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Introduccion A Las Ciencias Sociales - Ingles - 2012-01 - FC
Introduccion A Las Ciencias Sociales - Ingles - 2012-01 - FC
Code:
Course:
Credits:
Semester:
FCFBAINTCCSS
IntroduccinalasCienciasSociales
(IntroductiontoSocialSciences)
4
201201
CourseInformation
Area/Program:Coordination:
GeneralEducation/Humanities
Weeklycourseload:
10
Hoursofclassroomlearning: 4
Totalcourseload:
140
Hoursofindependentstudy:
Prerequirements
Description:Coursesorcredits
None
Code
LastNameandFirstName
FuentesHuerta,MiguelHumberto
Coordinator oftheCourse
Email
Contact Hours
mfuentes@usil.edu.pe TuesdayandThursdayfrom9hto12h
Office
GeneralEducation
Teacher
LastNamesandFirstName
AchaKutscher,Elisabeth
Email
pr.eacha@usil.edu.pe
Summary
Introduction to Social Sciences is a theoretical-practical course that critically examines the main contemporary
social phenomena. The course aims at promoting critical thinking on the present world challenges under the light of
the social sciences. Throughout the course, the students are going to get a deeper understanding of the objectives
and benefits of the social sciences around three axes: 1) individual and society; 2) sustainable development and
politics; and 3) ideology and culture.
Number
CourseCompetencies
Number
SpecificCompetencies
Through their own research projects, students use
different theoretical perspectives to analyze cultural
1.1
expressions, as well as to defend their conclusions and
recommendations.
Students analyze problems related
Students establish relationships between local,
to social, political, and economic
regional, national and world contexts, and write essays
1.2
contexts working autonomously
to present their own personal position with social
and collaboratively through the
responsibility.
Through their ethnographic reports and participation in
application of social science
classroom discussions, students develop a respectful
perspectives and methods, so that
1.3
attitude toward diverse cultural values, beliefs, and
they improve their critical thinking
practices.
and sense of social responsibility.
Through their visits to museums, attendance at
artistic/cultural events, and related reports, students
1.4
know and become interested in Perus cultural heritage.
GeneralCompetency
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Type
Hours
Week
Session
Contentandlearningactivities
Content
LearningActivities
Resources
MODULE1:WHYTOSTUDYSOCIALSCIENCESNOWADAYS?
SpecificCompetencies:(1.1),(1.2),(1.3),(1.4)
1.1Presentationofthesyllabus
1
PS
PS
AW
Multimediaequipment
Newspapersand
weeklies
PS
Multimediaequipment
Studentsactivelyengageina
generaldebateintheclassroom.
Multimediaequipment
PS
4.1Homeworkanditsfeedback
4.2Approachestothetakenforgranted
dimension of everyday life in the Social
Sciences.
AW
PS
PS
4.3Identifyingthemainconcepts
explainedinthetextWriting
5.1Examinationanddiscussionabout
thereadingmaterial
6.1Individualandsociety
AW
6.2ExaminationofthetextSociety
Homework:Readingcomprehension
andexplanationaboutWriting
(RapportandOvering,pages404
408).
Identify,describeandanalyzetwo
mainideasaboutthetextfornext
weekinawrittenreportofone
page.
Readingmaterial
Studentsactivelyparticipatein
identifyingthemainideasaboutthe
text.
Multimediaequipment
andreadingmaterial
Studentsengageinageneraldebate
Multimediaequipment
Homework:Readingcomprehension
andexplanationaboutSociety
(RapportandOvering,pages340
343
Studentsidentify,describeand
analyzethemainconceptsshownin
thetextfocusingonagender
approach.
Readingmaterial
7.1Examinationofthereadingmaterial
7
PS
7.2Approachesofthesocialsciences
abouttherelationshipbetween
individualandsociety.
Individualpresentationofoneidea
aboutthereadingmaterial
Multimediaequipment
andreadingmaterial
PS
8.1Thepresentationofeverydaylife
Studentsengageinageneral
Multimediaequipment
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revisionandinquiry.
andreadingmaterial
GeneralRevisionofModule1
ReadingQuiz1
AW
Interviewwithfamily
membersandcaretakers
Readings:[3]
MODULE2:SOCIALIZATION,FAMILYLIFEANDSOCIETY
SpecificCompetencies:(1.1),(1.2),(1.3),(1.4)
10
PS
9.1PrimaryandSecondarySocialization
FeedbackonReadingQuiz1
9.2IdentityFormation
Individualpresentation
PS
AW
11
PS
12
PS
Studentsengageinageneraldebate
10.1ExaminationoftheIntroductionof
GoffmansPresentationofEverydayLife
13
12.1Culturalpluralismversusculturein
thesingular
Multimediaequipment
AW
12.2Examinationofthereading
material.
PS
ReadingMaterial
Studentsengageinteamwork
Multimediaequipment
Studentsengageinageneraldebate
Multimediaequipment
andreadingmaterial
ReadingMaterial
Studentsengageinteamworkanda
generaldebateintheclassroom
Multimediaequipment
andreadingmaterial
14
PS
AW
Identify
and
examine
the
importanceoftwomainideasabout
genderdifferencesinyourfamilylife
based on the reading Gender
(Rapport and Overing, pages 144
147)
Readingmaterial
Conductinginterviews
withfamilymembers
Readings:[9]
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MODULE3:ECONOMYANDPOLITICS
SpecificCompetencies:(1.1),(1.2),(1.3),(1.4)
15.1 Nature of social and economic
structureinPeru
15
PS
Multimediaequipment
andReadingMaterial
16
Studentsactivelyengageinthe
generalrevision
PS
ReadingQuiz2
16.1GeneralRevision
StudentsinquiryaboutYouthLabor
ForceinPeru
AW
17
PS
18
PS
Studentsproduceaonepagereport
describingtheYouthLaborForcein
Peru
17. 1 About the presentation in
everydaylifeandeconomicstructurein
thecountry
MinistryofLabourweb
page
Individualpresentations
Multimediaequipment
andhomeworkmaterial
Studentsengageinageneraldebate
Multimediaequipment
Explainthenatureofinternalarmed
conflict:
Whydidithappen?
Whowerethemainvictims?
AW
18.1Natureofinternalarmedconflictin
Peru
Writeaboutyourimpressionsonthe
visit to the Museo de la Nacin,
identify one special issue at a
specific region in Peru you did not
know before on the internal armed
conflict.
ExhibitionattheMuseo
delaNacin
19
10
PS
20
10
PS
10
AW
Homeworkmaterial
Studentsengageinageneraldebate
Multimediaequipment
Individualpresentations
Multimediaequipment
ReadingMaterial
ReadingMaterial
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MODULE4:GLOBALIZATIONANDSUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT
SpecificCompetencies:(1.1),(1.2),(1.3),(1.4)
21
11
PS
22
11
PS
22.1Globalization,cultureand
education
11
AW
Studentsengageinageneraldebate
VideoSchoolingthe
WorldPartI
Studentsengageinateamwork.
VideoSchoolingthe
WorldPartII
Video
12
PS
24
12
PS
23.1Schoolingtheworld
Studentsengageinteamwork
Multimediaequipment
12
AW
Identifythemaincharactersandthe
nature of social context in Mario
VargasLlosanovel(Chapterone)
MultimediaEquipment
andReadingMaterial
ReadingMaterial
Studentsread,analyzeandpresenta
writtenreport
25
13
PS
26
13
PS
25.1Comparinglifestylesinaglobalized
world
13
ReadingMaterial
AW
MultimediaEquipment
MultimediaEquipment
Generaldebate
Individualpresentations
Focusononecharacter,describeit
andanalyzehowhe/shecould
representthenatureofPeruvian
society
ReadingMaterial
Studentsprepareaonepagereport
basedonthefourmainchaptersof
MarioVargasLlosaNovel
14
PS
Individualpresentations
27
28
14
PS
28.1GeneralRevision
ReadingQuiz4
Preparation
examination
14
AW
for
the
final
ReadingMaterial
Readings:[13]
Methodology
Themethodologyisactiveandparticipatory.Duringtheoreticalclasses,theteacherwillpresentthemainconcepts,indicateeducationalresourcesused,and
explainthescheduleofactivitiesandthemethodsofevaluation.
Student is responsible for his/her own selflearning process, the reading of texts, and writing of reports and summaries, performing of exercises and
activities,participationintheforums,complyingwiththedeliveryoftasksandresearchprojectsontime.
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Evaluationsystem
Percentagevaluesforfinalgradecalculation
N
TypeofEvaluation
Percentagevalue
1
Continuousassessment
100%
Percentagevaluesandscheduleforcontinuousassessment(100%offinalgrade)
Type of
Percentage Week WillIbeabletotakeamakeup
Evaluation
value
readingtest?
No
Assignment 1
40 %
07
Assignment 2
30 %
14
No
Final work:
30 %
14
No
Date
100 %
GeneralNorms
RecommendationsforthecourseofIntroductiontotheSocialSciences:
1.Attendancetoeveryclassismandatory.Studentswhofailtoattendmorethan30percentoftheclassesforfeittherighttotakethefinalexamination.
2.Participationinclassisveryimportant.
3. Written Work must be submitted during class. The use of Email will be restricted to additional consultation only for the different working guidelines
alreadyexplainedduringtheclass.
4. Plagiarism of any type (from internet or hard copies) is penalized with (00) on the corresponding assignment. All works will be evaluated through the
Turnitinantiplagiarismsystem(moreinformationwillbeprovidedinclassontheuseofthissystem).
Readinglist
[1]Alvarez,Jos(2006)Gestincomunalyterritorio:LeccionesaprendidasdelacuencadelNanay(AmazonaNorPeruana)paraelmanejo
delafaunasilvestreamaznica.EnRevistaElectrnicaManejodeFaunaSilvestreenLatinoamrica.Vol.1:1de15(3)
[2]Berger,PeterandThomasLuckman(1991)TheSocialConstructionofReality.ATreatiseintheSociologyofKnowledge.PenguinBooks.
[3]Goffman,Erving(1959)ThePresentationofSelfinEverydayLife.PenguinBooks.
[4]Jahoda,Gustav(1999)ImagesofSavages.AncientRootsofModernPrejudiceinWesternCulture.LondonandNewYork:Routledge.
[5]Lugo,Alejandro(2008)FragmentedLives,AssembledParts.Culture,Capitalism,andConquestoftheUSMexicoBorder.Universityof
TexasPress,Austin,Introduction,Chapters4,5,7.
[6]Oboler,Suzanne(2000)Itmustbeafake!Racialideologies,identitiesandthequestionofrights.InGracia,JorgeandPablodeGreiff.
Hispanics/LatinosintheUnitedStatus.Ethnicity,Race,andRights.Routledge,pages125144.
[7]Papacharissi,Zizi(2011)ANetworkedSelf.Identity,Community,andCultureonSocialNetworkSites.NewYorkandLondon:Routledge.
[8]Rapport,NigelandJoannaOvering(2000)SocialandCulturalAnthropology.TheKeyConcepts.LondonandNewYork:Routledge.
[9]Rowe,WilliamandVivianSchelling(1991)MemoryandModernity.PopularCultureinLatinAmerica.LondonandNewYork:Verso.
[10]Stern,Steve(1998)ShiningPathandOtherPaths.WarandSocietyinPeru,19801995.DurhamandLondon:DukeUniversityPress
[11]Uriarte,Luis(2007).LosAchuar.EnSantos,FernandoyFredericaBarclayGuaetnogrficadelaAltaAmazona.Achuar,Candoshi.
Lima:IFEA,SmithsonianTropicalResearchInstitute,pages1241.
[12]Young,IrisMarion(1990)JusticeandthePoliticsofDifference.PrincetonUniversityPress
NOVELS
[13]Llosa,MarioVargas(2005)TheGreenHouse
[14]Kundera,Milan(1992)TheJoke
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