Global Citizenship Course Themes and Submission Guidelines

Global Citizenship

General Guidelines

  • Focus on creating content that is interesting and engaging for your audience who may be scrolling through various channels.

  • Ensure clarity that there's a rationale behind discussing topics related to the course.

  • Encourage originality and creativity in submissions; the best posts often stem from students' existing passions and knowledge.

    • Leverage existing knowledge and interests to produce original, insightful commentary on topics.

  • Emphasize finding one's own intellectual voice and identity in the work.

Types of Submissions

  • Various formats are encouraged for submissions:

    • Podcasts

    • Videos

    • Blogs

  • Students are urged to explore creative expressions relevant to their interests.

  • Anticipation for quality submissions is highlighted, with instructors looking forward to engaging with students' works.

Topic Customization and Approval

  • Students can propose their own topics outside the provided list.

    • Must obtain approval from either the Teaching Assistant (TA) or the instructor.

  • Justification for approval is important due to the difficulty of establishing good research paper topics.

    • The instructor shares a personal experience of spending a year and a half to finalize their PhD thesis topic, emphasizing the challenge in topic selection.

Historical Context of Globalization

  • Recap of the previous discussion concluded with a historical overview of globalization.