Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/Rice University/Human Development in Global and Local Communities (Spring 2015)/Grading
Grading
editThe course will be graded as follows:
- 5% Class Attendance and Participation
- 25%: Postings on Course Readings, News Events, and Outside Lectures
- 10%: Field Assignment
- 10%: Powerpoint Presentation
- 50%: Wikipedia Entry
Required Texts
editRequired Texts: Acemoglu, Daron and James Robinson. 2012. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty. New York: Crown Business. (abbreviated on syllabus to Why Nations Fail)
Demick, Barbara. 2010. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea. New York: Spiegel and Grau. (abbreviated on syllabus to Nothing to Envy)
The World Bank. 2012. Gender Equality and Development: World Development Report 2012. Washington, D.C: The World Bank. https://owlspace-ccm.rice.edu/access/content/group/ASIA-329-SWGS-322-001Sp12/Jan%2013/Jan%2013/Required%20Readings/WDR%202012%20Report.pdf
Tirado, Linda. 2014. Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America. New York: Putnam & Sons. (abbreviated on syllabus to Hand to Mouth)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 2013. Human Development Report 2013. New York: UNDP. http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/reports/14/hdr2013_en_complete.pdf
Yousafzai, Malala. 2013. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. New York: Little, Brown, and Company. (abbreviated on syllabus to I Am Malala).
Recommended Texts
editAppiah, Kwame Anthony. 2010. The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen. New York: W.W. Norton and Co.
Strunk Jr., William and E.B. White. 2000. The Elements of Style. 4th ed. New York: Allyn and Bacon. United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). 2010. Combating Poverty and Inequality: Structural Change, Social Policy and Politics. Manuscript. Geneva: UNRISD. http://www.unrisd.org/unrisd/website/document.nsf/%28httpPublications%29/B4728ABBDF504837C12577D2005C1EF0?OpenDocument