FYS
Spring 2008 Calendar
Jan. 15 (T) in class: get
into groups for presentation on presidential candidates’
positions
Jan. 17 (Th) due:
over-vacation paper on current news
in class: present, discuss over-vacation paper
Jan. 21 (M) meet in Simons
computer room G60 to research candidates’ positions
have read “Author’s Notes” to The Glass Palace, pp.
471-5
Jan. 23 (W) due: presentations on presidential candidates’
positions
have read Glass Palace ch.
1-3 (pp. 3-31)
Jan. 25 (F) due: more
presentations
Glass Palace ch. 4-5 (pp.
32-54)
Jan. 29 (T) Glass Palace
ch. 6-9 (pp. 57-102)
look up “civil society” in
wikipedia
in class: introduction of the major
research project and
discussion of possible topics
Jan. 31 (Th) Anant Bhan et al.
“Grand Challenges in Global Health” PLoS Medicine 4:9
(September 2007):
1456-59. -- Academic Search Premier
Glass Palace ch. 10-12
Aung San Suu Kyi essay on democracy in Burma
in class: lecture and discussion on
how to identify a CSO
Feb. 4 (M) due: report on
civil society organization
Glass Palace ch. 13-14
Feb. 6 (W) Glass Palace ch.
15-16
in class: lecture and discussion on
apparatus of communication
Feb. 8 (F) due: find an
apparatus of communication, bring to class
Glass Palace ch. 17-19
Feb. 12 (T) Glass Palace
ch. 20-24
Arnesen, “… Rosa Parks,” Chicago
Tribune (20 Nov. 2005). -- ProQuest
in class: go over how to analyze an
apparatus of communication
Feb. 14 (Th) due: Analysis
of Apparatus of Communication
Feb. 18 (M) in class: discussion
of play Death and the Maiden, showing on campus
2/7-2/16
Feb. 20 (W) Glass Palace ch.
25-31
Feb. 21-22 Long Weekend
Feb. 26 (T) Glass Palace
ch. 32-37
Feb. 28 (Th) due:
Archaeology of Profession or CSO
guest presentation by Career Services
Glass Palace ch. 38
Mar. 3 (M) due: job
application letter and resume
Mar. 5 (W) Glass Palace,
finish
Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize
acceptance speech
Mar. 7 (F) A Brief
History of Globalization ch. 1 and acknowledgements
in class: lecture on how to locate
an issue
Mar. 11 (T) due: memo on
your issue and exigency for issue
meet in library, research
Mar. 13 (Th) A Brief History of
Globalization ch. 2
Tropical Fish ch. 1 and 2
March 15-24 Easter
Mar. 25 (T) Brief History of
Globalization ch. 3
Ruth Reitan, “A Global Civil Society in a World
Polity…” Global Governance 13
(2007): 445-60. -- Academic Search Premier
in class lecture: how to write a state of the
debate paper
Mar. 27 (Th) library day
Mar. 31 (M) Brief History of
Globalization ch. 4
Tropical Fish ch. 3
Apr. 2 (W) due: State of
the Debate Essay
Apr. 4 (F) Brief History of
Globalization ch. 5
Tropical Fish ch. 4
Apr. 8 (T) due: Preliminary
Oral Presentations
Apr. 10 (Th) due: Preliminary Oral
Presentations
Apr. 14 (M) Brief History of
Globalization ch. 6
Tropical Fish ch. 5
Apr. 16 (W) due: rough
draft of final paper
in class: draft workshop
Apr. 18 (F) due:
final paper
Apr. 22 (T) Brief History of
Globalization ch. 7
Movie: Up and Down
Apr. 23 (W) Scholarship
and Creativity Day
Apr. 25 (F) computer lab and
guest presentation by IT services – location to be announced
Apr. 29 (T) Brief History of
Globalization ch. 8
Tropical Fish ch. 6
May 1 (Th) Tropical Fish
ch. 7
May 5 (M) due: website
Tropical Fish ch. 8
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