The series examines eight global topics affecting America's role in the world. Each session provides historical background, relevant facts, present and future policy options and impartial analysis of the challenges ahead.

Topics include:

• The media and foreign policy
• Weapons of mass destruction
• Diversity in Islam
• Reform in the Middle East
• The Philippines
• The United States and Europe
• Latin American overview
• Public diplomacy

Coordinators this year are Richard Artes, emeritus professor of speech pathology and audiology, and Jane Duckworth, emerita professor of counseling psychology,

Registration fee of $25 includes an individual workbook. The series also includes videotapes for each session that will also be aired on WIPB-TV. 

For registration, call 5-8975.