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UGA à Paris
Course Offerings
May - June 2012
Block 1
Arrive in
Paris May 17 - First block classes run May 21-June 6 inclusive
Dr. Darius Ornston, Department of International Affairs
INTL 1100 - Introduction to Global Issues
GEOG 1101 - Human Geography: People, Places, and Cultures
INTL 4330 - Post-Industrial Democracies
GEOG 4750 - Geography of Europe
We will examine the political economy, institutions, and cultures of the major capitalist countries in Europe. This will include state-society relations and formal and informal political institutions, such as political parties, interest groups, electoral systems, and democratic representation. Students may sign up for any of the four course numbers.
Dr. Tom Lessl, Department of Communication Studies
SPCM 3310 - Paris and its Symbols: Public Art and the Public Self
HIST 4300 - Studies in European History
Monuments, museums, architecture, and public art are symbols that we create to represent our collective identities. In this course we will study such symbols in Paris by visiting some of the city's churches, museums, memorials, cemeteries, and commercial centers. We will explore how they construct and reflect both what it means to be French but also the broader features of the Western identity that we share with France. Students may sign up for either of the course numbers.
Dr. E. M. Beck, Department of Sociology
SOCI 4500 - Special Topics: Immigration and Ethnic Conflict
This course looks at issues of immigration (legal and illegal), ethnic conflict, and extremist reaction in Western Europe and in the United States. Students will learn about the complex relationships between society, xenophobia, and the movement of peoples. Parallels with the United States will be emphasized. In Paris we will visit the old Jewish quarter, the Museum of Jewish Art and History, the Museum of the Arab World, the Holocaust memorials of Père Lachaise Cemetery, and other local sites.
Block 2
Second block classes
run June 11-June 27 inclusive
Students leave St. John's Residence June 28
Dr. Andrew Herod, Department of Geography
INTL 3300 - Introduction to Comparative Politics
INTL 4630 - Population, Immigration, and Politics
GEOG 4640 - Population Geography
HIST 4300 - Studies in European History
This course addresses issues relating to contemporary identity politics in Europe. The course focuses upon 19th century French colonialism as an integral part of early globalization and how this led to the redesigning of Paris as an imperial capital. It then explores issues of national identity in the wake of significant immigration into France and the European Union in the post-colonial era. We will visit various locations in Paris related to course topics. Students may sign up for any of the four course numbers.
Dr. Jennifer Monahan, Department of Communication Studies
SPCM 4800 - Intercultural Communication
Students will explore factors that facilitate or impeded effective communication between members of different cultural groups, with a special emphasis on French and American communication patterns. We shall consider interactions between people from different nations, as well as co-cultures within the same nation, and examine the effects of differing world-views, value systems, language varieties, nonverbal codes, and relational norms. Students will also develop skills for disseminating ideas across cultures and for building intercultural competence.
Dr. Mark Cooney, Department of Sociology
SOCI 4500 - Special Topics: Global Dimensions of Crime
This course opens with an analysis of how and why crime definitions, rates, and patterns vary cross-nationally, with a focus on comparisons between France and the United States. We will then concentrate on the nature and causes of specific types of global crime, such as terrorism, honor killing, and human smuggling/trafficking.
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