Regions of the World: Asia-Pacific

2 Credits.

This course explores the challenges to the economic and environment situation in the Asia-Pacific region, with a special focus on the politics of climate change and the energy transition in China. Through in-depth analysis of the China’s political, economic and supply chain contexts, students will gain a deeper understanding of the region’s complexities. The Regions of the World courses will enable you to develop a functional expertise in a particular region of the world, which will give you a deeper understanding of how risk and uncertainty in one issue area play out in a specific locale. Depending on the regional and functional area, some of this knowledge can then be integrated in your capstone project.