Stony Brook University, Federated Learning Communities Program

FLC 302/SOC 393: Global Identities, civilizations & citizenship

(Spring 2004)

Tuesday 5:20-8:10 p.m.

Location: SBS-N 107

Professor Hermann Kurthen (hkurthen@ms.cc.sunysb.edu, phone: 632-7717)

Hermann Kurthen Office Hours: Tuesday 3:00-5:00 p.m. & by appointment at SBS-S 443

TA: Stephanie McLean: Tue/Thu: 1:00-2:00 pm at SBS-S 443 (rugrat34@hotmail.com)

TA: Aaron Kagan: Mon/Wed: 4:00-5:00 pm at SBS-S 443 (akagan@ic.sunysb.edu)

SOC 393-F, cross-listed with the sixth and last FLC 302 minor program seminar on Globalization, integrates topics from a number of “federated” courses in the College of Arts and Sciences. The class encourages students to understand global linkages by exploring a variety of contemporary issues, in particularly global ethics, civilizations, cultural change, identities, heritage, citizenship and nationalism. Beginning with an introduction about mapping, experiencing, explaining, and debating globalization, this course will lead students from an examination of their own identities and roots to an understanding of how those identities develop within a global matrix of ethno-cultural, gender, and political relationships. The course will also address why many people and groups resist globalization from above and what possible alternatives exist to promote a non-violent, just, equitable, democratic, and sustainable future world society. The course incorporates guest-lectures, a variety of extra-credit assignments, and a field trip to the UN Headquarter in NYC.

FLC 302/SOC 393-F	Program Seminar (required for minor, 3 credits)	Hermann Kurthen	TU	5:20-8:10 pm
	FEDERATED CLASSES
PHI 105-G	Politics and Society	Chad Kautzer	MF	12:50-2:10 pm
AAS 392-F	Language & Communication in South Asia	Shikaripur Sridhar	MW	2:20-3:40 pm
AFS/HIS 221-J	Intro to Modern African History	Olufemi Vaughan	MW	6:50-8:10 pm
HIS 300-F	Global History International Law & Institutions	Susan Hinely	MWF	11:35-12:30 pm
EST 201-H	Technological Trends in Society	Glenn Smith	TUTH	2:20-3:40 pm
AAS/LIN 250-F	Language & Cultures of Asian Americans	Kamal Sridhar	TUTH	2:20-3:40 pm
POL 372-J	Politics in the Third World	Sanser Yener	MWF	8:30-9:25 am
POL 336-F	U.S. Foreign Policy	Helmut Norpoth	MWF	9:35-10:30 am
HIS 281-H	Global History and Geography	Wolf Schäfer	TUTH	8:20-9:40 am
MUS 319-J	Music in Latin America	Frederick Moehn	TUTH	11:20-12:40 pm
WST 395-J	Topics in Global Feminism	Angela Cotten	TUTH	12:50-2:10 pm

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; group or individual research projects and oral presentations, webpage design, visiting the U.N. headquarters, participating in or organizing public events (surveys, letter writing, student conferences), 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 class session. No make up if late or absent. The lowest score will be dropped.

q A short, open-book mid-term essay on March 23 covering readings/discussions of the first part of the semester.

q A final take home essay covering the full semester and consisting of tasks 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 May 4. A spell-checked and proof-read hardcopy of the essay is due at Prof. Kurthen's office no later than May 14 at 5 p.m. No late submissions will be accepted.

q A half day visit of the United Nations Headquarters in New York City including a guided tour and briefing by UN staff and/or a UN ambassador on March 29 (to be confirmed). Participation is required and counts as class attendance.

q Students can receive extra credit if they engage individually or as groups in voluntary student projects agreed upon by the instructor and related to the class topic, such as researching a global organization or issue, conducting a global survey/interviews, writing an issue related article for a student paper, or preparing a presentation using power point slides, graphs, statistical charts, etc. Projects have to be approved by the instructor no later than March 9 and turned in by May 4.

A typical class will start with a quiz based on the reading followed by an instructor lecture or a short guest speaker presentation followed by a Q&A session. In addition, the class will be engaged in small group work and collaborative learning projects involving multimedia tools and videos. Class participation and attendance as well as the quizzes, mid-term and final essay and student projects (extra credit) are important parts of the seminar and will be appropriately evaluated and graded (see below).

STUDENT EVALUATION

- Individual class participation and attendance 20%

- Short, reading related quizzes at the beginning of most classes 30%

- One mid-term essay on March 16 based on all required readings completed before the exam 20%

- A final take home essay submitted no later than May 14 30%

- A voluntary student project agreed upon by the instructor March 9 & turned in by May 4 (extra credit 15%)

Course Calendar: “Global Identities, civilizations, and citizenship”

DATE	TOPICS	READINGS
01/27	Introduction & class organization Video: Bowling for Columbine
02/03	Globalization and its History	Kelleher/Klein, Robins
02/10	Motors, Outcomes, and Limits of Globalization	Beck, Strada, Gabel
02/17	Experiencing globalization Guest Speaker Prof. S. Sridhar: The Other Side of English: Local Identities in a Global Language	Fishman, UN Human Development Report
02/24	Explaining globalization Guest Speaker Chad Kautzer: Forces of Capitalist Economic Globalization	Landau Strada
03/02	Debating globalization Guest Speaker Sanser Yener: Democratization and Race	Gibson Cohen/Kennedy
03/09	Global identity formation Guest Speaker Prof. Femi Vaughan: Local Politics & Colonization in British West Africa Voluntary Extra Credit Student Project Outline is due	Vaughan Strada
03/16	Global institutions and the United Nations Guest Speaker Prof. Susan Hinely: The Theory of International Law in a Postmodern World	Koskenniemi Mingst, UN-UNA USA
03/23	Mid-term Exam & Preparation of United Nations visit
03/29	Visit of the U.N. Headquarters in New York City (to be confirmed)
03/30	Global Civilizations and Comparative Cultures Guest Speaker Prof. Meena Sridhar: Language, identity, and culture in the context of the Asian American experience	Takaki Strada
04/13	Global Consumerism and World Music Guest Speaker Prof. Frederick Moehn: Brazilian World Music	Moehn, Sovik Cohen/Kennedy
04/20	The Globalization of Citizenship and Human Rights Guest Speaker Prof. Glenn Smith: Global Media and Violence	Mitchell/Schoeffel, Peterson et al.
04/27	The Challenges of Globalization for Nation States Guest Speaker Prof. Helmut Norpoth: Globalization, Geopolitics, and U.S. National Security Policy Handing out Final Take Home Essay Questions	Gaddis, Traub, GW Bush, Isbister
05/04	The Future of Globalization Course Evaluation & Submission of Voluntary Extra Credit Student Project	Snarr/Snarr Kueng
05/14	Hardcopy of Final Term Paper due at SBS-S 443, 5:00 p.m.

If you have a physical, psychological, medical or learning disability that may impact your course work, please contact Disability Support Services (631) 632-6748. They will determine with you what accommodations are necessary and appropriate. All information and documentation is confidential. Students requiring emergency evacuation are encouraged to discuss their needs with their professors and Disability Support Services. For procedures and information http://www.ehs.sunysb.edu/fire/disabilities.asp