Kroc
Institute for International Peace Studies
Acting
Director:
R. Scott ApplebyRobert C.
Johansen,
Ph.D.
Dept. Tel.:
(574) 631-6970
The
Program of Studies.
The
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies offers summer courses
designed
to meet the needs of graduate and undergraduate students enrolled
during the
regular academic year. It also welcomes students enrolled at other
institutions
who seek summer credit at Notre Dame. The courses deal with the
problems of war
and peace within and between nations, and encourage an imaginative
quest for a
world free from organized violence and respectful of human rights.
Course
Descriptions.
The following course descriptions give the number and title of each
course.
Lecture hours per week, laboratory and/or tutorial hours per week, and
semester
credit hours are in parentheses. The University reserves the right to
withdraw
any course without sufficient registration.
CRNs
for independent study
courses may be obtained from the Institute office, from the Summer
Session
office, or from insideND.
IIPS
20501. International Relations
CANCELLED
(Cross-listed
with POLS 20200)
3
credits, Lopez Thompson (5-0-3)
10:30–11:50
MTW 6/1917–8/27/31
CRN 3384;
ID # IIPS 20501 01
Last
“add” date:
6/2322
“Drop”
dates:
refund, 6/2726;
last, 7/1110
Enrollment
limit:
five5
This
course provides students with an
understanding of historical and current events in world politics. As
such, the
course has three central objectives: to introduce various theoretical
frameworks
for analyzing international political and economic events, to provide
and
overview of substantive issues in international relations, and to
supply a
basic understanding of citizens might be effective actors and observers
of
global politics. We explore substantive issues such as cooperation and
conflict
in international relations, the cause of war, terrorism, nuclear
proliferation,
regional free trade agreements, the causes and effects of economic
globalization, and the role of international law and institutions.
Discussion
sections use historical case studies and current events and policy
dilemmas to
illustrate concepts introduced in lectures. This course cannot be taken
if you
have already taken POLS/GOVT 10200 or 10200 or 20100.
IIPS 20502. Responding to World
Crisis
(Cross-listed
with SOC 20533)
3
credits, Valenzuela (5-0-3)
10:30–11:55 MTWRF 6/17 to 7/18 (five weeks)
CRN 3743; ID #IIPS 30925 01
Last
“add” date: 6/20
“Drop”
dates:
refund,
6/23; last, 7/3
Enrollment limit:
2
This course focuses on current issues in international
affairs and what the U.S.
policy response to them should be. The participants will be divided
into groups
specializing events and issues in each continent in the world, with an
additional group focusing on the international economy. Each session of
the
seminar will hear the reports prepared by students in two of such
(i.e., the
Africa and the Asia groups, or the Europe
and
World Issues groups). The reports must be individually written, with
the crisp
style of policy briefs, on different countries or issues, and must
include an
assessment of the origins and nature of the problem or problems at
hand, a well
as recommendations regarding what the United States should do.
The
required reading for the seminar will be the New
York Times (the printed version) on a
daily
basis. Students may go to Internet news services of the New
York Times or
other sources such as the Economist for additional background information
on the situation they wish to write about.
IIPS
20901. Gender Roles and Violence in Society
(Cross-listed
with SOC 20810)
3
credits, Gunty (5-0-3)
6:30–9:00
p.m. T,R 6/19–8/2
CRN 3068;
ID # IIPS 20901 01
Last
“add” date: 6/23
“Drop”
dates: refund, 6/27; last, 7/11
Much
of the violence in contemporary
society—whether it is domestic abuse, school shootings, gang warfare,
video
games, or inter-ethnic conflict—has something to do with gender. This
course
explores the connection between gender role socialization and the
expression of
conflict or aggression. Through readings, discussions, films, and
projects, students
will be encouraged to examine sex differences in violent behavior as
the
outcome of complex processes. We will try to better understand those
processes
and develop the ability to describe the causes and their effects.
IIPS
30922. Labor and America
since 1945
(Cross-listed
with AFAM 30276, AMST 30362, HIST 30856,GSC 30309)
3
credits, Graff (3-0-3)
8:55–11:25
TR, 6/17–7/31
CRN 3759; ID # IIPS 30922 01
Last “add” date:
6/22
“Drop” dates:
refund, 6/26;
last, 7/10
Enrollment
limit:
2
This
course explores the evolving relationships of American workers to
politics, the
economy, and the wider culture since 1945. The United States emerged
from World
War II as the strongest global power, and its citizens subsequently
enjoyed a
long postwar economic boom that created what we might call the first
truly
middle-class society in world history. At the heart of that new society
was the
American labor movement, those unions like the United Auto Workers and
the
United Steel Workers who ensured that at least from of the postwar
profits made
it into the wallets of workers and their families. Today, however,
unions
represent only 8 percent of workers in the private sector. What
accounts for
the decline of organized labor since the 1950s? What has the decline of
the
labor movement meant for workers specifically, and the American economy
and
politics more broadly? How and why have popular perceptions of unions
changed
over time? What has been the relationship of organized labor to the
civil
rights movement, feminism, and modern conservatism? What is
“globalization” and
what has been its impact upon American workers? Through an exploration
of
historical scholarship, memoirs, and Hollywood
films, this course will try to answer these questions. Students
interested in
politics, economic development, International relations, social
justice, human
rights, peace studies or mass culture are particularly welcome. NOTE:
This
course fulfills the university history requirement NOTE: This course
fulfills
the university history requirement or IIPS Area C.
IIPS 30925. Race and Ethnicity
(Cross-listed
with SOC 30806)
3
credits, Sobolewski (5-0-3)
10:30–12:15 MTWRF 6/17–7/31
CRN 3622; ID # IIPS
30925 01
Last
“add” date:
6/22
“Drop”
dates:
refund,
6/26;
last,
7/10
Enrollment limit:
2
This course has three objectives. First, the course will
help
you to think critically about issues related to race and ethnicity in
American
society. These issues include the meaning of race and ethnicity; the extent of racial and ethnic
inequality in the United
States, the nature of racism,
discrimination, and racial stereotyping;
the pros and cons of affirmative action;
the development of racial
identity;
differences
between assimilation, amalgamation, and multiculturalism; and social and individual change
with respect to race relations. The second objective is to foster a
dialogue
between you and other students about racist and ethnocentric attitudes
and
actions. The third objective is to encourage you to explore your own
racial and
ethnic identity and to understand how this identity reflects and shapes
your
life experiences.
IIPS 30927 Immigration in Global
Perspective
(Cross-listed
with AMST 30610, ANTH 30305, SOC 30015)
3
credits, Albahari (3-0-3)
1:15
to 3:45
TW 6/17 to 8/1
CRN 3717;
ID
#IIPS 30927 01
Last
“add” date: 6/22
“Drop”
dates:
refund,6/26; last, 7/10
Enrollment
limit:
1
How do people in immigrant-receiving countries shape
their
attitudes toward immigrants? What are the differences between refugees
and
other migrants? How is immigration related to urban “immigrant riots?”
And what
can anthropological studies of borders and national policies tell us
about the
transnational world in which we live? We will examine these and related
questions, and more generally, the causes, lived experiences, and
consequences
of migration. We will acquire a sound understanding of migration in its
social,
political, legal, and cultural facets. Fieldwork accounts from
countries of
origin and from the United States,
Europe, Australia,
and Japan will
enable us to appreciate both global
and U.S.
distinctive trends. Rather than merely learning a collection of facts
about
immigrants, we will address how migration intersects with gender and
class; the
mass media;
border
enforcement;
racism;
the economy;
territory and identity formation,
and religion.
IIPS
36401/46401. Directed Readings
Variable
credits, Staff (V-V-V)
CRN
2594; ID #IIPS36401 01
CRN 2611;
ID #IIPS 46401 01
ID
# IIPS 36401
IIPS
40902. Self, Society and Environment
(Cross-listed
with SOC 43719)
3
credits, Weigert (5-0-3)
1:15–3:45
T,R 6/19–8/217-7/31
CRN 3033;
ID # IIPS 40902 01
Last
“add” date:
6/22
“Drop”
dates:
refund, 6/27;
last, 7/11
Enrollment
limit:
three2
This
course focuses on social psychological
aspects of relationships between humans and the natural environment.
Issues
include how humans interact with different environments, symbolic
transformations of environments, and competing accounts or claims
concerning
human-environment relationships. The course is framed in a sociology of
knowledge
perspective and touches on alternative ways of envisioning and valuing
individual and institutional perspectives on human-environment
relationships
with an eye toward implications for social change.
IIPS
66201. Directed Readings
Variable
credits, Staff (V-V-V)
CRN
3099;
ID # IIPS 66201
Obtain
CRN
in department office.
IIPS
76201. Directed Readings
Variable
credits, Staff (V-V-V)
CRN
2617;
ID # IIPS 76201
IIPS
78102. Nonresident Thesis Research
1
credit, Staff (V-V-1)
CRN
3431;
ID
# IIPS 78102