GOVT300 - Rural Politics in Latin America

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Academic Year 2002/2003

Rural Politics in Latin America
GOVT 300 SP

Despite rapid urbanization during the last several decades, tens of millions of Latin Americans still live in rural areas. Political questions pertaining to rural society continue to be of critical importance, both for those more directly affected by them and others interested in preserving the region's cultural and biological diversity. This course will explore a variety of contentious social and political issues facing the Latin American rural sector, including land reform, commercialization and technological change in agriculture, deforestation, poverty, and the problems faced by indigenous peoples.

MAJOR READINGS

TBA

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Quizzes, research project, in-class presentations, final exam.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Students who wish to be eligible to register for the course during Drop/Add should place themselves on the wait list during on-line registration. Wait list preference rankings will be one factor I will consider in making Drop/Add period registration decisions.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS GOVT Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Ondetti,Gabriel A.

Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: PAC413

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 15)

SR. major: 5 Jr. major: 4

SR. non-major: 2 Jr. non-major: 2 SO: 2 FR:

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Quantitative Reasoning, Writing

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003