KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY
GRADUATE COURSE PROPOSAL OR REVISION,
Cover Sheet (10/02/2002)
Course Number/Program Name INCM 9380 / International Conflict Management
Department College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Degree Title (if applicable) Ph.D. in International Conflict Management
Proposed Effective Date Spring 2012
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Notes:
If proposed changes to an existing course are substantial (credit hours, title, and description), a new course with a
new number should be proposed.
A new Course Proposal (Sections II, III, IV, V, VII) is required for each new course proposed as part of a new
program. Current catalog information (Section I) is required for each existing course incorporated into the
program.
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GRADUATE COURSE/CONCENTRATION/PROGRAM CHANGE
I.
Current Information (Fill in for changes)
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II.
Proposed Information (Fill in for changes and new courses)
Course Prefix and Number ___INCM 9380_______________________
Course Title Sustainable Development_________
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Class Hours
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Prerequisites INCM 9001 or INCM 9002
Description (or Proposed Degree Requirements)
This interdisciplinary course introduces students to major philosophical debates and
policy interventions in the field of development and sustainability. It raises questions
about the political & cultural assumptions undergirding conventional ways of thinking
about development, production, distribution, consumption and conflict. Through case
studies and policy critiques students also learn the pros and cons of particular
methodologies of studying and practicing sustainable development in peace time and
during conflict.
III.
Justification
This course provides students with the theoretical and conceptual foundations of
“sustainability” broadly conceived. In addition, it will expose students to actual instances
of policy interventions in sustainable practice whether by governments, non-profits,
multi-lateral institutions or corporations. Drawing from diverse academic fields like
anthropology, geography, urban planning, conflict studies, history, public policy,
sociology, gender studies and international affairs, the course’s interdisciplinary approach
enables student to face the challenge of working in multi-disciplinary teams to assess and
solve the imminent and future resource challenges facing our world. This course and its
assignments will also assist students to identify the promises, pitfalls and possibilities of
existing sustainable practices.
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IV.
Additional Information (for New Courses only)
Instructor: Dr. Debarati Sen
Text: see syllabus
Prerequisites: INCM 9001 or INCM 9002
Objectives:
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Gain understanding about the leading theoretical, historical and
philosophical approaches to sustainability.
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Understand the pros and cons of existing sustainability interventions of
states, non-profits, multilateral institutions and corporations.
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Develop critical writing skills that are academically informed but capable
of engaging a broader audience.
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Learn how to identify suitable research methodologies for researching
particular issues in sustainability.
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Learn how to work in an interdisciplinary atmosphere by translating
concepts and theories from one academic field for another.
Instructional Method
- Lecture, Discussion, Guest Lecture, Films and Assigned Readings
Method of Evaluation
Assignments for the Course:
1. Class Participation: 10 points
2. Weekly Response Questions: 10 points
3. Two Material Based Presentations: 10 points [5points x 2]
4. Two Academic Op-Ed Pieces on Sustainability (1000 words): 30 points [15 points
x2]
5. Final Project (Proposal +Presentation+ Written Paper): 40 points.
V.
Resources and Funding Required (New Courses only)
Resource
Amount
Faculty
Other Personnel
Equipment
Supplies
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0
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0
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Travel
New Books
New Journals
Other (Specify)
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TOTAL
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Funding Required Beyond
Normal Departmental Growth
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VI. COURSE MASTER FORM
This form will be completed by the requesting department and will be sent to the Office of the
Registrar once the course has been approved by the Office of the President.
The form is required for all new courses.
DISCIPLINE
COURSE NUMBER
COURSE TITLE FOR LABEL
(Note: Limit 30 spaces)
CLASS-LAB-CREDIT HOURS
Approval, Effective Term
Grades Allowed (Regular or S/U)
If course used to satisfy CPC, what areas?
Learning Support Programs courses which are
required as prerequisites
INCM
9380
Sustainable Development
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Spring 2012
Regular
APPROVED:
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Vice President for Academic Affairs or Designee __
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VII Attach Syllabus
INCM 9380 / Sustainable Development
Ph.D. Program in International Conflict Management
Kennesaw State University
I. Instructor Information:
Dr. Debarati Sen
Assistant Professor of International Conflict Management and Anthropology, HSS
Department of Geography and Anthropology
& PhD Program in International Conflict Management
Instructor’s Office: Pilcher Building 151A
Mailbox Location: 2203
Office Phone: 770 794 7733
Email: dsen@kennesaw.edu
Office Hours: TBA for spring 2012
II. Course Pre-requisites, Co-requisites, and/or Other Restrictions
INCM 9001 or INCM 9002
III. Course Description
Description from Catalog:
This interdisciplinary course introduces students to major philosophical debates and policy
interventions in the field of development and sustainability. It raises questions about the political
& cultural assumptions undergirding conventional ways of thinking about development,
production, distribution, consumption and conflict. Through case studies and policy critiques
students also learn the pros and cons of particular methodologies of studying and practicing
sustainable development in peace time and during conflict.
Further Description:
“Sustainable Development” is a buzzword in academia, the policy world, in communities of
practice, state propaganda and in corporate campaigns. Surprisingly, the problem has been with
us as long as human societies have existed. Ancient civilizations, communities and households
all squarely encountered the above problem which resulted in conflict. But in today’s closely
connected conflict ridden world, practicing sustainability presents us with unprecedented
complexities. These complexities propel us to ask more fundamental questions about culture and
society. Are our taken for granted everyday material practices and our collective hopes of
progress and development that have transnational implications sustainable?
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IV. Student Learning Objectives/Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students should:

Gain understanding about the leading theoretical, historical and
philosophical approaches to sustainability.

Understand the pros and cons of existing sustainability interventions of
states, non-profits, multilateral institutions and corporations.

Develop critical writing skills that are academically informed but capable
of engaging a broader audience.

Learn how to identify suitable research methodologies for researching
particular issues in sustainability.

Learn how to work in an interdisciplinary atmosphere.
V. Textbooks and Materials
Required Books:
Crate, Susan and Mark Nuttall. (eds).2009 Anthropology and Climate Change: From Encounters
to Actions. Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press.
Lyon, Sarah. 2011. Coffee and Community: Maya Farmers and Fair Trade Markets. Denver:
University of Colorado Press
Richards, Paul. 1996. Fighting for the Rainforest: War, Youth and Resources in Sierra Leone.
New York: Heinemann
Taylor, Gary J. and Patricia J. Scharlin. 2004. Smart Alliance: How a Global Corporation and
Environmental Activists Transformed a Tarnished Brand. New Haven: Yale University
Press.
World Commission on Environment and Development. 1987. Our Common Future. New York:
Oxford University Press
Peet, Richard and Michael Watts. 2004. Liberation Ecologies. New York: Routledge
Khagram, Sanjeev. 2004. Dams and Development. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Schurman, Rachel and William A. Munro. 2010. Fighting for the Future of Food
Activists versus Agribusiness in the Struggle over Biotechnology. Twin Cities: University
of Minnesota Press.
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Lederach, John Paul. 1998. Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies. US
Institute of Peace Publication.
Sharma, Aradhana. 2008. Logics of Empowerment: Development, Gender, and Governance in
Neoliberal India. Twin Cities: University of Minnesota Press.
Hughes, David McDermott. 2008. From Enslavement to Environmentalism: Politics on a
Southern African Frontier. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
Nederveen Pieterse, Jan. 2009. Development Theory (2nd edition). New York: Sage Publications
Freire, Paulo. 2000. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Continuum; 30th Anniversary Edition
(September 1, 2000)
Highly Recommended Readings (Excerpts will be assigned from these books)
Sen, Amartya. 2009. The Idea of Justice. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Smith, Neil. 2008. Uneven Development, Nature, Capital, and the Production of Space. Athens:
UGA Press.
Lefbre, Henri. 1992. The Production of Space. Wiley-Blackwell
Harvey, David. 2005. A Brief History of Neoliberalism New York: Oxford University Press.
Karim, Lamia. 2010. Microcredit and its Discontents. Twin Cities: University of Minnesota
Press.
Saunders, Kriemild. 2004. Feminist Post-Development Thought: Rethinking Modernity, PostColonialism and Representation. New Delhi: Zubaan
Keck, Margaret E and Kathryn Sikkink. 1998. Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in
International Politics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Sandoval, Chela. 2008. Methodology of the Oppressed. Twin Cities: University of Minnesota
Press.
Brown, Lester R. 2001. Outgrowing the Earth. New York: WW Norton (Earth Policy Institute).
Agrawal, Arun and Clark C Gibson. 2001. Communities and the Environment. New Brunswick:
Rutgers University Press
West, Paige. 2006. Conservation is our Government Now. Durham: Duke University Press
Agrawal, Arun. 2005. Environmentality: Technologies of Government and the Making of
Subjects. Durham: Duke University Press.
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Oliver Smith, Anthony. 2010. Defying Displacement: Grassroots Resistance and the Critique of
Development. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Additional readings and articles may be assigned based on the intellectual needs specific to this
groups of students.
VI. Course Outline:
Part I: Sustainability: History, Philosophy and Politics
Week 1: The Journey of the Idea (The Bruntland Commission Report and other articles)
Week 2: Uneven Development (Jan Nederveen Pieterse)
Week 3: Ideas of Justice (Selected articles and book chapters)
Part II: Sustainable Practice: Promises, Pitfalls and Possibilities
Week 4: Logics of Empowerment (Sharma)
Week 5: Sustainable Ecotourism (Hughes)
Week 6: Climate Change (Susan Crate et al edited)
Week 7: Food Security (Shurman and Munro)
Week 8: Sustainable Peace (Lederach)
Week 9: Environmental Justice (Sen et al Edited SNR Special Issue)
Week 10: Sustainable Planning (Articles)
Week 11: Sustainable Trade (Lyon and Sen)
Week 12: Sustainability and War (Richards)
Week 13: Displacement, Natural Disasters and Sustainability (Khagram and “Understanding
Katrina,” SSRC website)
Week 14: Social Capital and Sustainability (Karim and articles)
Week 15: Sustainable Advocacy (Taylor and Scharlin; Keck and Sikkink)
Week 16: Student Conference on Sustainability
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VII: Grading Policy and Assignments for the Course:
1. Class Participation: 10 points
2. Weekly Response Questions: 10 points
3. Two Material Based Presentations: 10 points [5points x 2]
4. Two Academic Op-Ed Pieces on Sustainability (1000 words): 30 points [15 points x2]
5. Final Project (Proposal +Conference Style Presentation+ Written Paper): 40 points.
Grading Scale:
A = 90% - 100%
B = 80% - 89%
C = 70% - 79%
D = 60% – 69%
F = < 60%
Students will earn their grades in this course through their active oral and written participation
enabled by the above assignments. Each week they are expected to have read all the assigned
texts and send the instructor an analytical note formulated as questions (weekly response
questions). They will also make presentations on the required material relating the theories and
concepts for that week to a sustainability related issue of current, future or past significance. The
two academic op-ed pieces will test student’s capability to analyze the material read in this
course and translate it for a broader audience in the format of an op-ed piece, which they can
consider submitting to a newspaper of national or regional repute. As scholar-practitioners our
graduates will engage in critical processes of translation between the academic fields and
communities of practice and one of the central aims of this op-ed piece assignment is for them to
become effective translators. In addition the final assignment will require students to write a
conference paper and make a conference style presentation at the end of the semester.
VIII. Academic Integrity
Every KSU student is responsible for upholding the provisions of the Student Code of Conduct,
as published in the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs. Section II of the Student Code of
Conduct addresses the University's policy on academic honesty, including provisions regarding
plagiarism and cheating, unauthorized access to University materials,
misrepresentation/falsification of University records or academic work, malicious removal,
retention, or destruction of library materials, malicious/intentional misuse of computer facilities
and/or services, and misuse of student identification cards. Incidents of alleged academic
misconduct will be handled through the established procedures of the University Judiciary
Program, which includes either an "informal" resolution by a faculty member, resulting in a
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grade adjustment, or a formal hearing procedure, which may subject a student to the Code of
Conduct's minimum one semester suspension requirement.
IX. ADA Statement
Any student who, because of a disabling condition, may require some special arrangements in
order to meet the course requirements should contact the instructor as soon as possible to arrange
the necessary accommodations. Students should present appropriate verification from KSU
disAbled Student Support Services. No requirement exists that accommodations be made prior to
completion of this approved University process. Accommodations are arranged on an
individualized, as-needed basis after the needs and circumstances have been evaluated. The
following individuals have been designated by the President of the University to provide
assistance and ensure compliance with the ADA. Should you require assistance or have further
questions about the ADA, please contact:
Carol Pope, Asst. Dir. for disAbled Student Support Services
770-423-6443, 770-423-6667F, 770-423-6480TTY
cpope@kennesaw.edu
Student with Disabilities; Support Services Website
http://www.kennesaw.edu/stu_dev/dsss/dsss.html
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