SOC450 Solutions to Global Issues
Week 1 Discussion
Projecting the World Population
No one knows what the world’s population will be in the future, but the United Nations gives three projections: high, medium, and low. Explain how each of these projections would affect your immediate community. How would these population changes affect the way you currently live your life?
 
SOC450 Solutions to Global Issues
Week 2 Discussion
Slowing Down Global Warming
Reputable scientific studies continue to show that the Earth is warming at an unsustainable rate because of a rise in the release of CO2 and methane gases. Reflect on your daily life. How may the rise of these gases influence how you live your life? What steps can you take to cut down the amount of these gases released into the atmosphere?
 
SOC450 Solutions to Global Issues
Week 3 Discussion
The Cost of Natural Resources
The high cost of oil in the Global South continues to have a detrimental effect on its population. What are the primary natural resources that are used in your state? If this natural resource became unavailable, how would that affect the state’s economy? How does the harvesting or collecting of this natural resource affect the natural environment?
 
SOC450 Solutions to Global Issues
Week 4 Discussion
Accessing Non-Renewable Resources
Countries with access to the planet’s resources continue to grow at a great pace, placing a tremendous strain on the availability of non-renewable resources. What responsibility do these countries have with regard to the rest of the world’s access to these resources?
 
SOC450 Solutions to Global Issues
Week 5 Discussion
The Pledge to Eliminate Poverty
The Millennium Development Goals were created to provide developing countries support through the partnership of developed countries. One of these goals was to “eradicate extreme poverty and hunger” in the world. How successful do you feel these goals have been in achieving their mission?
SOC450 Solutions to Global Issues
Week 6 Discussion
Feeding the World
This week you learned that though there is, in fact, enough food available to feed the entire world every day, this is not happening for various reasons. Review the state of food resources globally but specifically in developing countries. What are the major causes for a lack of food resources? Consider what solutions might be to address the different causes. Then look at the community in which you live. Are there food deserts in your community? If food became inaccessible to all in your community, how would that affect your day-to-day life? How would it affect the immediate community? 
Review the posts of your classmates and respond to at least one other post, supporting your classmate’s position on the issue with a fact in agreement from the course materials or a scholarly source. Be sure to cite that source using the Strayer Writing Standards.
Be sure to inform your response with facts from sources. Use our ebook/textbook each week and at least one scholarly outside source. You must cite sources in-text and give a full citation at the end of your response using the Strayer Writing Standards.
TIPS FOR ANSWERING THE DQ:
Be sure to organize your discussion question responses. For example, your Week 6 DQ requires that you assess global food insecurity in order to answer these questions – Are there food deserts in your community? If food became inaccessible to all in your community, how would that affect your day-to-day life? How would it affect the immediate community? 
So you need to have a response that is two (2) parts and paragraphs.
Review the state of food resources globally. What are the major causes for a lack of food resources? Consider what solutions might be to address the different causes. Here are helpful articles:
Causes of Food Insecurity in African and Other Third World Countries
http://www.harvesthelp.org.uk/causes-of-food-insecurity-in-african-and-other-third-world-countries.html
The geography and causes of food insecurity in developing countries
http://www.ifpri.org/publication/geography-and-causes-food-insecurity-developing-countries
Then you answer the questions posed: Then look at the community in which you live. Are there food deserts in your community? If food became inaccessible to all in your community, how would that affect your day-to-day life? How would it affect the immediate community?  Here are helpful articles:
Food insecurity: not just a problem for developing countries
https://www.barillacfn.com/en/magazine/food-for-all/food-insecurity-not-just-a-problem-for-developing-countries/
I posted these articles in the thread for you to use:
Food Security In Developed Countries – this is the link if you want to download it off the internet
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284716394_Food_Security_In_Developed_Countries_Europe_And_USA_-_Is_It_Insecurity_And_Insufficiency_Or_Hunger_And_Poverty_In_Developed_Countries/download
 
Armed Conflict and Food Security – this is the link if you want to download it off the internet
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320375610_Food_security_and_armed_conflict_a_cross-country_analysis/download
 
SOC450 Solutions to Global Issues
Week 7 Discussion
The Evolution of a Technical Solution
Consider how technology has evolved in your life. These changes may affect how we can work to find solutions for the global threats discussed so far. If we could remove the current boundaries of technology and look into the future, how would you use technology to resolve one of these global threats?
Review the posts of your classmates and respond to at least one other post, supporting your classmate’s position on the issue with a fact in agreement from the course materials or a scholarly source. Be sure to cite that source using the Strayer Writing Standards.
Be sure to inform your response with facts from sources. Use our ebook/textbook each week and at least one scholarly outside source. You must cite sources in-text and give a full citation at the end of your response using the Strayer Writing Standards.
TIP FOR ANSWERING THE DQ:
1.            Review and discuss the major technological changes that have occurred in the modern world during your lifetime.
2.            Review and discuss the current boundaries to new technological developments.
3.            Then answer the question: If we could remove the current boundaries of technology and look into the future, how would you use technology to resolve one of these global threats?
 
SOC450 Solutions to Global Issues
Week 8 Discussion
Using Technology to Improve the Future
The benefits of technology to humans are almost too numerous to list. As with anything, there are downsides to this advancement. Examine a misuse of technology that you have observed within the global community. 
Review the posts of your classmates and respond to at least one post, rebutting your classmate’s position using facts from a scholarly source which you cite using the Strayer Writing Standards format.
Review the posts of your classmates and respond to at least one other post, supporting your classmate’s position on the issue with a fact in agreement from the course materials or a scholarly source. Be sure to cite that source using the Strayer Writing Standards.
Be sure to inform your response with facts from sources. Use our ebook/textbook each week and at least one scholarly outside source. You must cite sources in-text and give a full citation at the end of your response using the Strayer Writing Standards.
TIPS FOR ANSWERING THE DQ:
Be sure to organize your discussion question responses. For example, your Week 8 DQ requires that you examine a misuse of technology that you have observed within the global community. 
So you need to have a response that is two (2) parts and two (2) paragraphs.
1.   Review and discuss the major technological developments that are common in our global community.
2.   Then complete the task: examine a misuse of technology that you have observed within the global community. 
Be sure to offer facts to support your position and cite your sources.
Review the posts of your classmates and respond to at least one post rebutting a position shared by one of your classmates with a scholarly source.
(Note: For citing internet sources in your discussion, please see the Web Sources section of the Strayer Writing Standards guide available in the left-hand menu.)
 
SOC450 Solutions to Global Issues
Week 9 Discussion
One Breath at a Time
This week you watched three videos, each on a topic of pollution. Of these three types of pollution, which type of pollution do you believe you could influence most? Which type of pollution would be the most manageable at the individual level? Explain your reasoning.
Review the posts of your classmates and respond to at least one other post, supporting your classmate’s position on the issue with a fact in agreement from the course materials or a scholarly source. Be sure to cite that source using the Strayer Writing Standards.
Be sure to inform your response with facts from sources. Use our ebook/textbook each week and at least one scholarly outside source. You must cite sources in-text and give a full citation at the end of your response using the Strayer Writing Standards.
TIPS FOR ANSWERING THE DQ:
Be sure to organize your discussion question responses. For example, your Week 9 DQ requires that you watch three videos, each on a topic of pollution. After watching these videos which you will rely on to inform your discussion you need to answer two (2) questions backing up your answers with facts from the three videos and relevant outside sources.
The questions this week are:
Of these three types of pollution, which type of pollution do you believe you could influence most? Which type of pollution would be the most manageable at the individual level? Explain your reasoning.
So you need to have a response that is two (2) parts and two (2) paragraphs.
1.            Answer the question providing the evidence on which you based your response – Of these three types of pollution, which type of pollution do you believe you could influence most?
In other words, this question asks you to consider the effects of personal consumption patterns and lifestyle on positive and negative change in the health of our global environment.
2.            Answer the question providing the evidence on which you based your response – Which type of pollution would be the most manageable at the individual level?
In other words, this question asks you to consider the how pollution is effected at the individual level in ways that the individual can easily control.
In answering these questions you need to support your position with factgs gleaned from the videos and relevant outside sources of your choice.
Review the posts of your classmates and respond to at least one post rebutting a position shared by one of your classmates with a scholarly source.
(Note: For citing internet sources in your discussion, please see the Web Sources section of the Strayer Writing Standards guide available in the left-hand menu.)
 
SOC450 Solutions to Global Issues
Week 10 Discussion
Getting Thirsty
Water covers 75% of the Earth’s surface, but most of it contains high concentrations of salt and is unavailable. Desalination is expensive for developing countries, making that salt water unsuitable for consumption or irrigation. Consequently, access to fresh water is a growing issue as countries share the same water sources. This even has the potential to become an issue of national security.
Think of the issues that come from circumstances in which countries share the same water source. For example, consider disputes over the Jordan river between Jordan and Israel, or the Tigris River between Iraq and Turkey.
Now consider what would happen if your state or community had only limited fresh water access. How involved do you feel local governments should be in controlling water access?
Review the posts of your classmates and respond to at least one other post, supporting your classmate’s position on the issue with a fact in agreement from the course materials or a scholarly source. Be sure to cite that source using the Strayer Writing Standards.
Be sure to inform your response with facts from sources. Use our ebook/textbook each week and at least one scholarly outside source. You must cite sources in-text and give a full citation at the end of your response using the Strayer Writing Standards.
TIPS FOR ANSWERING THE DQ:
1. Discuss the issue globally by briefly examining the water issue as it exists in either in the dispute over the Jordan River between Jordan and Israel, OR the Tigris River between Iraq and Turkey.
2. Discuss the consequences of having limited access to limited fresh water in a local community. Be sure to apply the facts you learned from the discussion in (1). You might mention current problems in the US such as the water issue in Flint, Michigan.
3. Then answer the question offering a rationale – How involved do you feel local governments should be in controlling water access? You might consider the current water market in answering this question where drinking water is a commodity traded on the international market.
Review the posts of your classmates and respond to at least one post rebutting a position shared by one of your classmates with a scholarly source.
(Note: For citing internet sources in your discussion, please see the Web Sources section of the Strayer Writing Standards guide available in the left-hand menu.)
 
SOC450 Solutions to Global Issues
Week 11 Discussion
Making It Personal
This course studied the major threats to global well-being. In the readings, media, and assignments, you were challenged to consider your stand on the issues covered each week. In your personal life, what global issue (if any) affects you most today? 
Reflect and share the steps you can take to prevent this issue from coming closer to home.
Review the posts of your classmates and respond to at least one other post, supporting your classmate’s position on the issue with a fact in agreement from the course materials or a scholarly source. Be sure to cite that source using the Strayer Writing Standards.
Be sure to inform your response with facts from sources. Use our ebook/textbook each week and at least one scholarly outside source. You must cite sources in-text and give a full citation at the end of your response using the Strayer Writing Standards.
TIPS FOR ANSWERING THE DQ EFFECTIVELY:
1. Discuss the global issue you chose by briefly examining that issue as it exists in the broad picture not just as it exists in the US.
2. Discuss why that issue affects you the most personally. Offer us your evidence and rationale for choosing this particular issues
3. Then tell us the steps you can take to prevent this issue from becoming a problem in the US.
In answering these questions you need to support your position with facts gleaned from the videos and relevant outside sources of your choice.
Review the posts of your classmates and respond to at least one post rebutting a position shared by one of your classmates with a scholarly source.
(Note: For citing internet sources in your discussion, please see the Web Sources section of the Strayer Writing Standards guide available in the left-hand menu.)