12:45 PM Mountain

11 AM – 11:45 AM Pacific

Join us for this free session of the Global Studies Virtual Symposium series, an event that connects global studies scholars and educators across community college campuses nationwide. The symposium offers an engaging teaching and learning forum for sharing best practices, ideas, and resources with colleagues.

Using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Principles of Economics or Survey of Economics courses can help students bring the global local. By engaging students with activities and assignments introducing them to the SDGs, students explore how countries, governments, businesses, consumers, and individuals make continual economic choices either aligned with or in opposition to the goals. A supplemental, yet informal, curriculum module presents ideas and activities to explore each of the 17 SDGs within the context of learning fundamental economic principles. By integrating these ideas into economics courses, students can gain a deeper understanding of how economic principles intersect with global sustainability challenges and how economic analysis can help be part of the solution to these challenges.

Janet Scott teaches Economics, International Business, and Intro to Global Studies at Southeast Community College in Nebraska. Janet grew up in Kenya, has traveled to 48 different countries, and has a passion for helping students explore new perspectives and find global connections. Janet has served on the SCC Global Education Team for ten years, and in 2016 was co-leader for SCC’s service-learning trip to Kenya. Over the last 6 years, Janet has worked with the Midwest Institute for International/Intercultural Education to develop and share curriculum modules to integrate international content into Principles of Economics courses.

Questions? Please contact us by email: outreach@umn.edu

Register here for Exploring the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Economics Courses

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Sponsored by Title VI National Resource Centers at the Institute for Global Studies (IGS), University of Minnesota and the Center for Global Studies (CGS) – The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, in collaboration with Green River College and Ridgewater College