SX3508: GLOBALIZATION (2015-2016)

Globalization encompasses the processes and awareness of increasing international integration and interdependence. This course will examine key theoretical, economic, social, political, cultural and environmental aspects of globalization. Issues of space (e.g. empirical, network, embodied) and scale (e.g. glocalization) are inherent to globalization and will provide the unifying theme of the course.

Topics to be addressed include, for example: uneven development, economic governance, global commodity chains and networks, local-global interplays, international environmental regimes and transnational mobility. These will be team-taught by staff, often using examples drawn from their own fields of research.

Available to students in Year 3 & 4 only.

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

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1st Attempt: Coursework (100%) as follows: 2,000 word essay (40%); 1000-word short report + discussion + tutorial participation (30%); and 10-minutes individual presentation (30%).
Resit:  Resubmission of failed essay/short report or submission of a report on the basis of failed presentation with marks for those capped at the level of CGS D3.

To be integrated into tutorials.

Students will received full feedback on assignments, with written comments on standardised feedback sheets. Verbal feedback on students' performance in tutorial discussions will be provided as appropriate.

None.