PSCI 420
Senior Seminar in International Relations: Globalization and War
Last Offered n/a
Division II Writing Skills
This course is not offered in the current catalog

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This seminar examines whether the war on terrorism and the war in Iraq have fundamentally altered the trends of globalization that unfolded over the previous few decades. We first read about globalization. We will not read everything there is to read about globalization; nor will we attempt to survey all theoretical perspectives on globalization. Rather, we engage several different perspectives to familiarize ourselves with the major issues. Students write two 5-page papers on two of the books we read together. The second part of the course centers on individual student research projects. Each student chooses some facet of the Iraq war or the war on terrorism and, throughout the semester, combs journalistic and academic sources for information. Each student makes a presentation to the class on the topic of his or her research and, finally, each writes a 20-page research paper engaging the question of how that particular aspect of the war on terrorism or the war in Iraq has influenced larger processes of globalization.
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 16
Expected: 16
Class#: 0
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Requirements/Evaluation: seminar participation, two short papers, class presentation, research paper
Prerequisites: at least two previous classes in international relations, and junior or senior standing
Enrollment Preferences: senior Political Science majors
Distributions: Division II Writing Skills
Attributes: PSCI International Relations Courses

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