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INTERNATIONAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES

INLS 204 - Spring 2001 - 9:30 - 12:00 Mondays

Schedule - Spring 2001

Blackboard


Description

Syllabus

Assignments
Resources
Course Notes

Jan.22 ... Jan.29 ... Feb.5 ... Feb.12 ... Feb.19 ... Feb.26 ... Mar.5 ... Mar.19 ... Mar.26 ... Apr.2 ... Apr.9 ... Apr.16 ... Apr.23 ... Apr.30

Session/Date
Topic
Due Dates
    January 15 Holiday. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Class begins very late this semester. Please do preliminary preparation.

Preliminary Preparation:
See the Getting Ready page linked to Jan. 22 date.
1. January 22 Introductions. Overview.
POPULATION ISSUES. GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES.

 
2. January 29 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

 
3. February 5 INTRODUCTION TO CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION

See Course Notes for this date for some additional readings.
4. February 12 LANGUAGE AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION

First Reading Report Due.
5. February 19

SHARING OUR STRENGTHS: COOPERATIVE INTERNATIONAL DISTANCE EDUCATION IN HEALTH SCIENCES KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

Invitational Conference
6. February 26 HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER ISSUES

Second Reading Report Due.
7. March 5 HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER ISSUES (continued)

Issue Paper due.
March 12 Spring Break. Enjoy! See you next week!

 
8. March 19 THE GLOBAL INFORMATION SOCIETY

Third Reading Report Due.
9. March 26 THE GLOBAL INFORMATION CENTER (continued) Plans for country/regional presentations.
10. April 2 Speaker: Dr. JOHN E.S. LAWRENCE, Consultant and former senior officer and advisor with the United Nations Development Programme.

Fourth Reading Report Due.
11. April 9 Speaker/Facilitator: MAGGIE HITE, Assistant Director of the World Library Partnership. Opportunity to do the simulation, PAMOJO.

 
12. April 16 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDICES
Presentation on Israel and Syria by Leslie Sult
Fifth (Last) Reading Report Due.
13. April 23 EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA -- Summit of the Americas
Europe Presentations: Christine on Poland, Chad on Russia, Cynthia on Health situation in Russia, Emily on Spain, Holland & Canada
Latin America Presentations -- Nicole on Peru, DeeDee on Argentina & Chile, Sean on Cuba

 
14. April 30 EUROPE (Cont) and AFRICA
Europe Presentation: Emily on Spain, Holland & Canada (Immigration), Karen on Ghana and West Africa, Kim on South Africa, and Sambhavi on Egypt, Jessica on China (environment) and Kristen on Indonesia.
Hail and Farewell Ceremony!
 
  May 7 Final Paper Due  

Revised 4/30/2001.
If you have questions or suggestions, please contact
Evelyn Daniel