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CLASS AND EXAM SCHEDULE

 

WEEK
DATE

ASSIGNMENT

WEEK
DATE

ASSIGNMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Jan 7th

First day of class

9

Mar 3rd

 

 

Jan 9th

 

 

Mar 5th

All materials DUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Jan 14th

 

10

Mar 10th

2nd Exam Assigned

 

Jan 16th

 

 

Mar 12th

2nd Exam DUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Jan 21st

Holiday: M.L. King Day

11

Mar 17th

 

 

Jan 23rd

 

 

Mar 19th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Jan 28th

 

12

Mar 24th

 

 

Jan 30th

All materials DUE[1]

 

Mar 26th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Feb 4th

1st Exam Assigned

13

Mar 31st

 

 

Feb 6th

1st Exam DUE[2]

 

Apr 2nd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Feb 11th

 

14

Apr 7th

 

 

Feb 13th

 

 

Apr 9th

All materials DUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Feb 18th

Holiday: Washington Day

15

Apr 14th

 

 

Feb 20th

 

 

Apr 16th

Last day of class

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Feb 25th

 

FINAL EXAM:

MONDAY, APRIL 21, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

 

Feb 27th

 

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1st
E

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A

M

WEDNESDAY, JAN 30TH – All Materials DUE

MONDAY, FEB 4TH – 1ST Exam Assigned

WEDNESDAY, FEB 6TH – 1ST Exam DUE

 

Preparation: Kegley:  Chapters 1-6; Kegley and Raymond: Parts I and II.

 

2nd
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WEDNESDAY, MAR 6TH – All Materials DUE

MONDAY, MAR 11TH – 2ND Exam Assigned

WEDNESDAY, MAR 13TH – 2ND Exam DUE

 

Preparation: Kegley: Chapters 7-10; Kegley and Raymond: Part III.

 

FINAL
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WEDNESDAY, APR 10TH – All Materials DUE

MONDAY, APRIL 21ST, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM – FINAL EXAM DUE

Preparation: Kegley: Chapters 11-15; Kegley and Raymond: Parts IV and V.

 

* If Notes, Readings, and Outlines are not approved by the due date, the student may still receive full credit if they are appropriately modified before the time of the Exam due date (although they will not receive choice of Exam Questions).

 

Grades based upon:

 

·    (3) Sets of Notes/Readings @ 50 Points each = 150 points

·    (3) Sets of Outlines @ 50 Points each = 150 points

·    (2) Graphic Presentations @ 50 points each

·    (1) Graphic Presentation @ 100 points

·    (2) Essays @ 100 points each = 200 points

·    (1) Final Exam @ 200 points

TOTAL:         900 Points

A = 810 – 900

B = 720 – 809

C = 630 – 719

D = 540 – 629

F =  > 540

 

* Plus improvement on final per contract

 

REQUIRED READINGS:

 

1.      Kegley, Charles.  2007.  World Politics: Trend and transformation. 11th Edition.  Thompson Higher Education: Belmont, CA.

 

2.      Kegley, Charles and Gregory A. 2002. Raymond, Jr. From War to Peace: Fateful decisions in international politics.  Bedford/St. Martin’s: Boston.

 

SUGGESTED READINGS, VIDEOS, ETC.:

 

1.         Harvey, David. 2005. A Brief History of Neoliberalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

2.         Heilbroner, Robert.  1995.  The Worldly Philosophers: The lives, times, and ideas of the great economic thinkers.  New York: Touchstone.

3.         Hobsbawm, EJ. 1996. The Age of Revolution, 1789-1848. New York: Vintage Books. 

4.         Hobsbawm, EJ. 1996. The Age of Capital, 1848-1875. New York: Vintage Books.

5.         Hobsbawm, EJ.  1989. The Age of Empire, 1875-1914. New York: Vintage Books.

6.         Hobsbawm, EJ. 1994. Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914-1991. New York: Viking/Penguin.

7.         Robbins, Richard H. 1999. Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism.  Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

8.         Rifkin, Jeremy. 2005. The European Dream: How Europe’s Vision of the Future is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream. New York: Penguin Group.

9.         Scheper-Hughes, Nancy and Philippe Bourgois.  2004.  Violence in War and Peace: An anthology. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.

10.     Schumaker, Paul, Dwight C. Kiel, Thomas W. Heilke.  1996.  Great Ideas / Grand Schemes: Political ideologies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.  New York: McGraw Hill.

11.     Smith, Dan.  1999.  State of the World Atlas.  Sixth edition.  London; New York : Penguin Books.

12.     Wolf, Eric.  1982. Europe and the People Without History.  Berkeley: University of California Press.

13.     Refer to Reserve Readings on the web for recommended readings for all Hamilton/ Clarke courses.


[1] “All materials due” means that on or before 8:00 am on the stated date, readings, notes, and outlines must be approved for choice and credit.

[2] “Exam due” means that the exam must be received on or before class on the stated date.