PSCI328 - Diplomacy in the Americas: the Penn Model Oas Program

Status
C
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Diplomacy in the Americas: the Penn Model Oas Program
Term
2021C
Syllabus URL
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
401
Section ID
PSCI328401
Course number integer
328
Registration notes
An Academically Based Community Serv Course
Meeting times
T 04:30 PM-06:00 PM
R 04:30 PM-06:00 PM
Meeting location
WILL 29
COHN 203
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Catherine E.M. Bartch
Description
"Diplomacy in the Americas" an academically based community service course in which students work with Philadelphia and Norristown public school students to explore solutions to critical problems facing the Americas. Entrenched political, economic, and social inequality, combined with environmental degradation, weak institutions, pervasive health epidemics, weapon proliferation, and other issues pose formidable hurdles for strengthening democratic ideals and institutions. The Organization of the American States (OAS), the world's oldest regional organization, is uniquely poised to confront these challenges. "Diplomacy in the Americas" guides students through the process of writing policy resolutions as though the students were Organization of the American States (OAS) diplomats, basing their research and proposals on democracy, development, security, and human rights - the four pillars of the OAS. Students will also read literature about what it means to educate for a democracy and global citizenry, and they will have the opportunity to turn theory into practice by creating and executing curriculum to teach and mentor the high school students through interactive and experiential pedagogies.
Course number only
328
Cross listings
LALS328401
Fulfills
Cross Cultural Analysis
Use local description
No