Syllabus

Bluebook exam for Tusday 6/13

 

Required Texts

Karen Mingst. Essentials of International Relations

Joyce Kaufman, A Concise History of US Foreign Policy

Course Activities (graded stuff)

  • Weekly quiz on text and lecture                                             10%
  • Report on regional politics                                                     30%
  • Report on Global Issues                                                        30%
  • Weekly Media journal                                                           15%
  • Weekly Discussion (prep for quiz)                                         15%
Quizzes

Multiple guess, true-false, matching and other quick and easy ways to assess how much you pay attention to reading and lecture (means coming to class)

Regional reports

Each of you will be expected to give three brief (3-5  minute) updates on the international relations in one of the following regions:

  • Russia and the Near Abroad
  • US and Latin America
  • China, Japan, Korea
  • China Australia, S.E. Asia
  • India-Pakistan-south Asia
  • Africa
  • Europe
  • Middle East
Global Issues Update

Each of you will be expected to give three brief (3-5  minute) updates on a global issue:

  • Environment
  • Trade
  • Migration
  • Capital flow
  • Hunger, poverty, health
  • Human Rights
  • Culture Contact
  • War, terror, piracy
Media Journal

Starting with week two each of you will be expected to update a personal media journal.  This can be in print or online.  An online version is preferable if you can do it.

Project

Each of you will do some kind of project.

Participation

You need to be present in class and help other people learn

Course Policies

  1. Come to class on time. If you come in late on a consistent basis I will call you out in front of class for an explanation--it will embarras you and not me.
  2. No talking with one another while I am lecturing--I will dismiss you right out of class the first time and lower your grade .1 each time after that. If you have a question ask me. If it is not about class, don't talk about it.
  3. No playing with your laptops, pdas, phones or homework from other classes during my class. -I will dismiss you right out of class the first time and lower your grade .1 each time after that.
  4. No plagiarising on written assignments. I provide no grace on this. I will fail you and recommend you for discplinary action the first time you turn in a paper which is group written or palgiarise from another source. I do not even allow you to study as a group in preparation for you papers--I want each papers to reflect your individual thought, analysis and writing. I will have absolutely no mercy on this.