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SYLLABUS 1 Geographies of International Development GEOG 3682 Fall, 2009 MWF, 10:00 am-10:50 am Hale 230 Instructor: Stephanie Booker Email: [email protected] Office: Gugg 312 Office Hours: Wed. 11-12:30 pm; Fri. 11-12:30 pm TA: Kendle Wade Email: [email protected] Office: Gugg 314 (Fire escape) Office Hours: Thurs. 2-4pm Introduction and Course Description: The world is full of good intentions and places to try them out; decades of such good intentions aiming to help 'develop' people, communities, nations, and regions have not had tremendous success thus far. Some might even argue that the places that have been the intended recipients of development are worse off now than ever. There are, however, promising new approaches to development that attempt to address the shortcomings of earlier attempts--namely, participatory development, sustainable development, and gender and development. In this class we will explore how the actors and institutions of development frame the problem they aim to address from their own particular perspective and how their perspective informs their solution to the problem. Further, we will explore how the development schemes are negotiated and contested in different contexts. We will look closely at whose interests are served by development projects and explore the consequences of these unequal power relations using geographical concepts of scale, networks, and place. This course is divided into three parts: Part I is a historical account of the theories of development, part II is an exploration of the contemporary issues in development, and part III is an exploration of doing development. Course Objectives: • Understand the theories of the development project including how they have changed and been executed over time and space. • Be able to use and recognize the theories in practice by recognizing the actors, the strategies, and the goals of each perspective. • Critically examine contemporary development issues, practices, and problems. • Apply concepts used in geography to understand how development unfolds in different contexts.SYLLABUS 2 Course Materials: 1. Willis, Katie (2005). Theories and Practices of Development. New York: Routledge. On the schedule, this is listed as "Willis." 2. iClicker – available at the bookstore, or used; make sure to register through CUConnect soon! 3. Selected Bibliography—available on eReserves through the library. The selected supplemental readings are required. See the schedule here and online for due dates. Course Evaluation: Midterm(2) 16% each 32% Total Final Paper: (Outline, Lit. Review) (Paper) 24% (4%) (20%) Final Exam 15% Reading Responses (3) (3% each) 9% Group Clicker Quizzes 10% Engaged Participation (3%) Class activities (5%) Clicker participation (2%) 10% Total 100% Extra Credit 2% Exams Midterms: There will be two midterms in the semester (see schedule for dates, plan accordingly). They will be short answer or essay and multiple-choice. There will not be any early or late make-up exams. If you must miss an exam for an extenuating circumstance there is a two-part process: 1) You must talk to me as soon as you become aware of the conflict and I must agree that your circumstance is legitimate (you will need documentation). 2) The weight of the exam that you miss will be added towards your final exam, so you will only have two exams one worth 32%, and another worth 16%. Final Exam: Tues. December 15, 2009 4:30-7 pm The final exam is cumulative. It will be the same format as the midterms. If you have three or more exams on this day you must tell me before Friday, October 2, 2009SYLLABUS 3 Writing Assignments Final Paper: There will be a 12-20 page paper due on the last day of class. I will assign the paper and details on Sept. 9. You will be required to turn in a proposal including a thesis, an outline, and half of your sources on October 30. The intent of this paper is that you can show that you are able to apply the theories and use tools you developed throughout the course in a context of your choosing. The topic for the paper will be up to you, start thinking about it early. You will also be required to submit the final paper to turnitin.com. Reading Responses: Throughout the semester you are required to turn in 3 reading responses to 3 readings of your choosing that we have done. They are due at midnight before the day that the reading is due in class. I will not accept late reading responses; if they are late they do not help facilitate discussion in class. The purpose of this exercise is to get you to think critically about the reading. I suggest picking hard readings early in the semester to do these since the point is that you try to understand the material and apply it later. If there are several readings due for a day, the response should span across them. There is a reading response guide online for you to refer to. These will be graded on a scale of 0-3. Clickers Group Clicker Quizzes: Throughout the semester there will be 10 pop group clicker quizzes. For some, there may be one right answer, for other quizzes, there may be several right answers. The point of this exercise is for you to talk about the topic with your peers and come to a consensus (or not). I will give you 5 minutes to discuss the question with your group members and then you will click in your answer individually. These will be graded on a 0-1 scale. (0=no answer; .75 =wrong answer; 1=right answer). Participation Engaged Participation: This is an evaluation of your contributions to class discussion. Simply talking in class does not warrant a perfect grade. Talking to peers or disruptive contributions will count negatively towards this grade. Contributing constructive comments to discussion counts favorably towards this grade. We will also take into consideration that not all people want to talk in front of the whole class; so some of this grade will come from peer evaluation (see below). Class Activities: Throughout the semester there will be 5-6 class activities. Some are movie guides, others are interactive learning activities, and some will be group activities. These will be graded on a 0-1 scale (0=not done, or no effort; .5=minimal effort; 1=complete). You may be asked to evaluate your group member's participation in the activities on a scale of 0-2 (0=no help; 1=some help; 2=lot's of help). This peer input will factor


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