Second, iPhone and Android owners reported using educational, academically related applications on their phones.10 Among iPhone users, 76 percent had used calculators or unit conversion tools, 57 percent had used dictionary or encyclopedia apps, 19 percent had used a flash card app, and 27 percent had used a subject-specific app (such as a periodic table app for chemistry). One of the flash card-using students commented:
Assessment:
- Item 1: 40% Essay 1 (1500 words)
- Item 2: 60% Essay 2 (3000 words)
Level: 5
Politics and International RelationsColonialism, Capitalism and DevelopmentPolitics and International RelationsPOL255Semester 15YesColonialism, Capitalism and Development
Credits: 15.0
Contact: Dr Karen Schouw Iversen
Description: According to Karl Marx, capital comes into the world'`dripping from head to toe, from every pore, with blood and dirt.'
Whether you agree with Marx's ideas or not, it is impossible to understand the genesis and the development of modern capitalist societies both in the Global North and the Global South without looking at the ugly face of colonialism.
This module will unpack Marxs and other theoretical understandings of capitalism, colonialism, and development. We will critically engage with the work of seminal authors such as Max Weber, Leon Trotsky, Karl Polanyi, Edward Said, Franz Fanon, and Silvia Federici. We will systematically inquire about the origins of capitalism and the relationship between capitalism and colonialism. We will explore alternative theoretical understandings of capitalism, colonialism and development, and the centrality of religion, culture, class struggle, race, gender, and international relations in shaping our contemporary world.
Reading the original work of canonical sociological, economic, and political writers can be quite a challenge. The lectures will unpack their most important arguments, explore their implications, and help you develop your academic reading skills. In the seminars, you will have the chance to discuss contemporary issues in light of the authors we will study, question established theories, and develop your own perspective on capitalism, colonialism, and development.
Assessment:
- Item 1: 20% Reading and Listening Test (90 mins)
- Item 2: 50% Oral Examination (10 mins)
- Item 3: 30% Written Assignment (125-175 words)
Level: 4
Introduction to International RelationsLanguages Linguistics and FilmIFJ3004Semester 33NoIntroduction to International Relations
Credits: 15.0
Contact: Dr Kong Chan
Description: The module provides students with opportunities to develop textual analysis and writing skills needed to understand debates over concepts of International Politics. It provides an introduction to debate on some of the essential theories used to understand International Politics, including Realism, Liberalism and Marxism. It also examines some major issues in International Politics, including war and peace, greater powers and imperialism, and international political economy.
Each week, there will be a lecture and a seminar. Students will be encouraged to contribute to seminars through pair work, group work and whole class discussion. Students will be required to prepare for lectures and seminars by reading and writing. Students will be required to read from a range of sources, including handouts and academic critiques to prepare for the lecture and the seminar. They will also be required to complete a range of written tasks related to their reading.
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