Pol. Sci. 193 course outline amendment

This part of the course outline “End of Consultation for the Topic Outline Friday February 27, 2009, on or before 5:00 pm; due date for the Final Paper Thursday March 12, 2009, on or before 5:00 pm”

should read as “End of Consultation for the Topic Outline Friday February 26, 2010, on or before 5:00 pm; due date for the Final Paper Thursday March 12, 2010, on or before 5:00 pm”

Please be guided accordingly.

Announcement of general interest

It is my pleasure to announce that this coming February 19, 2010, three third year political science students will be presenting their papers as part of the CAS Week Celebration. The presentations will start at 8:30 in the morning at the MILC.

Ms. Jane Andal will present a paper on “ADVANCING GLOBALIZATION THROUGH ASEAN EXPANSION TO A LARGER EAST ASIAN REGION”

Ms. Jude Castano will present a paper on “United Nations as an Instrument for Major Powers”

Ms. Leanne Torrato “NORTH KOREA’S LEVERAGE IN ECONOMIC AND DIPLOMATIC BARGAINING”

You are all invited to attend and actively participate in the question and answer portion.

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I trust that all of you attended and learned something from the forum this morning. Issues similar to what Prof. Bello raised in the forum and in his book “Food Wars” will be tackled in the class when we will start discussing Karl Marx.

In connecting with this I am requiring you to submit the a one page reaction paper next meeting, 9 February Tuesday. Format should be, single spaced and with one inch margin on all slides. I will collect the papers as soon as the class will start and I will not accept late students’ paper. This requirement will be counted as part of your quiz. In addition, if you still have issues to raise that you were not able to raise in the forum, and you think the class can help address this, you may as well present it to the class next meeting.

For Pol. Sci. 193 alternative class activity

We will not hold a class tomorrow but I will require you to be present on an alternative activity. There is a forum on “Food Wars: How the west created the global food crisis” by Professor Walden Bello, February 5, 2010, at the MILC, from 9:00 to 10:30 AM.

Professor Bello is presenting his new book on the same title. You can find the information about the book and the author by clicking the links below.

Book Link http://www.versobooks.com/books/ab/b-titles/bello_walden_the_food_wars.shtml

Author Background http://www.waldenbello.org/

Soc. Sci. 199.2

Our earlier scheduled meeting will be cancelled. In addition, for Thursday, February 4, you are to submit a revised version of Chapter 1, Chapter 2 and the tools, categories, survey questionnaire or any other instrument that you will need for you research.

In preparing the instruments please note the following

A. make sure that your questions clearly relates to every element or component of the concepts you are investigating.
B. The front page of the questionnaire should be a cover letter, either in English or Hiligaynon explaining briefly, in layman’s term if need be, what your study is all about, then politely asking for their time to answer it.

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Please be reminded of the following dates;

February 16, 2010, Tuesday- Due for group report consultation

March 8, 2010, Monday-Start of Class presentation

I will post the guidelines for presentation soon, just remember that the presenting group is required to provide a detailed outline of their presentation to the whole class and to the instructor a week before the presentation.

Soc. Sci. 199.2

Notes on your earlier submissions.

All your data summary submission are now available for pick up. You will find some suggestions on how you can go about gathering and organizing your date, especially on how you can reduce your workload.

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Notes on Chapter 1 submission.

Basically your chapter one is going to be a revised version of your proposal. Previously one of you asked about the methodology part, that part is going to be sketched out fir chapter two. While you may have submitted your own proposed chapter breakdown, most of it was rather unenlightened.

Do not forge the following points.

1. The parts of chapter one, modified from your proposal, are the following; introduction, research problem, review of related literature, conceptual framework including the conceptual diagram.

2. Make sure that you carefully review the comments on your earlier submission. If you do not intend to follow that to the detail, I strongly suggest you decide early not to be part of the class anymore. I hate to read works that look like photocopies of your old submissions.

3. Other improvements that must be included are the following;
a. Be consistent with the use of your headings and subheadings. These are supposed to indicate the flow and the hierarchy of your discussion. Know when to indent, use letters and numbers instead of bold fonts.
b. Your conceptual discussion must be tied to your review, so as your conceptual diagram.
c. Review you citation and bibliography, make sure it is consistent with APSA format.
d. Submit the soft and hard copy on time.

4. It should be from 20-25 pages.

Soc. Sci. 199.2 Schedule Matrix

University of the Philippines Visayas
Division of Social Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
Social Science 199.2
(Social Science Research II)

Instructor: Brian C. Ventura
Term: Second Semester AY 2009-2010
Class Meeting: MTh 4:00-5:30 Room: CAS R 202
Consultation Hours: MTh 2:45-3:45, TF 10:00-11:30, 1:00-4:00 or by appointment Prerequisite: Soc. Sci. 199.1 Section:3 Credits: 3 Units
E-mail Address: brian.c.ventura@gmail.com
Instructor’s Webpage: http://brianventura.wordpress.com
Office: Division of Social Sciences, Faculty Room CAS Building

Rules

1. Make Sure that you work according to the set deadlines.

2. Non submission of or non compliance to requirements scheduled below for two times will automatically mean a grade of either 4, incomplete (inc) or 5.0.

3. Each student should consult the instructor for expectations ahead of each chapter submission, particularly concerning the organization and content of the chapter.

4. The schedule matrix below may be subject to change so you are advised to constantly monitor the class blogsite for updates.

5. Each paper submission is to be composed both of hard and soft copy. Both of these copies must be in during office hours of the designated deadline. Non compliance will be subject to rule No. 2

Social Science 199.2 Schedule Matrix
December What to submit?

(14) Data Summary

(20) Data Summary and revised proposal, with the old proposal (In a sufficiently labeled sealed brown envelope at the UP City Campus Infante Guard)

January What to submit?

(4) Data Summary

(11) Data Summary and Chapter 1

(21) Chapter 2

February What to Submit?

(4) Chapter 3

(16) Chapter 4

(25) Chapter 5/Conclusion

March What to Submit?

(11) First Draft

(18) Second Draft

(24) Presentation (Details to be finalized)

(26) Final Draft Certified by a professional Editor

(31) Hard Bound Copy

For guidance on writing style, citation and bibliography, the following titles are required readings;
American Political Science Association. Manual in Writing Articles for APSA
Publication (2002)

Chicago Manual of Style (1969. 1982. 1993)

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 4th edition (1995)

Winkler, Anthony and Jo Ray McCuen. . Writing the Research Paper: A Handbook. (1999)

I need to see this or similar sources in your discussion of methods.

Pol. Sci. 195 Make-up activity

We will not hold a class this Thursday Dec. 3 2009. Instead, read this article and prepare for class discussion next meeting.

“Kautilya’s Arthasastra on War and Diplomacy in Ancient India”