Global Humanities_Syllabus

Major units

Classical Epistemologies: what is knowledge, how we know what we know
Power, and the Making of the Modern World: unequal reshaping of social and political boundaries in the age of nation building, colonization
Writing a New World: considered the world we have built and are continuing to build, and how to do better moving forward

Learning Outcomes

Reading Skills: Develop skills in reading texts, including the ability to: read texts critically, charitably, and with awareness of historical context → how do we read academically ?
Writing Skills: Develop skills in academic writing such as: writing a successful thesis statement, structuring an essay with an introduction, body, and conclusion, and using relevant textual evidence to support one’s arguments in the form of quotes.
Oral Communication Skills: Develop oral communication skills including: active listening, articulation and justification of one’s ideas.
Cultivating an appreciation for intellectual exploration, intellectual community, and applying diverse ideas to one’s own life

Attention

All written assignments must be typed, double-spaced, with one-inch margins, and size 12 Times or Times New Roman font.
Save all documents as .doc or .docx. (I will not accept documents saved in other formats, i.e NO PDFs!!!).
Office hours: Tuesdays, 13:00 - 15:00
Class slides will be published before class so you have access

Course assignments

Professionalization (20%): Attendance, reading, and participation are all key to learning in this course

→ each unexcused absence decrease 10% in professionalization (4-10%, 5-20%, 6 or more-failure)

Unit Essays (70%): Students will have to complete three major writing assignments. These will be discussed in more detail in class
- Unit 1 (15%): 22 Sep
- Unit 2 (25%): 3 Nov
- Unit 3 (30%): 15 Dec
Reading Journals (10%): ****For almost every week of reading, students will need to complete a reading journal (due by 9 am ****on the due date, due dates are below). You must write at least one page per reading. → talk more about it in Thursday (22.8)

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