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Through the theoretical lens of global citizenship, the course investigates the role that education plays in sustainable development and examines the ways individuals, communities, organizations, businesses, and educational institutions are responding to the complex intersection of the local and global in the 21st Century. Students critically explore and evaluate educational approaches to global citizenship in the areas of sustainability and social justice. Students examine educational policies and responses relating to citizenship and sustainability, and develop the capacity to conceptualize global issues through global citizenship. In the end, students investigate the interplay of global citizenship, policy, and teacher education in response to global climate change and mass population migration.