FLC 301/ SOC 393, Fall 2003 Instructor: Professor Hermann Kurthen

Some Examples of Student Projects (extra credit)

· Collaborate with a group or chapter on campus that educates students about an issue of global importance (human rights, environment, trade and sweat shops), collects signatures and money, writes letters, organizes a teach-in or a rally, etc.

· devising a FLC brochure to recruit students/high school students for the FLC minor program. The brochure could demonstrate the usefulness of globalization knowledge and share student experiences (e.g., field trips, guest lectures, student projects)

· researching an internship program with a global organization (private, non-profit) on L.I. or in NYC, interviewing key persons of the organization or students who participate in a program and then evaluate their experiences

· writing a grant application for a presidential mini-grant award for departmental diversity initiatives and subsequently organizing a SBU event on globalization

· actively contributing to a SBU diversity event, such as the Spanish Heritage Month, Black History month, Asian Student Alliance (ASA), Muslim Student Association (MSA), Hillel, Latino American Student Organization (LASO), Philippine United Student Organization (PUSO), etc

· attending a conference or lecture series on globalization (e.g., the SBU President's lecture series, International Focus Lecture Series, Sociology Department Globalization lectures) and subsequently writing a reaction/opinion paper or an article for a student newspaper

· writing a collaborative paper on a global topic and presenting it at a professional or student conference outside the SB campus

· doing a survey on the campus about the FLC program or a globalization topic. Evaluate the findings and write a report or videotape and edit responses

· writing articles on globalization for a student paper (such as the SBU Statesman), an online discussion group, or a professional journal

· composing a letter to the editor of a local or national newspaper or magazine (New York Times, USA Today, Time Magazine etc) about a current issue that relates to globalization

· researching how much and how well U.S. news media (print/TV) represent global events that happen during our semester

· contacting a local high school teacher and collaborating on a lesson plan for a globalization topic

· writing a play or making a video related to globalization

· contacting a non-governmental global organization, such as (Greenpeace, Doctor's Without Borders, Amnesty International, United Nations Association of America, etc) and doing personal and/or phone interviews for a report about the organization's history, aims and purpose, membership, staff and budget, governance structure, actions and outreach, enforcement mechanisms, etc.

· doing a field research projects, such as gathering information about the national origins of retail store products and analyzing the findings using globalization theories, such as the "world systems perspective"