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BSFS Degree Program

The selection of additional core courses is integral to the curriculum and is typically completed within the first two years. These courses are not specified by exact codes or titles but are chosen from a variety of subjects such as Theology, History, Economics, and Philosophy.

BSFS Degree Program

Literacy Standards for each major?

Political Science

History

Culture and Politics (under heading cultural studies)

Economics

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.

Additional Core Courses to choose from

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

ECON (3 courses) already in the map tree

PHIL (2 courses) 099 + 1 course with PHIL prefix or attribute

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

THEO (2 courses) 001 (or 011) + 1 course with THEO prefix or attribute

HIST (3 courses) (not specific)

HIST 007

HIST 008

HIST 180

HIST 181

Fall 2020: all sections covered by Robert

BSFS Degree Program

Main topic

Students declare majors Fall of 2nd year

Core Courses

Learning Objectives:

Source

Main campus core curriculum goals

2nd year

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

1st year

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

International History (IHIS)

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."

HIST 408 -Sr Sem: History Honors (fall)

Can someone do honors without taking this course?

Three courses toward self-designated concentration
Four IHIS electives
HIST 305 Global History (Fall Year 3)

International Politics (IPOL)

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?

IPOL 400 -Honors Seminar (fall)
IPOL 212 & 320 mentioned above
5 courses that have been approved for the IPOL major program
1 course from the International Relations concentration
1 course from the Comparative Politics concentration
IPOL 320 Quantitative Methods (Year 3)

Last time taught: this Fall semester 2019

Will be taught: Spring semester 2020

IPOL 212 Scope and Methods for Political Science (Year 2)

Last time taught: This Spring semester 2020 (first time course): all sections included library instruction

International Economics (IECO)

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?

Required courses (before 3rd year) MATH-035 Calculus I (Spring Year 1 or Year 2) ECON-243 International Trade (Fall Year 2) ECON-244 International Finance (Spring Year 2)

MATH 035, can non-IECON students take this course? Do all students when completing core curriculum need to take this course?

Spring

ECON 122 Introduction to Econometrics (Spring Year 3)

ECON 102 Intermediate Macroeconomics (Spring Year 3)

Fall

ECON 121 Economics Statistics (Fall Year 3)

ECON 101 Intermediate Microeconomics (Fall Year 3)

Culture and Politics (CULP)


"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?

Research Intensive
CULP 349 CULP Honors Seminar (fall)
5 classes oriented around a self-constructed theme (topical electives)
4 classes tagged as CULP (must be in at least two different disciplines i.e. course prefixes)
CULP 045 Introduction to Culture and Politics (Fall Year 3)

Last time taught: this Fall semester 2019