Global Affairs is a stimulating contemporary course designed to provide students with a better understanding of the 21st-century world in which we live. Through analysis, discussion, and engaging projects, students will examine the current issues and main challenges facing the world today. From exploring globalization, global health, and the struggle for human rights around the world, to the situation in the Middle East, nationalism, and global terrorism, the course aims to inspire students to become informed global citizens with an appreciation of how and why these issues impact us and what role we can play in cultivating a better, safer, more productive world for all.