UN 1002 – WORLD CULTURES

Section B – Brad Baltensperger

READING, LECTURE, AND ACTIVITY SCHEDULE

 


 

DATE

TOPIC

MARSTON

Reading Assignment

COURSE GUIDE

Assignment

Week 1 

The Nature of Culture

 

 

M 1/9

Introduction to Culture

xi-xv; 2-10

vi-xii

W 1/11

The World System

 

47-50; 54-55 ("Forging"); 60-67

101-113 Huntington

F 1/13

"First Contact”; Globalization

10-19; 71-78

3-12 Guide to Film

Week 2 

Globalization; Latin America

 

 

M 1/16

Global Patterns

19-32

213-226 Berger

W 1/18

Latin America:  Globalization

344-5; 366-7; 368-9 (box); 375-80

143-147

Garcia Marquez

F 1/20

"Black Robe"

 

43-46

Week 3 

Latin America

 

 

M 1/23

Latin America:  Power Structures

356-66; 388-91

151-159

Columbus

W 1/25

"Men with Guns"

 

 

F 1/27

Latin America:  Migration

Problem Set #1 Due

354-6; 367-75; 384-6; 392

13-23

Guide to Music

Week 4 

East Asia

 

 

M 1/30

East Asia:  In the World System

398; 403-13

247-255 Polo

W 2/1

“Shower”

Tickets are available for pick up at Rozsa Center, 11:30-5

 

77-79

F 2/3

East Asia:  Population and Population Policy

 

413-20

259-264 Zhao; Confucius, Hsüan

Week 5

East Asia

 

 

M 2/6

East Asia:  Economic Reform

420-32; 435-8; 440

267-280 Tan

W 2/8

EXAM #1

 

 

F 2/10

NO CLASS DURING WINTER CARNIVAL

 

 

F 2/10

Option:  Alan Parsons Live Project – 7:30 PM, Rozsa Center

 

 

S 2/11

Option:  Alan Parsons Live Project – 8:30 PM, Rozsa Center

 

 

Week 6

Southeast Asia

 

 

M 2/13

Southeast Asia:  Transmigration and Deforestation

453-6; 465-6; 486-8

 

W 2/15

Southeast Asia:  War and Recovery in Vietnam

456-73; 485; 486 (photos)

299-302 Hayslip

F 2/17

“The Quiet American”

 

61-67

Week 7

Southeast Asia; South Asia

 

 

M 2/20

Southeast Asia:  The New Industrialization

472-82

 

W 2/22

South Asia:  Nationalism

494; 501-8; 515-7

289-295 Tagore

F 2/24

South Asia:  Population and Culture

500-1; 508-15

 

F 2/24

Option:  The Three Musketeers (The Acting Company)  - 7:30 PM, Rozsa Center

 

 

Week 8

South Asia

 

 

M 2/27

South Asia:  Modernization

Problem Set #2 Due

517-24; 528-31; 535

 

W 3/1

"Monsoon Wedding”

 

64-68

F 3/3

NO CLASS – PERFORMANCE EXCHANGE

 

 

 

SPRING BREAK!!!

 

 

 


 

DATE

TOPIC

ROWNTREE

Assignment

COURSE GUIDE

Assignment

 

SPRING BREAK!!!

 

 

Week 9

Sub-Saharan Africa

 

 

M 3/13

Africa:  Colonialism & Political Development

234; 238; 246-59; 268-70

163-171 Gordimer

W 3/15

Africa:  Colonialism & Economic Development

68-71; 240-6; 259-60; 270-4; 278-9 (box); 283-5

172-177 Ndebele

F 3/17

“Mama Africa”

 

59-63

Sa 3/18

Sarakasi:  The Amazing African Acrobats – 3:00 PM;

7:30 PM, Rozsa Center

 

 

Week 10

Sub-Saharan Africa

 

 

M 3/20

Africa:  Colonialism & Social Development

260-7; 275; 286

 

W 3/22

"Hotel Rwanda"

 

 

W 3/22

Option:  Shakespeare's Henry V – 7:30 PM, Rozsa Center

 

 

R 3/23

Option:  Shakespeare's Henry V – 7:30 PM, Rozsa Center

 

 

F 3/24

EXAM #2

 

 

F 3/24

Option:  Shakespeare's Henry V – 7:30 PM, Rozsa Center

 

 

Sa 3/25

Option:  Shakespeare's Henry V – 7:30 PM, Rozsa Center

 

 

Su 3/26

Option:  Shakespeare's Henry V – 3:00 PM, Rozsa Center

 

 

Week 11

Southwest Asia

 

 

M 3/27

NO CLASS – PERFORMANCE EXCHANGE

 

 

W 3/29

Southwest Asia:  Islam and Islamism

180-1; 190-205

195-199 Digs

F 3/31

Southwest Asia:  Palestine and Israel

202-3; 205-15

226-8 Senocak

F 3/31

Option:  Yellowjackets – 7:30 PM, Rozsa Center

 

 

Week 12

Southwest Asia; Europe

 

 

M 4/3

Southwest Asia:  Oil and Development

188-9; 215-23; 228

181-194 Davis

W 4/5

“West Beirut”

 

93-96

F 4/7

Europe:  The Totalitarian Century

Problem Set #3 Due

82-83; 86-91; 108-10 (Berlin); 145-52

210-212

de Venette

Su 4/9

Festival in the Desert – 3:00 PM; 7:30 PM, Rozsa Center

 

 

Week 13

Europe

 

 

M 4/10

“Divided We Fall”

 

 

W 4/12

Europe:  Migration and Ethnic Diversity

91-100

 

F 4/14

“Before the Rain”

 

39-42

Sa 4/15

Option:  Brahms' German Requiem – 7:30 PM, Rozsa Center

 

 

Week 14

Europe

 

 

M 4/17

“Before the Rain” (repeat)

 

39-42

W 4/19

Europe:  Disintegration and the Balkan Wars

98-9; 126-8

 

F 4/21

Europe:  Integration; Conclusion

100-5; 116-7; 128; 578-605

 

Finals

Week

 

 

W 4/26

FINAL EXAM 8:00-10:00 AM