Global Networks

A.Y. 2019/2020
6
Max ECTS
40
Overall hours
SSD
SPS/07
Language
English
Learning objectives
Undefined
Expected learning outcomes
Undefined
Single course

This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.

Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Responsible
Lesson period
Second trimester
Course syllabus
Non-attending students will prepare the exam on the following text:

George Ritzer, Globalization: A Basic Text, John Wiley & Sons, 2011 (EXCEPT the Appendix).

The exam takes place in written form and consists of open-ended questions about the above text.

To communicate with the teacher, please use the mailbox .
Prerequisites for admission
None
Teaching methods
Attending students will be engaged in an active way in the learning experience, trough weekly readings and in-class discussion. In addition, they will have to write a research paper.
Teaching Resources
Encyclopedia of globalization / editors-in-chief, Roland Robertson, Jan Aart Scholte, Routledge, 2007.

The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of globalization / edited by George Ritzer, Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

The Blackwell companion to globalization / edited by George Ritzer, Blackwell, 2007

The Oxford handbook of global studies / edited by Mark Juergensmeyer, Saskia Sassen, Manfred Steger, and Victor Faessel. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2018

Routledge handbook of global citizenship studies / edited by Engin F. Isin and Peter Nyers. - London and New York : Routledge, 2014.
Assessment methods and Criteria
ATTENDING STUDENTS will be engaged in an active way in the learning experience, through weekly readings and in-class discussion. In addition, they will have to write a research paper.
For NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS, the exam takes place in written form and consists of open-ended questions about the texts listed in the Ariel website.
SPS/07 - GENERAL SOCIOLOGY - University credits: 6
Lessons: 40 hours
Professor: Maraffi Marco
Shifts:
-
Professor: Maraffi Marco
Professor(s)
Reception:
By appointment
via Passione Building, Third Floor, Room 301