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Course Requirements

· Regular attendance, preparation for and active participation in seminar sessions (25%)

· Three Short Essays (25%)

· Key Case Presentation (10 %)

· Individual or team research project, including research proposal (5%), literature review 5%), outline and annotated bibliography (5%), class presentation (10%), and paper (c. 20 pages), poster presentation, or other creative output (15%) (Total = 40%)

Short Essays

Lessons from Bosnia (5 pts)
General Peacebuilding literature review (10 pts)
Peacebuilding lessons (10 pts)

Research Project Stages and Deadlines:

February 9 Topic due

February 23 Research Proposal Due (see below for guidelines)

March 25 Literature review on specific aspect of peacebuilding due

April 8 Detailed outline and annotated bibliography due and one reading to be read by the rest of the

class prior to your presentation

April 14-20 Project presentations

April 23 Papers received by 4pm will receive a bonus!

April 26 Final papers due by 4 pm—NO LATE PAPERS ACCEPTED THEREAFTER

(except with advance permission)

Potential Project Topics

There is a huge range of possibilities for individual or team projects. In general, I would advise picking one or at most two cases of post-conflict peacebuilding to focus on and one or at most two peacebuilding tasks. (The focus on more than case would mean a comparative study.) Cases can include those covered in class or others such as Burundi, DRC, Sierra Leone, Côte d’Ivoire, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Iraq. You could focus on the UN Peacebuilding Commission’s work in one country, for example, or another UN agency (UNDP, UNHCR etc) or other IGO (e.g. OSCE, EU), or an NGO. The time period should be post-Cold War, i.e. since 1990. I have just learned that there is a Catholic Peacebuilding Network that is based at Notre Dame University and working closely with the Mennonites who are probably the most active religious community. A paper on the network could be a possibility. (see http://cpn.nd.edu/)


	POL 421 Assignment Guidelines Course Requirements · Regular attendance, preparation for and active participation in seminar sessions (25%) · Three Short Essays (25%) · Key Case Presentation (10 %) · Individual or team research project, including research proposal (5%), literature review 5%), outline and annotated bibliography (5%), class presentation (10%), and paper (c. 20 pages), poster presentation, or other creative output (15%) (Total = 40%) Short Essays Lessons from Bosnia (5 pts) General Peacebuilding literature review (10 pts) Peacebuilding lessons (10 pts) Research Project Stages and Deadlines: February 9 Topic due February 23 Research Proposal Due (see below for guidelines) March 25 Literature review on specific aspect of peacebuilding due April 8 Detailed outline and annotated bibliography due and one reading to be read by the rest of the class prior to your presentation April 14-20 Project presentations April 23 Papers received by 4pm will receive a bonus! April 26 Final papers due by 4 pm—NO LATE PAPERS ACCEPTED THEREAFTER (except with advance permission) Potential Project Topics There is a huge range of possibilities for individual or team projects. In general, I would advise picking one or at most two cases of post-conflict peacebuilding to focus on and one or at most two peacebuilding tasks. (The focus on more than case would mean a comparative study.) Cases can include those covered in class or others such as Burundi, DRC, Sierra Leone, Côte d’Ivoire, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Iraq. You could focus on the UN Peacebuilding Commission’s work in one country, for example, or another UN agency (UNDP, UNHCR etc) or other IGO (e.g. OSCE, EU), or an NGO. The time period should be post-Cold War, i.e. since 1990. I have just learned that there is a Catholic Peacebuilding Network that is based at Notre Dame University and working closely with the Mennonites who are probably the most active religious community. A paper on the network could be a possibility. (see http://cpn.nd.edu/)