GLOBAL LEARNING COURSES

In FIU, I gained so much knowledge that it inspired me to study abroad and see the world for myself these are the following courses that inspired me to seek other ways of knowing.

MYTH, RITUAL, & MYSTICISM

A course that taught me the anthropological approaches when studying myth, ritual, and mysticism, as religious and symbolic systems. The social and psychological traditions and customs that took place in small-scale and complex societies around the world were compared.

SCIENCE & RELIGION

A course that taught me how religious beliefs, practices, doctrines, and insights shape the material-physical worlds around us. Focused on how religious sentiment is part of what it means to be a human being in the world and how it shapes the culture we live in. In other words, even if one considers oneself atheist or outside of any established religious tradition, as humans we still seek to value the world, to make sense of the world, and to ask questions about the meaning of life. This is a course that taught me that science and religion are not watertight compartments that can be separated, they hold many things in common, where they both seek the truth, try to explain life and deal with the uncertainty.

GLOBAL DIVERSITY

A course that enhanced my understanding of diversity by exploring the complexity of differences within our contemporary global framework in terms of race and ethnicity, religion, culture, gender, sexuality, ability, social and economic status as well as age. It taught me to assess how these constructs manifest systems of inequality and privilege. Throughout the course, l examined a series of global case studies to approach the question whether members of one culture can justifiably criticize the values of another: Given the power dynamics between majority and minority cultures, where social, economic, and political power disproportionately remains with members of the dominant culture. I assessed the ways the existence of diversity may lead to greater tolerance of the standards and norms of other cultures.

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EARTH ETHICS

A course that taught me the ways of making moral judgments about important environmental issues through the exploration of various approaches by environmentalists, philosophers, and religious traditions to the question of what duties humans have to natural systems, including planet Earth, and their inhabitants.

WORLD RELIGIONS

A course that focuses on the studies of World Religions that explore the diversity and complexity of Basic Religions, Native American Religions, African Religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Daoism/Confucianism, Shinto, Christianity, Islam, Sects & Cults and Religion in the 21st Century. I was taught about societies and cultures within a contemporary and historical perspective and the issues of religious diversity in national and international context.