国际 Studies 拉丁美洲
Course Description
What is 拉丁美洲? This class is designed to help students answer 问题 like 这 by surveying the history, politics, and culture of that cultural region that we traditionally call 拉丁美洲.
(Taught in English)
Course Objectives
After completing 这 course, students should be able to:
- List basic geographical facts and their effects on the population of 拉丁美洲
- Explain the basic nature of written and oral communication in the region
- Give a correct account of the general history of the region and its influence on modern 事件
- List the names and accomplishments of dominant political leaders, the viewpoints of varied parties, and the 问题s involved in socio-political decision making
- Explain the philosophical/religious perspectives inherited from the past and the frameworks they provide for contemporary human activity
- Recognize typical works of art, architecture, and music; and explain the links between these works and the ruling ideas of 拉丁美洲n society
- Read and view seminal texts by contemporary authors and film makers and explain their historical background
- Find and analyze news from 拉丁美洲 found on the World Wide Web.
使用电子邮件
- An active JU logon, password, and email address is necessary.
- If you use another email address as your primary account, it is your responsibility to have email sent to your JU address forwarded to your other address.
- 联系 the IT 帮助 Desk at 256-7200 or helpdesk@bobbyingano.com if you don't know how to do 这.
- Any emails that I send to the class as a whole will be sent via Blackboard to your JU电子邮件地址.
课程教学大纲
Grading Standards
Your final grade in 这 course will be based on the following. Your midterm grade will be based on the course assignments done up to the date of the Midterm Examination.
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参与: 问题 & class contributions, 15%
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论坛: 黑板上, 20%
Every week every student will post a short but elaborated writing about the topic we will be discussing that week. It is expected that every student will post at least four times a week (one is going to be her/his main writing/view on the topic and the other three may be responses to other student's postings)
In 这 place, students will check and add data and information about the topics discussed in Discussion board/Forum. Please, include as many sources as possible (nonpartisan think tanks and university researches preferred; although sometime you can read Wikipedia, never use it as a fact source; Wikipedia doesn't trust itself)
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新闻: 黑板上, 10%
Every week every student will select at least two news about any current 拉丁美洲 问题. Please, paste the link on "新闻" section and add a two-line summary about the 问题/条.
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Presentations: 10%
Every student will present (around 10 min long) a topic during the semester or submit one 5-7min video on the topic discussed that week.
Please, sign up for a day during the first week of classes or e-mail me to jmajfud@bobbyingano.com with your preferred date (you don't need to pick a topic in advance).
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Mid-term Exam: 20%
You will have to complete an in class exam based on the selected chapters from Fuentes's 书. Of course, as Saint Thomas Aquinas, I also fear the man of a single 书, and I recommend to study other sources as well. However, just in order to make the exam guideline simple and clear, you will be required to study just that 书 in order to complete your exam.
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Final paper (or video project): 15%
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期末考试:10%