NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY The City University of New York School of Arts & Sciences Department of Social Science Course Outline

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1 NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY The City University of New York School of Arts & Sciences Department of Social Science Course Outline Course code: SOC 3301 Course title: The Emerging Global Society Class hours/credits: 3 class hours, 3 credits Prerequisite: ENG 1101 and one of the following: any Sociology course (SOC), ECON 1101 or HIS 1102 Pathways: World Cultures and Global Issues Catalog Description: This course will explore the social, economic, political and ecological dimensions of the globalization process. A number of issues related to global inequality will be discussed including population growth, hunger and poverty, environmental degradation and the rise of ethnic conflicts. REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS* Title: Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism Author: Richard H. Robbins Publisher: Allyn and Bacon and Title: Taking Sides: Global Issues Author: Harf and Lombardi Publisher: McGraw-Hill * The textbook(s) used in a particular section will be chosen by the instructor. COURSE INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES/ASSESSMENT METHODS LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. Describe the various positions in the debate about economic, social and cultural globalization. 2. Reflect about the positive and negative ways that globalization affects your everyday life as well as the everyday life of people in less affluent countries around the world. 3. Discuss the growing interconnectedness of national societies around the world. 4. Analyze the moral obligations that global interconnectedness implies for the citizens of rich and powerful countries like the USA. ASSESSMENT METHODS* Combination of exams including multiple choice and Combination of exams including multiple choice and Combination of exams including multiple choice and Combination of exams including multiple choice and 5. Explore the connections between globalization and Combination of exams including multiple choice and

2 modem capitalist society's economic and technological dynamism. GENERAL EDUCATION LEARNING OUTCOMES/ASSESSMENT METHODS LEARNING OUTCOMES KNOWLEDGE: Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts and theories deployed by sociologists in their analysis of globalization. SKILLS: Develop and use the tools needed for communication, inquiry, analysis and productive work. INTEGRATION: Work productively within and across disciplines. VALUES, ETHICS, AND RELATIONSHIPS: Understand and apply values, ethics, and diverse perspectives in personal, civic, and cultural/global domains. * may vary slightly per instructor to suit their own needs SCOPE OF ASSIGNMENTS AND OTHER COURSE REQUIREMENTS* ASSESSMENT METHODS Quizzes, exams, essays, class discussions, and oral presentations, in-class small group work. Combination of class discussions, oral presentations, in-class small group work, essays, and exams. Quizzes, exams, essays, class discussions, and in-class small group work that draws on various resources in sociology and other disciplines. Combination of class discussions, oral presentations, in-class small group work, and essays that engage directly with the questions about values, ethics, responsibility, and diversity. Quizzes; midterm and final exams including multiple-choice and short answer questions; essay assignments; participation in-class discussions; participation and contribution to small-group projects; oral presentations. * may vary slightly per instructor to suit their own needs Capstone Course Statement: This course fulfills the LAA/LAS Associate Capstone requirement, though it can also be taken for other requirements and electives. The City Tech LAA/LAS Associate Capstone is designed for students entering their second year in the program. LAA/LAS Associate Capstone courses are meant to prepare students to continue their studies in a bachelor's degree, third-year, or junior, level. In addition, Associate Capstone courses are meant to help students develop an awareness of the importance of knowledge, values and skills developed in general education courses; and to integrate this knowledge, these values and these skills into their advanced academic study and professional careers. Please ask the instructor if you have any questions about what the LAA/LAS Associate Capstone requirement entails. FINAL GRADE DISTRIBUTION - elements and weight of factors determining the students' grade* Midterm exam: 20% of the grade Final exam: 30% of the grade Quizzes: 20% of the grade Essay: 20% of the grade Attendance/Participation: 10% of the grade * may vary slightly per instructor to suit their own needs

3 GRADING SCALE A C A D B F 59.9 and below B WU Unofficial Withdrawal B WF Withdrew Failing C ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY Students and all others who work with information, ideas, texts, images, music, inventions, and other intellectual property owe their audience and sources accuracy and honesty in using, crediting, and citing sources. As a community of intellectual and professional workers, the College recognizes its responsibility for providing instruction in information literacy and academic integrity, offering models of good practice, and responding vigilantly and appropriately to infractions of academic integrity. Accordingly, academic dishonesty is prohibited in The City University of New York and at New York City College of Technology and is punishable by penalties, including failing grades, suspension, and expulsion. The complete text of the College policy on Academic Integrity may be found in the catalog. COLLEGE POLICY ON ABSENCE/LATENESS A student may be absent without penalty for 10 percent of the number of scheduled class meetings during the semester as follows: Class meets Allowable Absence 1 time/week 2 classes 2 times/week 3 classes 3 times/week 4 classes It is the responsibility of the instructor to keep accurate records of every student's attendance and to inform each class orally and in writing of the applicable attendance policy during the first two weeks of class meetings each semester. Excessive Absence If a student's class absences exceed the limit established for a given course or component, the instructor will alert the student that a grade of "WU" may be assigned. If a student remains officially registered for a course and never attends that course, a final grade of "*WN" will be assigned. If the student withdraws officially from the course, he/she will be assigned a grade in accordance with the existing withdrawal policy of the College. Appeals A student wishing to appeal the excessive absence status and the impending grade should request a meeting with the chairperson of the department in which the course is offered. The chairperson will consult with the instructor to render a decision. A student wishing to appeal a "WU" grade may do so through the Committee on Course and Standards. Lateness It is the responsibility of the instructor to keep a record of lateness and to inform each class orally and in writing of the lateness policy during the first two weeks of class meetings of each semester.

4 SAMPLE SEQUENCE OF TOPICS AND TIME ALLOCATIONS* Week 1-2 Part I. Introduction and Global Capitalism and the Making of the Consumer Readings: Robbins, chapter 1 (pages 3-31) Globalization defined Globalization and the various spheres of social life ( economy, politics, culture) Introductory overview of the problems accompanying globalization (inequality, environmental de gr adation, cultural homogenization, religious fundamentalisms, international conflict and terrorism) Culture and Social Institutions Consumerism as a culture Nature vs Nurture and the social construction of human needs Weber, Veblen and the connection between consumption and social status The rise and distinctiveness of the consumerist way of life in modern capitalist society These issues will be illustrated by reference to the book's discussion of 'Kinderculture in America: The Child as a Consumer'. The discussion ofkinderculture will also raise the following issues: The Role of Children in Capitalism The Social Construction of Childhood The process of socialization and its contribution to the construction of the consumer Week2-3 Global Capitalism and the Worker Readings: Robbins, chapter 2, 'The Laborer in the Culture of Capitalism,' pages The Structural Components of the Capitalist Economy Commodities Money Labor Power Means of Production Production The Cycle of Capitalist Production (the Interaction of Capitalism's Structural Components) Commodity Fetishism Characteristics of the Global Working Class Geo gr aphical Mobility Segmentation Discipline Resistance Proletarianization or the creation of a global working class The Growth of Overseas Assembly Plants and the New International Division of Labor Week3 Taking Sides: Immigration to the U.S. Readings: Harf and Lombardi, Contribution oflmmi gr ation to U.S Population Growth

5 Current vs Historic Levels of Immigration in the U.S Impact of Immigration and Population Growth on the Environment International Development as an Alternative to Immigration Policy The Moral Dimension of the Immigration Debate Impact of Open Immigration on American Culture Assimilation and the Absorptive Capacity of the United States United States: A Melting Pot or a Salad Bowl/Quilt/Mosaic? Impact of Immigration on the Labor Market and Disadvantaged Groups in the United States Week4 Global Brain Drain Reading: Harf and Lombardi, White-Collar/Professional vs Blue-Collar/Unskilled Migration 'Brain Drain' or 'Brain Circulation'? Source Countries and Destination Countries of Brain Drain Reasons for the 'Brain Drain' The Role of U.S Higher Education in the Brain Drain Moral Dimension of the Brain Drain Debate Week4-5 The Role of the Merchant, Industrialist and Capital Controller in the Rise of Global Capitalism Reading: Robbins, chapter 3, pages The Era of the Global Trader International Trade Before Capitalism (A Trader's Tour of the World in 1400) The Economic Rise of Europe and its Impact on Africa and the Americas Mercantilism The Rise of the Trading ( or Joint Stock) Company Session 9: The Era of the Industrialist The Industrial Revolution and the Reasons Behind it The Role of the Textile Industry in Early 19 th century Capitalism The Debt of Early Capitalism to the Africa (slave labor) -Americas (cotton) - England (textile industry) triangle Imperialism The Era of the Corporation, the Multilateral Institution and the Capital Controller Corporation Defined The Rise of Corporate Influence over Politics Corporate Influence over Ideology and Culture: The Principles of Corporate Libertarianism The Bretton Woods Regime of Global Capitalism and its Institutions (IMF, World Bank) The Exhaustion of the Bretton Woods System and the Global Debt Crisis Globalization Today: The Rising Power of Capital Controllers and Global Financial Markets Week6 The Role of the Nation-State in the Rise of Global Capitalism Reading: Robbins, chapter 4, 'The Nation-State in the Culture of Capitalism', pages Nation and Nationalism

6 Weber's Definition of the State The Emergence of State Societies and Wittfogel' s 'hydraulic theory' of state development The Transformation of States into Nations and its Instruments Creating the Other Language, Bureaucracy and Education Violence and Genocide Globalization and its Effect on State Sovereignty and the Westphalian inter-state system Midterm Exam Part II: Global Capitalism and its Problems Week7 'The Problem of Population Growth' Reading: Robbins, ch. 5, pages Facts and Projections About World Population Growth UN' s 1994 Cairo Conference on Population Growth Malthus, the N eo-malthusians and the Revisionist Response The Case of India and China Carrying Capacity Malthusianism as Ideology Demographic Transition Theory Determinants of Population Growth and Decline Population Growth in the Capitalist Periphery Wealth Flows Theory and its Social Implication Population Growth and Gender Inequality Week 7-8 Hunger, Poverty and Economic Development Reading: Robbins, ch. 6, pages The Evolution of Food Production Hunting and Gathering Slash and bum or swidden agriculture Irrigation or plow agriculture Capitalism and Agriculture The Neocaloric and the Green Revolution The Anatomy of Famine and Endemic Hunger Solutions to Poverty and Hunger Economic development Foreign Aid Targeting Vulnerable Populations: The Grameen Bank and Microcredit Field Trip to the United Nations Week8 'Is Environmental Stress Caused by Increased Resource Consumption Rather than Population Growth?'

7 Reading: Harf and Lombardi, Different perspectives on the population problem: the Affluent Global North vs the Poor Global South The Holdren-Ehrlich Identity: Environmental Impact as a Function of Population, Affluence and Technology Impact of Population Growth on Agriculture and Food, Environment and Resources, and Quality of Life Actions for Slowing Population Growth Week9 Global Inequality and Disease Reading: Robbins, ch. 8, pages Disease as a Social as well as Biological Issue The Health Implications of Different Forms of Human Society: From Hunting and Gathering to Agricultural and Urban Societies Disease and Environmental Change AIDS and Globalization Globalization and the spread of the disease Global inequality and the social/geographical distribution of the disease as well as of the blame for the disease WeeklO The Impact of Globalization on Women (1 session oflh15min) 'Rich World, Poor Women', NOW with Bill Moyers (show aired on 9/5/2003). This show discusses the effects of the IMF- and World Bank-sponsored 'structural adjustment programs' on the everyday lives of Third World women, with special emphasis on the case of Senegal. Meaning and Origin of the term Third World N eoliberalism and the Washington Consensus Financial deregulation Privatization Trade Liberalization Structural Adjustment Programs and their Impact on Social Services, such as Education and Healthcare Impact of Structural Adjustment Programs on Third World Women Week The Impact of Globalization on Indigenous People and Ethnic Relations Reading: Robbins, ch. 9, pages Indigenous People Defined Some Characteristics of Indigenous People Ethnocide and its Stages The Frontier Situation Military Intervention The Extension of Government Control Cultural Modification Policies Education for Progress Economic Development The Case of the Guarani or the Economics of Ethnocide Ethnic Violence and its Causes The Case of Rwanda

8 Week 12 Are Cultural and Ethnic Conflicts the Defming Dimensions of Twenty-First- Century War? Reading: Harf and Lombardi, The Concept of Civilization The Growing Si gn ificance of Cultural Identities and Conflicts in the Post-Cold War era The Clash of Civilizations thesis Localized Civilization Conflicts vs Conflicts Along the Fault Lines Between Civilizations The Changing Relationship of the West to the Rest of the World Colonialism and its Legacy Modern Constructivist vs Primordialist Interpretations of Ethnic Identity Week Antisystemic Protest Reading: Robbins, ch. 11, pages The World Revolutions of 1848 and 1968 Labor Protest: The Case of Coal Miners in Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania The Struggle for the Right to Form Unions The Employers' Efforts to Destroy Worker Resistance Global Feminist Resistance Gender Relations in the Culture of Capitalism Strategies of Protest Ecological Resistance Movements Earthfirst! Garrett Hardin's 'Tragedy of the Commons' The Chipko protest Describe the different types of anti-systemic protest that capitalist globalization generates Debate the validity of the criticisms raised by each of these movements Discuss the possibility of an alliance between labor, feminist and ecological anti-systemic movements Week 14 The Rise of Religion as an Antisystemic Force Reading: Robbins, ch. 13, 'The Global Challenge of Antisystemic Religious Protest', pages and Weber's Protestant Ethic Hypothesis Religious Fundamentalisms as anti-systemic movements Characteristics shared by religious fundamentalisms Islamic fundamentalism Islamic Fundamentalism in Iran Protestant Fundamentalism in North America The Emergence of Fundamentalism in North America Variations in Doctrine The Contest between Liberation Theology and Protestant Fundamentalism in Latin America Week 15 Review and Final Exam

9 Reading: 'Is Globalization a Positive Development for the World Community?' (Harf and Lombardi, Taking Sides, Debate 14, pages ). The Cold War International System and its Difference from the Emerging Post-Cold War Global System The Economic Argument in Favor of Free Trade The Connection Between Economic Globalization and the Advance of Communications and Transportation Technologies The Impact of the New Global System on the Relationship Between Nation-States, Nation-States and Global Markets, and Nation-States and Individuals The Impact of Trade and Capital Markets Deregulation on Inequality and Poverty * may vary slightly per instructor to suit their own needs Revised by Diana Mincyte, Ph.D. Date: December, 2015