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Culture and Politics (under heading cultural studies)
GOVT - IPOL: according to the latest report on information literacy for political science, data literacy was identified as important and specifically knowing and locating PS datasets.
How do these courses related to the core curriculum?
need to be taken in the first two years, but are not specific courses with code and title but from a selection of available courses that have that designation, like HIST, PHIL etc
Learning objectives
“help them improve both their understanding of the material and their skills of interpretation, writing, and argumentation”
Assignments:
Essays:70%
Long essay is better
Short essays are better
Library Instruction
Learning objectives (Novice)
IL objectives
Fall 2020
PHIL 099 did not include a research assignment anymore, because of the COVID situation and library instruction was dropped
HIST 007
HIST 008
HIST 180
HIST 181
Fall 2020: all sections covered by Robert
Learning Objectives:
Main campus core curriculum goals
Do students start taking more majors courses? Not mentioned in the handout Gehan send me.
Since they have declared their majors in the previous fall semester of 2nd year, they should be able to start taking major core courses, right? Which ones do they prefer? Ask registrar?
ECON 244: International Finance
ECON 243 International Trade
GOVT 060: International Relations
LOs
(Module-specific Skills)
(1) Demonstrate an understanding of the key structures, features and issues of the international system;
(2)Demonstrate an understanding of the main approaches used to understand international relations and global politics;
(Personal and Key Skills)
(3) Demonstrate skills of independent research: finding, assessing, analysing and synthesising information from a range of sources;
(4) Demonstrate ability to produce reasoned and supported argumentation in writing and in oral presentation;
(5) Demonstrate ability to use the “academic apparatus” of referencing and bibliography.
Assignments
Final Paper: 30 percent
By the end of the semester students will be required to submit a final paper (3,000 words) reflectingboth a critical analysis of themes addressed in class and some independent research.
ASSESSMENT AND ASSIGNMENTS
(only relevant)
Library Instruction
(2019)
Learning outcomes:
Library and in search engines like Google Scholartips (again) on how to distinguish between reliable and unreliable sources, and between what is useful as opinion and what is usable as a source of fact
IL Objectives
(2018)
Learning outcomes:
-Identify relevant subject databases-Use specific databases-Choose materials according to type of source they need
IL objectives:
Learning outcomes:
IL objectives:
Do all students need to take this?
Fall 2020: all sections were covered Miller, Lieven, Nonneman
INAF 008: Map of the Modern World
ECON 002: Macroeconomics
WRIT 016 or HALC
GOVT 040: Comparative Political Systems
LOs
4 learning objectives:
· To become familiar with some of the most seminal theoretical and empirical works in the field of Comparative Politics
· To practice applying theories to a diverse set of empirical case studies in order to bolster understanding of complex political phenomena, both current and historic
· To gain valuable exposure to methodological issues of social inquiry in political science, both through class discussions as well as with hands-on progressive research assignments
· To strengthen oral and written communication skills in preparation for more advanced courses at SFS-Q
To provide students with an understanding of modern political systems by looking comparatively at a large variety of countries.
To introduce students to the basic premises and core concepts of leading schools of thought and interpretation in the study of comparative politics, including such common terms as democratization, authoritarianism, the state, political institutions, and civil society.
To familiarize students with important variations in the governmental institutions, norms, events and practices of contemporary nation states.
To expose students to current research on the effects of different types of institutional settings on the political process and on policy outcomes.
To sharpen students’ analytical skills of information gather, conceptual definition and systematic organization and presentation of ideas.
To provide students with the necessary tools to exercise a critical understanding of current affairs in the world.
Assignments
Final Take-Home Essay (30%):
The final assignment in this course will be a 5-page comparative analysis essay, which requires students to employ the comparative method to critically reflect on the course material
None is relevant to library research, she used to assign an annotated bibliography but it’s not in the latest edition of the syllabus
Group presentations: do they require any kind of original research?
Library instruction
Literature review how to: refworks, subject search
Scholarly conversation: Goolge Scholar and citation search forward-backward (from a Lieven class 2018 Spring, lesson plan available, but the same lesson plan is found in other versions of this class)
This one is offered both in Fall AND Spring semesters. Is it offered for 2nd year too? Do all students have to take this?
Fall 2020 GOVT 040 is not offered
Fall 2019 - Garrett: No research assignment | Alonso: No research assignment
Core Course
Language Acquisition Course
ECON 001: Microenonomics
WRIT 014 OR 015
LOs
5. Formulate a thesis statement and write a sustained argument using sources,
6. Evaluate claims and supporting evidence,
9. Learn to formulate a research question and to limit the scope of a topic,
10. Learn how to attribute sources, document an academic piece of writing and provide in-text citation,
Assignments:
Bibliography
Final research paper
Library instruction
Learning outcomes (novice):
IL objectives:
(for Fall 19 Zayani didn’t send me a syllabus. During the class I realized the students were beginners and had to change the content. We ended up doing basic stuff like searching the catalog and talked a little bit about evaluating resources because most of the students hadn’t taken a proseminar library session
INAF 100 Proseminar
Writing:
"All IHIS majors are required to take Global Perspectives on
International History (HIST-305) which exposes students to various
methodologies in studying international history and gives students the
opportunity to hone their writing as scholars and historians. In
addition, students continue to practice writing through the upper-level
history seminars, which allow students to continually develop and revise
their writing skills throughout their academic careers."
Can someone do honors without taking this course?
Goals and objectives from main campus
Writing
"Students majoring in IPOL fulfill the University’s integrated writing
requirement through their coursework in the Government Department. All
seminars require students to conduct original research, formulate
logical arguments, and present their arguments with supporting evidence
in both short and long papers." Does that mean the GOVT courses 040 and 060?
Last time taught: this Fall semester 2019
Will be taught: Spring semester 2020
Last time taught: This Spring semester 2020 (first time course): all sections included library instruction
Goals and objectives for International Economics major from main campus
"The elements of original research and writing, from posing a question, to summarizing the literature, modeling, gathering data, establishing causality and drawing conclusions."
Do students take the IECO 401 course and write the research paper as mentioned in the main campus, even if not doing honors?
"Students majoring in IPOL fulfill the University’s integrated writing
requirement through their coursework in the Government Department. All
seminars require students to conduct original research, formulate
logical arguments, and present their arguments with supporting evidence
in both short and long papers." what does that mean, that the GOVT courses act also as writing courses?
MATH 035, can non-IECON students take this course? Do all students when completing core curriculum need to take this course?
ECON 122 Introduction to Econometrics (Spring Year 3)
ECON 102 Intermediate Macroeconomics (Spring Year 3)
ECON 121 Economics Statistics (Fall Year 3)
ECON 101 Intermediate Microeconomics (Fall Year 3)
"CULP students will satisfy the University’s Integrated Writing
requirement through the required gateway class (CULP-045). Because CULP
is an interdisciplinary major, however, there is no one methodology or
writing genre that students must master." what does that mean?
Last time taught: this Fall semester 2019
