Winter term 2007
Political Science
AS POLS 4985 6.0 Global Political Studies Honours Colloquium
Course Instructor:
Professor: Sabah Alnasseri
Office Location/Hours:
Ross S627
Fridays: 12.30-14.00
Weekly Required Readings:
Fall Term
Week of Sep. 6
Introduction. No Readings
Important Dates:
Sep. 5: Fall term classes commence.
Week of Sep 13
Readings
- Torry D. Dickinson and Robert K. Schaeffer, Fast Forward: Work, gender, and protests in a changing world, Lanham, Maryland: Roman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001, Ch. 1-4
Week of Sep 20
Readings
- Dickinson and Schaeffer, Ch. 5-7
Important Dates
Sep 20: Last date to announce component of final grade
Sep 20: Last day to enroll without permission of instructor
Week of Sep 27
Readings
- Dickinson and Schaeffer, Ch. 5-7
Week of Oct 4
Readings
- Dickinson and Schaeffer, Ch. 8-10
Important Dates
Oct 8: Thanksgiving: No classes
Week of Oct 11
Readings
- Dickinson and Schaeffer, Ch. 11-13
Week of Oct 18
Readings
- Kees van der Pijl, Transnational classes and international relations. New York: Routledge, 1998, Ch. 1-2
Important Dates
Oct 19: Last day to enroll with permission of the instructor
Week of Oct 25
Readings
- Van der Pijl, Ch. 3-4
Week of Nov 1
Readings
- Van der Pijl, Ch. 5
Important Dates
Nov 2: At least 15% of grade must be released to students
Week of Nov 8
Readings
- Campell, David, Writing security: United States foreign policy and the politics of identity. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1998, Introduction through Ch. 2 and 3.
Important Dates
Nov 9: Last day to drop Fall courses without receiving a final grade.
Week of Nov 15
Readings
- Campell, Ch. 4 and 5
Week of Nov 22
Readings
- Campell, Ch. 6 and 7
Week of Nov 29
Readings
- Campell, Ch. 8 to end
Important Dates
Dec 3: Classes end.
Dec 5: Last day to submit fall term course work.
Winter Term 08
Week of Jan 3
Set presentations schedule, in-class exercises on writing a problem statement
Week of Jan 10
Problem statement due. In-class exercise on writing a research design
Week of Jan 17
In-class discussions of research design and strategy
Week of Jan 24
In-class discussion of annotated bibliography
Important dates
Jan 25: 30% of Grade must be released to students.
Week of Jan 31
Annotated bibliographies due. Class meeting to discuss problems, progress in writing first drafts of paper
Important dates
Feb 1: Last date to drop courses without receiving a grade
Week of Feb 7
First draft of paper due. In-class discussion of critique and revision
Week of Feb 11-15
Reading week, no classes
Week of Feb 21
In-class discussion of peers’ critiques
Week of Feb 28
Research presentations and discussion
Week of Mar 6
Research presentations and discussion
Week of Mar 13
Research presentations and discussion
Important dates
Mar 17: Last date to schedule 20% test exam
Week of Mar 20
Research presentations and discussion
Week of Mar 27
Research presentations and discussion
Week of Apr 3
Research presentations and discussion
Week of Apr 3
Classes end
Apr 7
Last date to submit winter term work