Globalization (348-0-20)
Instructors
Stephen C Nelson
847 4912589
601 University Place # 238
Office Hours: http://www.polisci.northwestern.edu/people/core-faculty/stephen-nelson.html
Meeting Info
University Hall 122: Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course students will:
--Deepen their understanding of the historical and political foundations of modern market globalization.
--Better understand how global markets for trade, production, financial assets, and labor are (and are not) governed.
--Gain exposure to the case study method used by faculty and students at Harvard Business School.
--Work alongside colleagues to master the granular details and big-picture takeaways from four complex, challenging cases - each of which are connected to key themes connected to the central topic of the course, market globalization.
--Improve their abilities to use analytical frameworks and empirical evidence when talking and writing about important debates over market globalization.
Teaching Method
Lectures, full-group case discussions, instructor-led discussion sections
Evaluation Method
Course requirements include two exams, participation in discussion sections and other exercises, two short writing exercises, and (ungraded) participation in the political science department's research pool. The weighting of the course requirements is as follows:
o Course participation: 10%
o Critical response paper on assigned reading (1): 10%
o Case-based précis-style writing exercise (1): 15%
o Midterm exam: 30%
o Final exam: 35%
Class Attributes
Social and Behavioral Science Foundational Discipl
Social & Behavioral Sciences Distro Area
Associated Classes
DIS - Locy Hall 109: Wed 5:00PM - 5:50PM
DIS - Locy Hall 106: Wed 5:00PM - 5:50PM
DIS - 555 Clark 230: Thurs 11:00AM - 11:50AM
DIS - University Hall 412: Thurs 11:00AM - 11:50AM