Stony Brook University, Federated Learning
Communities Program
syllabus FLC 301/SOC
393-F: Global trade, arms proliferation, and human rights
(Fall 2003)
Tuesday/Thursday
Location: SBS-N108
Professor Hermann Kurthen (hkurthen@ms.cc.sunysb.edu,
phone: 632-7717)
Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday
TA: Samantha Elkrief
(ganesh143@aol.com)
The
Federated Learning Community (FLC) program focuses on an issue of major
societal importance and leads to an academic minor. The program enables
students to register for a cluster of courses arranged around a specific issue.
The program seminar focuses and integrates the material of the federated classes
in a small community setting of about 30-40 students. Students may earn a minor
in Globalization (GLS) by completing 24 credits in a sequence of their own
choice, including two program seminars FLC 301/302, plus any six of other
federated courses with a grade of C or better. The prospective topic for the
FLC 302 in Spring 2004 is Global
Identities, Civilizations, and Citizenship.
The
FLC 301/SOC 393 program seminar integrates topics from the
"federated" courses listed below concerning the global causes and
interactive effects of wars, arms proliferation, and human rights violations;
the trade in sex and the spread of deadly diseases such as Aids/HIV; the
expansion of free market capitalism and its ramifications for less developed
countries; and the increasing importance of "Global Cities" as
centers of power networks and global decision making.
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FLC
301/SOC 393-F |
Program Seminar
(required for minor, 3-credits) |
Hermann Kurthen |
TUTH 5:20-6:40 pm |
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FEDERATED CLASSES |
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AFS
380-J |
|
Joy Mahabir |
MWF 10:40-11:35 am |
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SOC
309-F |
Social Conflicts and
Movements |
Javier Auyero |
MW 2:20-3:40 pm |
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POL
101-F |
World Politics |
Chuck Taber |
MW 3:50-5:10 pm |
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POL
372-J |
Politics in the |
Bahar Leventoglu |
TUTH 11:20-12:40 pm |
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SOC
348-F |
Global Sociology |
Daniel Levy |
TUTH 12:50-2:10 pm |
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WST
395-J |
Topics in Global
Feminism |
Lisa L. Diedrich |
TUTH 12:50-2:10 pm |
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PHI
367 |
Philosophy of War and
Peace |
Eduardo Mendieta |
TUTH 2:20-3:40 pm |
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EGL
395 |
War Poets |
Adrienne Munich |
TUTH 3:50-5:10 pm |
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EST
201-H |
Technological Trends
in Society |
Glenn Smith |
TUTH 3:50-5:10 pm |
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BUS
110 (10) |
Business in the 21st
Century |
G. Jefferson |
M 12:50-2:10 pm |
SPRING 2004 theme: "Global Identities, Civilizations, and
Citizenship" (courses to be announced)
FORMAT
A
goal of the FLC is to engage students in a holistic way that touches their
personal lives as well as their academic interests and allows them to gain a
hands-on experience combining theory and practice, including a variety of
student projects. The objective is to practice skills, such as writing (class
questions, briefing handout, mid-term essay, conference report); group or
individual research projects and oral presentations, webpage design, preparing
a student conference (Spring 2004), visiting the U.N. headquarters,
participating or organizing public events (rallies, surveys, letter writing),
and meetings with scholars.
In
the FLC program seminar the SBU undergraduate students will
q
Participate
in graded short quizzes based on the required reading of a given day. No
make up if late or absent. Lowest score will be dropped.
q
A short,
open-book mid-term essay covering readings/discussions of the first part
of the semester.
q
A take home
final essay covering the full semester and consisting of several
questions from which students can choose. Students will have two weeks time to
submit their answers and document their sources. The essay questions will be
handed out on December 2. A spell-checked and proof-read hardcopy of the
essay is due at Prof. Kurthen's office before December 15 at
q
A half day
visit of the United Nations Headquarters in
q
Students
can receive extra credit if they engage individually or as groups in student
projects agreed upon by the instructor and related to the class topic, such
as researching a global organization or issue, maintaining our class web site,
conducting a global survey/interviews, writing an issue related article for a
paper, or preparing a presentation using slides, graphs, statistical charts
& power point. Projects have to be approved by the instructor no later than
October 23 and finished before December 11.
A typical class will start with a quiz based on the reading, followed by either a short presentation by a guest speaker or a lecture by the instructor followed by a Q&A session, small group work, or collaborative learning projects involving multimedia tools. Class participation and attendance as well as the quizzes, mid-term and final essay and student projects (extra credit) are very important parts of the seminar and will be appropriately evaluated and graded (see below).
STUDENT
EVALUATION
- Individual class participation and attendance 20%
- Short quizzes related to required
reading at the beginning of most classes 30%
- One mid-term essay on 10/21 based on
all required readings completed before the exam 20%
- A final take home essay submitted no
later than 12/15 30%
- A student project agreed upon by the
instructor by 10/23 and finished by 12/11 (extra credit 15%)
Course Calendar: "Global trade, arms
proliferation, and human rights"
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09/04 |
Introduction
& Knowledge Quiz |
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09/09 |
Globalization
History & Glossary |
Project South
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09/11 |
A
Moment of Silence |
Ortiz |
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09/16 |
Theories
of Globalization |
Beck |
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09/18 |
Weapons
of Mass Destruction in the Global Age Guest Lecture Prof. Chuck Taber |
Scott
et al. |
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09/23 |
Excerpts on Global War & Mass Terror
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Lindqvist
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09/25 |
Military
Globalization & National Security Guest Lecture Prof. Eduardo Mendieta |
Greider |
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09/30 |
Global Arms Trade & its Impact on Conflicts
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Burrows
(chapters 1&2) |
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10/02 |
Global
Arms Trade, Human Rights & Development |
Burrows
(chapters 3&4) |
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10/07 |
Global Women: Nannies, Maids & Sex Workers I |
Enloe
& Brennan |
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10/09 |
Global
Women: Tourism, Migration & Exploitation Guest Lecture Prof. Joy Mahabir |
Kincaid,
Silvera & Strachan |
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10/14 |
Global
Women: Nannies, Maids & Sex Workers II |
Enloe |
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10/16 |
Women,
Global Cities & Survival Circuits |
Sassen |
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10/21 |
Mid-term Exam & Discussion of Student Projects |
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10/23 |
Global Trade and Justice |
Ransom
(chapters 1&2) |
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10/28 |
Civil Society in a Globalizing World: The Case
of
Guest Lecture Prof. Bahar Leventoglu |
Gilbert/Otero
& Higgins |
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10/30 |
Who benefits
Globalization? |
Chomsky
& Hetata Outline for Term Paper Due |
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11/04 |
Media
Globalization & Effects of Consumption Guest Lecture Prof. Glenn Smith |
Thompson
& Gerbner/Schiller, |
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11/06 |
Global Human Rights |
Snarr/Snarr |
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11/11 |
United Nations, Human
Rights & Global Governance |
UNA-USA |
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11/17 |
United
Nations NYC Headquarter Tour & Briefing by Ambassador Kamal/ ( |
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11/18 |
International
Management & Global Business Guest Lecture
Prof. Robert Ettl |
Ellwood
(chapters 1&2) |
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11/20 |
Bretton Woods, Debt & Structural Adjustment
Policies
|
Ellwood
(chapter 3) |
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11/25 |
Social and Economic Development & the United Nations |
Ellwood
(chapter 4) |
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12/02 |
Redesigning
the Global Economy Students receive questions for Take Home Final Essay |
Ellwood
(chapter 7) |
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12/04 |
Globality
& Cosmopolitization of Politics: The EU Case Guest Lecture Prof. Daniel Levy |
Beck |
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12/09 |
Prospects
of Justice in an Age of Globalization
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Snarr/Snarr
& Isbister |
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12/11 |
Class Evaluation & Presentation of Student Projects |
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12/15 |
Take Home Final Essay is Due at SBS-S443, |
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