ENG1001 English 1 1
Instructor
Edward LeMay, Wesley Lockhart, James Roth
Course Introduction
English 1 is the first of a series of 4 courses that invite students to examine issues that are global. What makes an issue global? What is the relationship between development and global issues? To what extent are they interconnected? How can these issues be addressed? These are main questions investigated in these courses.
Students are expected to read, discuss, and write about a wide range of facts and figures generated from influential bodies such as the UN, IMF, World Bank as well as social entrepreneurs and researchers from developing countries. They will be encouraged to discover their own answers to the solutions to global issues by considering views and arguments expressed in current articles, listening to TED talks, and by exploring how far and in what ways views and arguments may hold true for China and the modern world. Students will meet twice a week. Emphasis will be placed on students' capacity to respond critically to the selected texts in oral and written presentations, in the form of class discussions, short write-ups and term papers. Class size will be limited to 21 students to maximize discussions and to facilitate intensive guidance on academic writing.
Course Materials
Seitz, J. & Heitz, K. (2012). Global Issues: An Introduction, 4th ed. Singapore: Wiley-Blackwell.
Folse, Kieth S., Muchmore-Vokoun, April, and Solomon, Elena Vestri (2014). Great Writing 4: Great Essays, 4th ed. Boston: National Geographic Learning/Cengage Learning.
Williams, Julia, et al. (2012). LEAP: Learning English for Academic Purposes. Pearson Education ESL.
De Chazal, Edward, et al. (2013). Oxford EAP: A Course in English for Academic Purposes. Oxford University Press.
(2009). (A Handbook of Writing), . (Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press) English Version.
UNDP (2014) Human Development Report on Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing
Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience, New York: Author.
Jackson, M.R., (ed.) (2013) Annual Editions: Global Issues 29, McGraw-Hill Higher
Education
Online Resources
MOOC
Population Growth and the Logistic Curve($90): https://www.openlearning.com/courses/populationgrowthandthelogisticcurve
The Age of Sustainable Development: https://www.coursera.org/learn/sustainable-development?siteID=Gr6prw2kaB0-CWVTbgPqmb2DCrh2GFUJ1Q&utm_content=10&utm_medium=partners&utm_source=linkshare&utm_campaign=Gr6prw2kaB0The
Challenges of Global Poverty: https://www.edx.org/course/challenges-global-poverty-mitx-14-73x-2#.VPA5MfmUdwA
Age of Globalization: https://www.edx.org/course/age-globalization-utaustinx-ut-3-02x#.U-ryhPmSxSU
Globalization: Overcoming the Challenges: https://www.udemy.com/globalizationskema/
Globalization and You: https://www.coursera.org/course/globalization?siteID=Gr6prw2kaB0-7LY0WL3_85yOgbT4jFLH1w&utm_content=10&utm_medium=partners&utm_source=linkshare&utm_campaign=Gr6prw2kaB0
Globalization: The Good, the Bad, and the In-Between: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/global-studies-and-languages/21g-076-globalization-the-good-the-bad-and-the-in-between-fall-2009/
Globalization of Business Enterprise: https://www.coursera.org/course/globe?siteID=Gr6prw2kaB0-Y3dFH.OP5jm2v1UlMbWK4A&utm_content=10&utm_medium=partners&utm_source=linkshare&utm_campaign=Gr6prw2kaB0
Globalization's Winners and Losers: Challenges for Developed and Developing Countries: https://www.edx.org/course/globalizations-winners-losers-challenges-georgetownx-nfx523-03x#.VCUpF_mSx-A
Article
UNDP (2014) Human Development Report on Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing
Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience, New York: Author.
The report can be can be downloaded from the official website http://hdr.undp.org/en
Others
Acid Rain Data and Reports (by US Geological Survey): http://bqs.usgs.gov/acidrain
African Crop Improvement (an activity of the Rockefeller Foundation: http://www.africancrops.net
Air quality Database (data gathered by the Environmental Protection Agency on fine particles, pm): hei.aer.com/login.php
American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy: http://www.aceee.org
American Water Works Association: http://www.armscontrol.org
The Atlas of Global Conservation (maps and facts of our world without the filter of someone else's opinion about what is or is not important): http://www.nature.org/atlas
Atomic Archive (development, use and consequence of dropping atomic bomb): http://www.atomicarchive.com
Biodiversity- Hotspots (by Conservation International): http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/Hotspots
The Canadian Cryosphere (ice and snow over Canada including glaciers, plor ice caps, and permafrost): http://www.socc.ca
Canadian Institute for Health Information: http://www.cihi.com
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA): http://www.acdi-dida.gc.ca
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) (primary climate change data analysis center of U.S. Department of Energy): http://cdiac.ornl.gov
Carbon Tracker (carbon dioxide measurements from 60 locations around the world): http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/carbontracker
CARE: http://www.care.org
Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise: http://www.cdfe.org
Center for Defense Information: http://www.cdi.org
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University: http://www.ciesin.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov
China's Environmental Challenges: http://www.SciAm.com/china
Climate Change (by United Nations environment Programme): http://www.unep.org/themes/climatechange
Consultative Group on International Agriculture research (an alliance of agricultural centers and other organizations that use science to help the poor): http://www.cgiar.org
Conservation International: http;//www.conservation.org
Coral Health and Monitoring Program (reefs in the United States and Caribbean): http://www.coral.noaa.gov
Corporation for National and Community service: http://www.nationalservice.gov
CREST (Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology): http://crest.org
Dot Earth (a blog written by NY Times Science reporter Andrew Revkin examines growing human impact on earth's health): http://nytimes.com/dotearth
Earth and Moon Viewer: http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview
Earth Charter (principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society): http://www.earthcharter.org
Earth Institute at Columbia University: http://www.eath.columbia.edu
Earth Portal (sponsored by the non-profit National Council for Science and the Environment, it aims to provide articles written by recognized authorities): http://www.earthportal.org
Earth Science World Image Bank (6,000 photos by American Geological Institute): http://www.earthscienceworld.org/imagebank
Earth Times: http://www.earthtimes.org
Earth Trends (environmental, social and economic trends, presented by World Resources Institute): http://www.earthtrends.wri.org
Earthwatch Institute (build sustainable future, global volunteering); http://www.earthwatch.org
Earthweek: A Diary of the Planet: http://www.earthweek.com
Ecological Footprint, Center for Sustainable Economy (a quiz to measure your demands on nature): http://www.myfootprint.org
EcoNet: http://www.igc.org
EElink-Environmental education on the Internet: http://www.eelink.net
El Nino: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elnino
Energy Star (promoting energy efficiency): http://www.energystar.gov
Entri-Environmental Treaties and resource Indicators (by Columbia University's center for International Earth Science): http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/entri/index.isp
Envirolink: http://www.envirolink.org
Enviromapper (from US Environmental Protection Agency, the site allows you to track down emission sources and other pollution trouble spots): http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/wm/index.html
Environmental Directory: http://www.webdirectory.com
Environmental Defense: http://www.edf.org
Environmental News Network: http://www.enn.com
Environmental Resources on the Internet: http://www.southampton.liu.edu/library/environ.htm
European center for Nature Conservation: http://www.ecnc.nl
Facing the Future: People and the Planet (global issues education and action opportunities); http://www.facingthefuture.org
Federation of American Scientists: http://www.fas.org
Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy: http://www.foodfirst.org
Friends of the Earth: http://www.foe.org
The Future of Nuclear Power (an interdisciplinary study by MIT faculty in 2003 with 2009 update): http://web.mit.edu/nuclearpower
Gap Analysis Program (biodiversity): http://www.gap.iudaho.edu
Global Environment Outlook (450 ecological and economic variabnles by UN Environment Programme): http://geodata.grid.unep.ch
Global Forest Watch (an initiative of the World Resources Institute): http://www.globalforestwatch.org
Global Network for neglected Tropical Disease Control: http://www.gnntde.org
Global Recycling Network: http://grn.com/grn
Global Volunteers: http://www.globalvolunteers.org
Global Warming-a project of the Cooler Heads Coalition, updates by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (skeptics of global warming): http://www.globalwarming.org
Globe Program (Glob
