Graduates of technological universities such as NJIT will be entering this globalizing world at a time when all of these forces will simultaneously impact cultures, societies, families and their professional opportunities. Our goal in this course is to create a conceptual matrix to aid students’ recognition of these factors.  We begin our study with an examination of the role of technology in creating a new foundation to international activities and the challenges facing the populations in developed countries, such as energy, clean air and water.  We will also examine globalization as it pertains to issues such as the transmission of communicable diseases and acts of terrorism.

The course will involve extensive use of documents from global agencies such as the World Bank, United Nations, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Association and the World Health Organization; central banks of the world’s nations and information gathering agencies such as the CIA. Field visits to the United Nations and international trade corporations are being planned. And, critical commentary from internationally respected thinkers such as Thomas Friedman, Joseph Stiglitz, Jagdish Bhagwati, John Ralston Saul and others will be used to motivate discussion and form the basis for informed reports to be given in class discussions.  Students must be prepared to read six to eight hours per week and prepare 10 discussion papers placing themselves in the context of the globalization phenomenon or problem subject to discussion.

Theater and Technology
(Note: This course is not available to non-Honors students. Admission to this course is by permission of the instructor only.)
Instructor: M. Rittenhouse
Section: H03; Call number: 11684
Meeting: Times to be Arranged (TBA)

The seminar is designed to allow students to continue the study of theatre on an independent basis.  Students are asked to initiate a specific project in conjunction with the Theatre Arts Program main stage productions.  This project may include a supervisory position in one or more aspects including; set construction, lighting design, performing in the production, organizing the backstage running crews, or creating a marketing plan for audience development for the show.  By the time students are ready to take on an independent project, they will have knowledge of how theatre works, both historically, through literature, and through practical experience.  The instructor, in conjunction with the students' interests and abilities, works out a project outline, supervises the project, and certifies the completion of the project.