ELTS 56Cosmopolitanism
European Languages and Transcultural Studies · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Whether regarding digital communication, mass transportation, climate change, or international war, the idea that individuals and communities have become interconnected is beyond doubt. Under these circumstances, consideration of what moral, ethical, socioeconomic, and political challenges are faced in the 21st century; how people understand themselves as citizens not only of one nation, but also of this simultaneously divided and shared world; and how European artists and thinkers have negotiated between patriotism and cosmopolitanism since antiquity, and their American counterparts in the 20th and 21st centuries. Interdisciplinary approach to the examination of cosmopolitanism, also known as global citizenship or world citizenship. This concept serves as a focal point for elucidating humanistic and social scientific inquiries into universal norms, patriotic sentiments, cultural and racial diversities, and empathic identifications with strangers in need.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
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