Complex Questions: Global Challenges & Social Justice

Today, we face increasingly complicated, urgent problems. These issues don't have straightforward histories or simple solutions -- and they often intersect. To take effective action, we need to understand them from multiple disciplinary and social perspectives.

Unlike typical general education systems that focus mainly on distribution, Union’s Complex Questions (CQ) curriculum groups courses into two Areas of Inquiry. One is Justice, Equity, Identity, and Difference, and the other is Global Challenges. This architecture helps you develop a wide range of academic skills while exploring connections between disciplines.

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