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Course Description
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Course Name
Ethics and Global Policies
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Host University
The American University of Rome
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Location
Rome, Italy
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Area of Study
Political Science
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Language Level
Taught In English
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Prerequisites
Lower level Political Science course and Junior or Senior standing.
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Course Level Recommendations
Upper
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Credits
3 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits3
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units4
Hours & Credits
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Overview
The course encompasses a wide range of issues including the historical and political backgrounds underlying the United Nations? Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its global policy implications. Modern bioethical topics such as cloning, euthanasia, abortion and the death penalty are extensively discussed. Special emphasis is placed on global, paradigmatic public health issues, such as the psychoactive drugs? worldwide spread and the HIV/AIDS pandemic, whose social, political and economic impact is illustrated in the broader context of the struggle for Human Rights and respect for existing cultural diversities.
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