POLS 123 - The United Nations III

5 CR

Students prepare for, participate in, and reflect on the annual National Model United Nations (NMUN) conference in New York. The third in a sequence of three courses.

Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.

Course Outcomes

Explain the history, structure, and major operations of the United Nations.
Identify the geographic locations of all United Nations’ member states.
Articulate informed opinions about issues of global importance.
Write well-researched, well-articulated position papers from the perspective of a country other than the United States.
Sponsor well-researched, well-articulated resolutions, reports, and/or treaties for college-level Model United Nations (MUN) conferences.
Successfully employ United Nations’ rules of procedure at college-level MUN conferences.
Use diplomatic skills—such as public speaking, problem solving, consensus building, and conflict resolution—at college-level MUN conferences.
Successfully represent a foreign country’s diplomatic position at college-level MUN conferences.

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