Joint Summer Course with California State University at Long Beach
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About the program The International Relations Office is proud to announce the Joint Summer Course with California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). Established in 2009 the program will have the second year run in Summer 2010. The three-credit course, PS 3535: Political Culture, will be offered at KIMEP from June 12 – 30, 2010. It will incorporate a Model United Nations simulation of UNESCO, with meetings focusing on cultural issues relevant to Central Asia. Program Structure California State University, Long Beach students will travel to KIMEP in June 2009. KIMEP and CSULB students will each receive academic credit from their respective institutions while attending the same lectures, participating in joint academic activities, and fulfilling the same academic assignments. The partnered KIMEP-CSULB courses will promote student-student interaction through group preparations for the simulated Model UN meeting of UNESCO’s Central Asian Working Group, which is directly integrated into the courses’ curricula. Students will research and discuss several agenda items dealing with cultural issues stemming from implementation of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions adopted by the 33rd General Conference of UNESCO in October 2005, which entered into force on 18 March 2007. The Convention seeks to strengthen the five inseparable links of the same chain: creation, production, distribution/dissemination, access and enjoyment of cultural expressions, as conveyed by cultural activities, goods and services. |
Course assignments will focus on preparing the joint KIMEP-CSULB country delegations for effective representation of their assigned country’s views with regard to deliberations on resolutions being proposed at the simulated UNESCO Central Asian Working Group meeting.
Academic credit
Participants will earn 3 academic credits for the PS 3535: Political Culture course in any of the KIMEP undergraduate programs (BSS PA, BAE, BAIJ, BSS IR, etc.). These credits will count toward the major elective course in the Political Science concentration. Can be taken as KIMEP-wide elective as well. Please clearly indicate undergraduate standing on your application, and discuss with the CSS Advising Center to ensure that these courses will be counted towards your degree requirements.
Scheduling
Summer 2
July 12-30, 2010.
The class will meet four hours a day, four days a week (Monday-Thursday). Fridays are travel days for trips planned along the Great Silk Road cities to Samarkand and Bukhara, Uzbekistan, and to Kashgar, China. Other excursions within the Almaty region are also planned.
Program requirements
- Students should have fulfilled the pre-requisite requirement: PS 1511 Introduction to Political Science.
- participation in the Silk Road trips are not obligatory for KIMEP students
Costs
- regular tuition at KIMEP
- Silk Road trips are at the own expense of the students
Application deadline
April 30, 2010 pre-registration at the International Office
April 19, 2010 on-line registration starts on the web-site
For application and more information, please, contact:
Albina Kozhakhmetova, International Student Recruiter
Office # 414/Dostyk
Tel: +7 (727) 270 44 73
E-mail: albina_k@kimep.kz
