Fall 2024 Falcon Discovery Seminar Special Topics

Our particular wicked problem concerns social media: the good it does for society (e.g., connections and shared perspectives) and the bad it does for society (e.g., information biases and unrealistic expectations). You will explore ways to mitigate the bad, while keeping the good. We will also explore creativity, what it is, how to access it, and how to apply it to the wicked problem. 

Instructor: Andy Aylesworth, Marketing

Since 1945 the United States has been the world’s richest and most powerful nation.  Today, however, the American-dominated world order is challenged by economic, military, technological and political rivals, as well as by a powerful America First movement at home.  This section of FDS will ask, Is the American Century coming to an end and, if so, will that make our lives better or worse?  We will explore the costs and benefits of the world order built by the United States, the challenges it faces today, and the implications for all of us if the American Century is indeed ending.   

Instructor: Cyrus Veeser, History