Unit
Topic
Themes

Region
Length

Goals

Skills

Empowering Global Citizens

TIG.3

Emerging Technologies and Globalization

ICC: intrapersonal (curiosity about global aEairs); ethics: com—
mon values; work and mind habits: innovation and creativity;
knowledge: politics (global risks); investigative and analytical
skills; assessing global affitirs: evaluate sources, the use of evi—
dence, and creative communication; and global problem solv-
ing: future studies, scenario building, and using technology)
Not applicable

Twelve weeks

and Objectives

Learn the roles that emerging technologies play as drivers of glo—
balization and how they can be used to address some of the most
significant global challenges.

Inspire students to address global challenges through the creation
of social institutions—for example, businesses, social enterprises,
and others—a-that capitalize on emerging technologies.

Evaluate the major emerging technologies, their benefits, and their
likely uses in addressing significant global challenges.

and Knowledge

Students will recognize the major contributions to human health
and well being advanced by biotechnology, bioinformatics, brain—
computer interfaces and neurotechnology, energy and environmen—
tal systems, computing and networks, nanotechnology, and robotics
and artificial intelligence.

Students will identify the current uses of these emerging
technologies.