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ANNUAL COUNTRY STUDY
at
KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY
Purpose:
The aim of the Country Study program is, over the course
of a full academic year, to take a wide-ranging look
at a specific country or region under study from its
earliest history right up to current events. It is our
belief that in order to understand and appreciate other
countries and cultures, one needs to employ a broad
lens and engage the “other” on a myriad
of levels. The program allows faculty and student participants,
and community guests to break down stereotypes and connect
across cultures. The Year of Country Study program uses
a multidisciplinary approach in order to provide our
audiences with a richer, more complex sense of place
and community.
Academic Programs:
Each academic year the program focuses a series of lectures,
performances, exhibits and films on a specific country
or world region. These public programs are linked to
credit-earning special topics courses. In addition,
working with the General Education Council, the program
offers a grants program to encourage general education
faculty to produce discipline-based modules on the country
under study, use them in their own classes, and disseminate
them among colleagues. In this way, new instructional
units are infused throughout our general education curriculum.
Community Involvement:
All events are free and open to the public. Attendance
at the Year of Country Study program averages over 1,500
per year. The program provides valuable networking opportunities
between KSU and the international communities of North
Georgia. Each year the advisory committee for the program
establishes a valuable working relationship with consular
officials, business leaders, and expatriates from the
country under study. We also work with local school
districts to provide professional development opportunities
and staff development units to area teachers.
2007-2008 Year of the Atlantic World
(Description)
2006-2007 Year of Kenya (Fall
06) (Kenyan
Diaspora Conference) (Bibliography)
2005-2006 Year of China (Fall
05) (Spring 2006)
(The
SINO-American Education Consortium 2006 Education Trip
to the People's Republic of China) (Bibliography)
2004-2005 Year of France (Fall
04) (Spring
05) (Community
trip itinerary)
2003-2004 Year of Spain (
Academic Year)
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