GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP CLASS

International Studies 100: Global Citizenship

Summer 2015: On-Line

Professor Richard R. Marcus

Office: LA3-100a

Phone: (562) 985-4714

Email: richard.marcus@csulb.edu

Skype: richard.marcus (Long Beach)

Course Description

Most, if not all, of us are citizens of particular nation-states. We also have other communities of belonging, such as local, ethnic, religious, or perhaps even our Beach pride. In these communities, we take some level of responsibility for our fellow members and expect to have a voice in determining the rules and actions that affect us. In what ways, however, should we also see ourselves as citizens of the world? How are our economic, cultural, political, and social lives connected to those in faraway places? How do our actions affect people living across the globe? Are these effects positive or negative? How do decisions made elsewhere affect our own lives? What is our responsibility to people we have never met and whose language we do not speak; what is their responsibility to us?

In this course, students will engage in investigation and critical thinking assignments to unearth their own evidence and create their own arguments about the global dimensions of our everyday lives and local communities. Our iPhones, our clothing, our food, our immigrant families and neighbors, the truck ahead of us on the 710, last weekend’s blockbuster movie – all have lives both locally and abroad. Together, we will learn habits of thought that enable us to engage in arguments and debates about the global aspects of these and other phenomena.

Course Methodology

This course is taught entirely on-line. It is predominantly asynchronous. That is, there are no fixed periods of time for classes, quizzes, or assignments. Instead, the work will be assigned by unit. Each unit will last one week to two weeks. Where the unit is two weeks the assignments and work effort will clearly be divided between the weeks. It is your responsibility to manage your own time and ensure you have completed all of the course material and assignments for a given week in that given week. Weeks will run from Monday to Sunday.

Course Objectives and Outcomes

This course is organized around two main goals: 1) Developing students’ critical thinking skills, as applied to international problems and questions, and 2) Increasing students’ awareness of contemporary global issues and perspectives. Thus, having successfully completed I/ST 100, students will have expanded their critical and analytical skills, developed their oral communication skills, and increased their awareness of their roles as global citizens.

Upon completion of International Studies 100, students will be able to do the following:

• Collect firsthand evidence, critically analyze that evidence, advocate ideas, and explore how arguments are constructed in contemporary debates about economic, social, and cultural globalization, global perspectives and global citizenship. Through a discussion of facts, evidence and explanation, students will learn about perspectives and biases in knowledge construction about globalization.

• Take a position about global issues that is logical, reasonable and well-supported by evidence, and that accounts for multiple and competing perspectives on the same topic. Key issues for debate and argumentation will include U.S. American nationalism and identity, power in the creation of knowledge about the world, the world economic system, global environmental issues, borders and migration, authority and sovereignty in a globalized world, the role of the United States in the world, and the ethics of globalization.

• Critically evaluate discourses of the local and the national to expose the ways in which they ignore or obscure the global.

Work and assignments

Quizzes (50% of grade)

There will be five multiple-choices quizzes in the course, each worth 10% of your grade in the course. They will be given via the “quiz” feature in Beachboard and will test student comprehension and critical thinking. Quizzes will be instead of a mid term or final exam.

Discussion Board (30% of grade)

Students will be given an average of two questions per week for a total of 24 questions. Each student will be required to respond at least twice to the posts of other students each week for a total of 24 responses. They can be responses to whichever question the student chooses. There are thus graded Discussion Board assignments in this course. Students are required to use Beachboard’s discussion board to answer questions. As with all class materials, posts need to be complete before the end of the week. Because two of the posts are “responses” students should not expect to be able to wait until Sunday to post.

This material is challenging and the discussion forum is your space to write through your struggles with it. Discussion posts will be graded on their engagement with the class material. They will not be graded on grammar, style, structure, spelling, or mechanics. You may skip two (2) posts (of the 48) during the semester without any penalty to your grade.

Discussion board comments and responses are to the material for a given week. There will not be an opportunity to make up discussion board responses in a future week because we will have moved on to the next topic.

Presentations (20% of grade)

Students will work in teams of three (3) or four (4) to create the scripts and images for their presentations and then record an individual video covering their individual parts. Details will be posted on Beachboard.

Required Reading

Manfred Steger, Globalization: a Very Short Introduction, 3nd Edition. Additional readings available on BeachBoard.

Philip Diaz, End of Poverty? Think Again. Documentary Film. Available in the CSULB library or for rent on Amazon Instant Videos.

Mark Kitchell, American Masters: A Fierce Green Fire. Documentary Film. Available online: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/a-fierce-green-fire/watch-the-film/2924/

Class policies

Academic Honesty

Your oral and written assignments and examinations must be your own work, written originally for this course.

Plagiarism

Academic misconduct will not be tolerated. In most cases plagiarism is accidental, but that does not make it any more acceptable. Please carefully review the CSULB definition of plagiarism: http://www.csulb.edu/library/subj/plagiarism/. If a student is caught plagiarizing s/he will automatically be given a failing grade on the assignment or in the course, at the professor’s discretion, and there are potentially more severe CSULB actions. Please see the CSULB policy: http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/research/our/information/policies/cheating/. If you have any questions about how to properly cite references please see me.

Cheating

All work is expected to be the original work of the student. No cheating of any sort will be tolerated. Please see CSULB policy:

http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/research/our/information/policies/cheating/. If a student is caught cheating on an exam, project, or quiz s/he will automatically receive a “0” for the work. The instructor reserves the right to give the student an “F” for the course and to report it to the appropriate university disciplinary authorities for further consideration.

Turnitin.com

Students agree that by taking this course all required assignments may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism. All submitted assignments will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. You may request, in writing from your instructor, that your assignments not be submitted to Turnitin.com. However, if you choose this option you will be required to provide documentation to substantiate that the assignments are your original work and do not include any plagiarized material.

University Withdrawal Policy

It is the student’s responsibility to withdraw from classes. Instructors have no obligation to withdraw students who do not attend courses, and may choose not to do so. Withdrawal from a course after the first two weeks of instruction requires the signature of the instructor and the department chair or program director, and is permissible only for serious and compelling reasons. During the final three weeks of instruction, withdrawals are not permitted except in cases such as accident or serious illness where the circumstances causing the withdrawal are clearly beyond the student’s control and the assignment of an incomplete is not practical. Ordinarily, withdrawals in this category involve total withdrawal from the university.

Grading

The course is graded on points (0 to 100). All grades will be converted to points on a hundred point scale and then calculated as a proportion of the final grade in the class according to the proportions detailed on the previous pages.

CSULB does not use “+” or “-“in final grades. Thus for final course grades:

90-100 = “A”

80-89 = “B”

70-79 = “C”

60-69 = “D”

<60 = “F”

Late work

All work for this class is time-sensitive, and so no late work is accepted unless there is a university-approved, documented excuse. Acceptable reasons for delayed deadlines or missed exams are the same as those for an excused absence. An “excused” absence is defined by the CSULB as 1) illness or injury to the student, 2) death, injury, or serious illness of an immediate family member, 3) religious reasons (as defined by California Education Code section 89320), 4) jury duty or government obligation, 5) university sanctioned activities (artistic performances, intercollegiate athletics, etc.). Documentation must be provided for an excused absence. The student is responsible for all missed work. In the event of an excused absence the instructor will offer make up work. In the event of an unexcused absence there will be no make up work and the student will receive a “0” if there is an in-class assignment grade.

BeachBoard

This course relies entirely on regular access to and use of Beachboard. Students are expected to make regular use of this platform and to be familiar with its basic use. If any student has technology access issues, or is unfamiliar with the basics of these platforms, he or she should speak to the professor about it the first day of class. Note that it is the student’s responsibility to ensure that all work is submitted on time. Technology glitches are not an excuse. Students are therefore strongly encouraged to submit work ahead of the due date in case there are technical challenges.

We will be sending frequent emails via the BeachBoard system; you are expected to keep your email address updated in that system and to read your emails from us at least once per day.

Schedule

Week	Dates	Title	Readings
1	May 25-31	Global Literacy What do we know about the world?	· Watch: https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_on_global_population_growth· Last Week With John Oliver: Climate Changehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjuGCJJUGsg· South African Comedian Trevor Noah on David Lettermanhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaqIvo3F-P4
2	June 1-7	Understanding Global Citizenship	· Read: Chapter Two in Globalization: A Very Short Introduction
3	June 8-14	Is “our” economy really ours?	· Read: Krugman, Paul, “Why We’re in a New Gilded Age.”· Watch: https://www.ted.com/talks/chrystia_freeland_the_rise_of_the_new_global_super_rich
4	June 15-21	The Local and the Global	· Chapter One in Globalization: A Very Short Introduction· Watch: Story of Stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM· Read: iPhone Economy: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/01/20/business/the-iphone-economy.html?_r=0· Read: Ward and Lindaman, “How Textbooks around the World Portray US History: Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny”
5	June 22-28	Globalization: An Overview	· Watch: Animaniacs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vg3-TkhN4I· Watch: Kobe Bryanthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L6nVq2jspU· Chapter Two in Globalization: A Very Short Introduction· Chapter Three in Globalization: A Very Short Introduction
6	June 29-July 5	Political Aspects of Globalization	· Chapter 4 in Globalization: A Very Short Introduction· Organizational Chart of the United Nations on the website: un.org· United Nations Year in Review 2013: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nntbLKgGajw
7	July 6-12	Cultural Aspects of Globalization	· Chapter 5 in Globalization: A Very Short Introduction· ‘Art Revolution Blooms after Arab Spring’: http://www.npr.org/2013/11/07/243720260/arab-spring-artists-paint-the-town-rebel· Singing Nun on The Voice Italy goes viral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wIQh39jWOoc· ‘A Show of Strength by Middle Eastern Women Photographers’: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/26/a-show-of-strength-by-middle-eastern-women-photographers/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=1· ‘Pumzi’ (short film from Kenya): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlR7l_B86Fc#t=17· Watch ‘Shirin Neshat: Art in Exile’: http://www.ted.com/talks/shirin_neshat_art_in_exile
8	July 13-19	Am I Poor?	· Read: Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen “Putting Growth in Its Place”· Read: Joseph E. Stiglitz “On the Wrong Side of Globalization.”· Read: Amartya Sen “Why India Trails China”
9	July 20-26	Am I Poor?	· Read: Gardiner Harris “Rival Economists in Public Battle Over Cure for India’s Poverty.”· Watch the movie: End of Poverty directed by Philippe Diaz.
10	July 27-Aug. 2	The World is a Dangerous Place?	· Taylor, William B, John E Herbst, and Steven Pifer, “When Sanctions Aren’t Enough.”· Katsiroubas, Xristos and Ali Medleg, “Why Terrorism Can Grow in Any Soil…Including Our Own.”· Hoffman, Bruce. “Low Tech Terrorism.”
11	August 3-9	Ecological Dimensions of Globalization	· Read Chapter 6, Ecological Dimensions of Globalization· Watch segment of September 26, 2013, Democracy Now! on the IPCC report http://www.democracynow.org/2013/9/26/as_ipcc_warns_of_climate_disaster· Watch documentary: Fierce Green Fire, http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/a-fierce-green-fire/watch-the-film/2924/· BBC segment Arctic Time Lapse melt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEF66GRecQg· Rising sea levels New York City: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xLokKVdk7I
12	August 10-16	I Am A Globally Transformative Being!	· Watch Jennifer Grout: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF8mW4On1wY· Watch Sima Group: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puCKf24PL5s· Watch: Sheikha Al Mayassa· https://www.ted.com/talks/sheikha_al_mayassa_globalizing_the_local_localizing_the_global· Watch: Orhan Pamuk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY8jWbPeI50&list=PLA71083827CADD037

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