PUB 300: Globalization and Community

Course Description

The course will focus on immigration, diaspora, and human rights in the context of the student's community. A prearranged student project will continue into this course and develop through required readings on themes of globalization, diaspora, and community impact. This course can only be taken by students in the College Unbound Program. (3 credits)

Prerequisites

ENG 101: English Composition 1
ENG 102: English Composition 2

Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

Examine and demonstrate how their project has been affected by globalization, immigration, and diaspora;
Access meaningful information related to their project (qualitative, quantitative, ethnographic) connected to Global Studies in their own community;
Integrate what they have learned into a Statement of Global Belonging;
Develop Lifelong Learning competencies in accordance with the College Unbound rubric.

Course Activities and Grading

Assignments	Weight
Project Development with Global Lens	35%
Weekly Writings and Written Reflections	30%
Statement of Global Belonging	15%
Public Exhibition	20%
Total

Required Texts

Myles Horton & Paolo Freire, We Make the Road by Walking
Packer, "How Susie Bayer's T-Shirt..."; NPR Series, "World in a T-Shirt"
Universal Declaration on Human Rights
Tharoor, "Are Human Rights Universal"
Illich, "To Hell With Good Intentions"
Kennedy, "Special Message to Congress on the Peace Corps"
Aronson, "Introduction to Systems Thinking"

Course Schedule

Week	SLOs	Readings and Exercises	Assignments
1	1-4	Connecting: Citizens of the City, Citizens of the World Kristof, "DIY Foreign Aid Revolution" Ghonim, "Inside the Egyptian Revolution" "Dr. Farmer's Remedy" Camila Vallejo, the World's Most Glamorous Revolutionary" Myles Horton & Paolo Freire, We Make the World by Walking	Participate in Discussion Boards
2	1-4	Experiencing Friedman, "It's Flat World After All" Appiah, "The Case for Contamination" Watson, "McDonald's in Hong Kong" Fischer, "Flat World Lessons" Keohane & Nye, "Globalization" Sen, "How to Judge Globalism" Stiglitz, "Making Globalization Work" Croucher, Globalization & Belonging	Participate in Discussion Boards
3	1-4	Defining Berry, "Conserving Communities" Ohmae, "The End of the Nation State" Esteva & Prakash, "From Global to Local"	Participate in Discussion Boards
4	1-3	Systems Thinking Atkisson, "It's the System" Meadows, "Places to Intervene in the System" Aronson, "Introduction to Systems Thinking" Quinn, "The New Renaissance"	Participate in Discussion Boards
5	1-4	Changing Systems Packer, "How Susie Bayer's T-Shirt..." NPR Series, "World in a T-Shirt"	Participate in Discussion Boards
6	1-3	Sharing Your Project Plumpy'Nut Case Studies	Participate in Discussion Boards
7	1-2	Acting and Enacting Alinsky, "Community Traditions" from Reveille for Radicals Intro, Culture and Public Action	Participate in Discussion Boards
8	1-4	Bringing It All Together Illich, "To Hell With Good Intentions" Kennedy, "Special Message to Congress on the Peace Corps"	Participate in Discussion Boards Public Exhibitions of Work - Post Recorded Presentation Comment on Classmates' Presentation Videos

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