Stony Brook University, Federated
Learning Communities Program
FLC 302/SOC 393: GLOBAL ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT & POLITICAL
GOVERNANCE
(Spring 2003)
Wednesday 6-9 p.m.
Location:
SBS-N436 (only 1/22 and 1/29)
CELT-Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning,
Melville Library E 1337 (starting 2/05)
Instructor: Professor Hermann Kurthen
(hkurthen@notes.cc.sunysb.edu, phone: 632-7717)
Office Hours: Wednesday 4-6
p.m. & by appointment at SBS-S443
TA: Nectaria
Krokidis (nectar910@aol.com)
The
Federated Learning Community (FLC) is a program which 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 Fall 2003 is Global
Identities, Cultures, and Institutions.
| FLC 302/SOC 394 | Program Seminar (3 credits) | Hermann Kurthen | W 6-9 pm |
| FEDERATED CLASSES | |||
| BUS 110 (01) | Business in the 21st Century | Bob Ettl/Mark Palermo | M 12:30-2 pm & M 3:20-4:40 pm |
| POL 311-F | Intro International Law | Bill Burke | M 7-10
pm |
| ECO 358 | Economy of India | Debapriya Sen | MWF 8:20-9:15 am |
| POL 336 | U.S. Foreign Policy | Helmut Norpoth | MWF 9:25-10:20 am |
| HIS 396-K | Wealth & Inequality in Mod. Corpor.Am. | Chris Sellers | MWF 10:30-11:25 am |
| LAC 200-J | Latin American and Caribbean Society | Paul Gootenberg | MW 11:35-12:55 pm |
| SOC 309 | Social Conflicts and Movements | Javier Auyero | MW 3:20-4:40 pm |
| THR 277 | The Media Industry | Norman Prusslin | T 7-10 pm |
| HIS 392 | Europe and the 3rd World Since 1945 | Young-sun Hong | TTH 9:50-11:10 am |
| SOC 348 | Global Sociology | Jim Rule | TTH 12:50-2:10 pm |
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, website design, collaboration
with
and peer mentoring of high school students, preparing a student conference,
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
- collaborate
in small groups which are organized around topics covered in the program
course.
- Participate
in a graded short quiz based on the required reading of a given day. No
make up if late or absent.
Lowest
score will be dropped.
- A
short, task-oriented open-book mid-term essay covering
readings/discussions of the first part of the semester.
- During
the semester groups or individuals will engage in one student project
related to the class topic, such as
researching an organization, setting up a
web page, conducting a survey/interviews, writing an article for a
student paper, etc. The projects have to be
agreed upon by the instructor no later than March 5. If not agreed
upon in time a penalty will apply. All
student projects need to be finished and presented at the student conference on
May 7.
- Students
(individually or as a group) are required to select and research a country or
international organization/NGO
related to the topic of global economics,
development, or political governance. A theoretically and empirically
informed
2-3 page hardcopy conference outline has to be submitted for the
mock-conference on April 30.
- The
topics of the reports have to be agreed upon by the instructor no later than March
12. If not agreed
upon in time or submitted a penalty will
apply.
- The
outline will serve as the backbone of the hardcopy final term paper of
about 15 pages (groups) or
7 pages (individuals) due in its final form
on Wednesday, May 14, 2002 at 5 p.m. at the instructor's office.
- No late submissions will be accepted.
A
typical class will start with a quiz based on the reading, followed by a short
lecture or presentation by a guest
speaker
from a federated course and a class discussion. After a snack break, we will
further explore a session topic
by
splitting up in smaller discussion groups, listening to an instructor briefing,
or watching a video.
Class
participation and attendance as well as the quiz, mid-term essay, and
conference presentation/term
paper
are very important parts of the FLC seminar and will be appropriately evaluated
and graded (see below).
STUDENT
EVALUATION
| Individual class participation and class attendance before AND after snack break |
20%
|
| A short quiz at the beginning of most classes |
30%
|
| One mid-term essay based on all required readings completed before the exam |
10%
|
| One individual or student group project agreed upon by the instructor by March 5 |
5%
|
| The student project has to be finished and presented at the student conference on May 7 |
10%
|
| A conference briefing presentation turned into a printed final term paper.The topic needs to be agreed upon by the instructor no later than March 12 |
5%
|
| A hardcopy briefing has to be submitted for the student conference on April 30 |
10%
|
| The final term paper is due in its final form on May 14 |
10%
|