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PACS 2500

PACS 2500. Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies Guy Burgess. PACS 2500 Website/Syllabus Access. http://peacestudies.colorado.edu/pacs2500-course-schedule-spring-2014. PACS 2500 Website/Syllabus Access. http://peacestudies.colorado.edu. D2L. Website Link and Grades Only.

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PACS 2500

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  1. PACS 2500 Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies Guy Burgess

  2. PACS 2500 Website/Syllabus Access http://peacestudies.colorado.edu/pacs2500-course-schedule-spring-2014

  3. PACS 2500 Website/Syllabus Access http://peacestudies.colorado.edu

  4. D2L Website Link and Grades Only

  5. Peace & Conflict Studies Program

  6. peacestudies.colorado.edu Program Courses

  7. PACS Requirements

  8. PACS Forms

  9. PACS Director

  10. Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies PACS 2500

  11. Attendance Sheet

  12. Your Instructor

  13. Screenshots • The next set of slides are all “screenshots” from the class website. • All of this information is available online. • Use the online version of these pages, do not use these PowerPoints as your reference. • You will receive e-mail notifications of all significant changes to the website • Send to your _____@colorado.edu address

  14. Course Rules You are responsible for reading and following the course rules on the Website

  15. Two Major Page Website Structure Home Page & Course Schedule / Online Text

  16. Contact Info / Office Hours Informal conversations encouraged

  17. Urgent Contact Form Link

  18. Urgent Contact Form

  19. Main Campus Norlin Office Norlin Library S423 (Inside S436)

  20. East Campus Office • East Campus Office: ARC building, 3100 Marine St, East campus, Room A228 [2nd floor (excluding basement), south "Annex" wing, (not room 228)] -- Take the Stampede bus. • East Campus Office: Call first to make sure I'm available! • East Campus Office Phone: 303-492-1635. Use this or e-mail (preferred) for messages.

  21. Laptops – For Class Use Only • Power Point-based Note Taking • Occasional exercises

  22. PACS Political Orientation Government of the people, by the people, for the people

  23. Online Text

  24. Online Textbook Voucher Purchase at UMC Bookstore $33.50

  25. Temporary Textbook

  26. Logging In, Lost Password

  27. Logging In, Lost Password

  28. Weekly Schedule Updated Weekly Topics Readings Study Questions Power Points Videos

  29. This Week’s Readings

  30. .mp4 Podcasts

  31. Requirements / Grading

  32. D2L Grade Reporting / Grade Problems

  33. Test 50% • 2 Mid-Terms / Final • Notes page allowed • Study questions • List • Define • Apply • “Wildcard” questions • Slightly cumulative final • 50 minute tests • “Curved” grading

  34. Deadlines, Tests

  35. Attendance 20% • Sign-up Sheet • Good Notes • Coming Late / Leaving Early Sign-out Sheet • Requirements • Less the 2 absences = extra credit • 2 absences = A • More than 2 = ½ grade deduction for each • Makeups • 3 makeup limit • Submit within 2 weeks • Special circumstances • 450 word write-up on online .mp4 videos • Don’t copy Power Points • Ask if you need an exception

  36. Attendance Sheet

  37. Class Discussions / Exercises 10% • Active versus passive learning • Hand-in Notes • Numbering system • ++, +, ok, -, -- grading • Chance to talk with your instructors

  38. Opinion Assignments – 20% • 5 opportunities/deadlines (4 required) • Use web form • Grading • The amount of the opinion reading done. "B-level" target: two highlighted articles • Length of the opinion assignment. "B-level" target: 450 words • Writing quality. "B-level" target: well written, and proofed essay • Persuasiveness. "B-level" target: reasonably compelling arguments • Opinion. "B-level" target: focus on opinion not "book report" • Conflict Dynamics. Ideas for more constructively approaching the conflict

  39. Deadlines, Opinion Assignments

  40. Syria: Weapons of Mass Destruction • Arab Spring Revolution • Civil War • 100,000+ deaths • Shia / Sunni conflict • Hama rules • Damascus preservation • Ethnic cleansing • Chemical weapons • WMD Taboo • Red line • Deterrent • Kosovo / Bosnia / Libya model http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/kerry-obama-determined-to-hold-syria-accountable-for-using-chemical-weapons/2013/08/26/599450c2-0e70-11e3-8cdd-bcdc09410972_story.html?hpid=z1

  41. Egypt http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/opinion/global/the-egyptian-debacle.html

  42. Weapons of Mass Destruction http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/saving-the-world-at-plutonium-mountain/2013/08/16/1d43dd3a-0381-11e3-88d6-d5795fab4637_story.html?hpid=z3

  43. All Purpose Web FormAssignment Submission

  44. All Purpose Web Form

  45. All Purpose Web Form

  46. Simple Text Submission

  47. Get Acquainted

  48. Clickers

  49. Teaching Philosophy Lots of Ideas Your Filters Your Worldview Tweaking the Image / NOT Professorial Download

  50. Play-by-Play vs. Color Commentary Core Ideas: Peace and Conflict Theory Current Cases: Current Peace and Conflict News

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