GRAD-I 701 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SEMINAR ON ISSUES AND APPROACHES IN GLOBAL STUDIES (3 CR)
FALL 2009
Section 10179
Friday 9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m
This graduate seminar is designed to stimulate students to think critically about a broad range of theoretical and methodological issues involved in global research, including ethics, qualitative and quantitative approaches, the intersection of the global and local, and research designs from different disciplinary perspectives. Students will have the opportunity to learn from guest lecturers familiar with international/global research and to engage in global conversations with other scholars and students around the world through interactive video. In addition to providing a framework for global thinking and learning, the seminar also intends to create a "community of junior scholars" and as such places a strong emphasis on attending regularly, participating actively, and presenting critical analyses in a scholarly manner.
Graduate students from a wide range of disciplines and professional schools, including those who are working on preliminary dissertation research designs, will benefit from this seminar. Students will be required to present a critical evaluation of a Ph.D. dissertation of their choice (presumably on a topic relevant to their own research interests), develop a preliminary research design, and compile an annotated bibliography.
We are also pleased to announce that all research designs submitted by students enrolled in this seminar are automatically entered into a competition for roundtrip airfare to your research site and a $1000.00 travel stipend to conduct international preliminary research.
*** Please note that this course fulfills the core course requirement for the Global Studies Graduate Minor
If you are interested in learning more about this seminar, contact:
Hilary E. Kahn, Associate Director
Center for the Study of Global Change
201 N. Indiana Ave.
Bloomington, IN 47408-4001
Phone: 855-5545
E-mail: hkahn@indiana.edu |
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