Course Title: Cultural

Studies III

CST 203
Semester: Summer
2014

Coordinator: Dr. George
Sadaka


Class Time and location:
MTWThF:11:00-12:15

Last Revised on: June
16,2014


CATALOG DESCRIPTION
CST 203 traces some major developments in the global experience from the 19
th
and 20
th

centuries. It includes topics in contemporary culture, including philosophy, political thought,
sciences, and various forms of artistic expression. Source material is provided by the
humanities, the fine arts, the social sciences and the natural sciences, and is organized
thematically around key-topics.

COURSE PREREQUISITE/CO-REQUISITE:
Undergraduate level ENG 101 Minimum Grade of D or EEE 600 or Computer-Based
TOEFL 263 or Internet-Based TOEFL 101 or Writing (SAT I) 500

INSTRUCTOR
Name: Ms. Abir A Chaaban
Email: abir.chaaban@lau.edu.lb
Office: Block A room
Office Hours: MTWTh 13:30-14:30. & by appointment

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

CLO1. Demonstrate an understanding of readings and ability to develop a critical view of
theory.
CLO2. Demonstrate comprehension of studied theory, historical events and concepts by
evaluating and discussing theoretical assumptions on exam essays.
CLO3. Demonstrate ability to work in groups and develop coherent discussion topics in class
by preparing a discussion topic and submitting group chapter summaries.

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MAJOR TOPICS COVERED IN THE COURSE AND SCHEDULE

Week Topic
1 Cultural Studies Introduction:
Barker 2012,

Pp. 18-25
1-2 Utilitarianism and Rights
Thomas Pain The Rights of Man
J. S. Mill What is Utilitarianism
Karl Marx On the Jewish Question
H.L.A. Hart Are there any Natural Rights?
Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women
Exam I. July 4, 2014
Course Kit

3-4 Morality and Religion
Sorn Kierkegard Faith and Truth,
Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morality
Introduction
First essay: Good and Evil, good and Bad
matters
http://www.inp.uw.edu.pl/mdsie/Political_Thought/GeneologyofMo
rals.pdf
Internet links
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Friedrich Nietzsche http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche/

Course Kit


e.book
4 Psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud The Sexual Life in Human Beings
Michel Foucault the History of Sexuality

Course Kit

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PART I, We "Other Victorians"
PART TWO The Repressive Hypothesis
Chapter II. The Incitement to Discourse
Part II. Scientia Sexualis
http://suplaney.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/foucault-the-
history-of-sexuality-volume-1.pdf
Exam II. July 18, 2014
e.book
Instructor
handout
5 Structuralism-Post Structuralism, and Power
Barker 2012, Chapter 3 Culture, Meaning and Knowledge: The
Linguistic Turn in Cultural Studies
Barker 2012, Chapter 9 Sex, Representation and Subjectivity
Michael Foucault, The Subject and Power
http://jstore.org


(pp. 75-93, 97-
100).
(pp. 289-309).
pp. (777-785)







TEXTBOOK
Chris Barker, Cultural Studies Theory and Practice, Sage 2012.
Michel Foucault the History of Sexuality, Volume I: An Introduction, Translated from the French by
Robert Hurley, Pantheon Books New York, 1976.
http://suplaney.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/foucault-the-history-of-sexuality-volume-1.pdf
http://www.pravo.unizg.hr/_download/repository/Juergen_Habermas_The_theory_of_communicat
ive_action.pdf
Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morality, Cambridge Texts In The History OF Political
Thought, Edited by Keith Ansell-Pearson, Translated by Carole Diethe, Cambridge University Press,
2006
http://www.inp.uw.edu.pl/mdsie/Political_Thought/GeneologyofMorals.pdf

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COURSE GRADING

1. Exam I. 25%
2. Exam II. 30%
3. Group Summaries and participation 15 %
4. Final Exam 30%

Grade Quality Points Guidelines over 100
A 4
90
A- 3.67 87 89
B+ 3.33 83 86
B 3.0 80 82
B- 2.67 77 79
C+ 2.33 73 76
C 2 70 72
C- 1.67 67 69
D+ 1.33 63 66
D 1 60 62
F 0
59
P No quality Points
NP No quality Points
U No quality Points
W No quality Points
I No quality Points


POLICY ON CHEATING AND PLAGIARISM
Students caught cheating on an exam receives a grade of zero on the exam in their first
cheating attempt and receive a warning. Students caught cheating for the second time will
receive a grade of F in the course and another warning.
Plagiarism on assignments and project work is a serious offense. If plagiarism is detected, a
student will be subject to penalty, similar to the cheating case, which ranges from receiving a
zero on the assignment concerned to an F in the course in addition to a warning.

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ATTENDANCE POLICY
Department Attendance Policy
1. Students are held responsible for all the material presented in the classroom, even during
their absence.
2. Students can miss no more than the two weeks of instruction and still receive credit for
that course.
3. Instructors have the right to impose specific attendance regulations in their courses,
provided that the above-stated limit of absences is not exceeded, and the minimum number of
absences allowed is no fewer than the equivalent of two weeks of classroom instruction, after the
Drop and Add period.
4. Instructors will inform the Departments Chairperson and the Guidance Office, of any
prolonged unexplained absence.
5. Students who exceed the allowed number of absences must withdraw from the course;
otherwise, the course grade will be recorded as F (NP).

Students are not allowed to miss more than three sessions in a summer module

WITHDRAWAL POLICY

1. A student who withdraws after the Drop/Add period and by the end of the 5th week of classes
(10th day of classes for Summer Modules) will obtain a WI on that particular course. The student
may process such request directly through the Registrars Office.
2. A student who withdraws from a course between the 6th week and the end of the 10th week of
classes (18th day of classes for Summer Modules) will receive either a WP or a WF. WP or
WF will be determined by the instructor based on the achieved academic performance in that
course till the time of withdrawal.
3. The WI and the WP will not count as a Repeat; whereas the WF will count as a Repeat.
4. WI, WP and WF will not count towards the GPA calculation.
WI is equivalent to Early Withdrawal
WP is equivalent to Withdrawal/Pass
WF is equivalent to Withdrawal/Fail


Deadline for WI : J uly 1, 2014
Deadline for WP/WF: J uly 14, 2014





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