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Semester:	Fall 2025
Number:	0083-320-002
Instructor:	Mariano Torras
Days:	Tuesday Thursday 3:05 pm - 4:20 pm
Note:	Traditional In-Person Class
Location:	Garden City - Earle Hall B 103
Credits:	3
Notes:	Honors College students only. Open To Sophmores,Juniors And Seniors
Course Materials:	View Text Books
Related Syllabi:	Jerold Gold for Fall 2010*
	*Attention Students: Please note that the syllabi available for your view on these pages are for example only. The instructors and requirements for each course are subject to change each semester. If you enroll in a particular course, your instructor and course outline may differ from what is presented here.
Description:	This course will take an interdisciplinary approach to the economic discourse of “progress,” and ask questions concerning the manner in which notions of progress, both historically and in the present, have determined out shared notions of politics, the environment, and our capacity for change. (Distribution Reqs:Social Sciences)