Global Challenges, Collaboration & Future Society

Course Code: GC05

Program: Global Citizenship Program

Course Overview: Future societies will be shaped by interconnected challenges involving inequality, migration, health, geopolitics, climate change, technology, and international cooperation. Understanding these systems helps students respond with informed judgement, ethical awareness, adaptability, and a global perspective.

This course develops systems thinking, collaboration, innovation, global problem-solving, technology awareness, cross-border teamwork, partnership-building, negotiation, diplomacy, adaptability, lifelong learning, creativity, future leadership, scenario planning, and the design of responsible solutions for complex global challenges.

Learning Outcomes

• Analyze inequality, development, migration, health, geopolitics, and international cooperation
• Evaluate emerging technologies, AI, automation, digital access, and technology ethics
• Collaborate through global partnerships, cross-border teams, negotiation, and diplomacy
• Apply adaptability, lifelong learning, systems thinking, creativity, and future leadership skills
• Use scenario planning and collaborative problem-solving to design solutions for future challenges

Target Audience: Students interested in global affairs, technology and society, international collaboration, future leadership, or complex global problem-solving.

Learning Experience: Students engage through video overviews, audio deep dives, study guides, practical examples, reflection prompts, workbook activities, applied tasks, knowledge checks, and end-of-module quizzes. Activities support systems thinking, global-issue analysis, technology ethics, cross-border collaboration, partnership-building, negotiation, diplomacy, scenario planning, and responsible solution design.

Course Structure: 5 modules / 20 lessons.

Special Feature: Every module concludes with a Putting It All Together audio deep dive that connects the key lessons and supports reflection and practical application.

Pathway Focus: Analyse global systems. Collaborate across boundaries. Shape responsible futures.