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On successful completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Understand and apply major sociological theories of ethnic conflict
2. Understand and apply major sociological methods for the study of ethnic conflicts
3. Productively engage in team presentations and team discussions
4. Use library research skills, integrated literature review, and writing skills to produce a quality academic paper
5. Analyse constructive feedback on early versions of their work to improve the quality of their writing and to produce a paper they can use as an example of their work. 

A set of required readings and presentation readings will be accessible via myuni.

Lecture power point slides, Echo 360 lecture recordings, on-line quizzes, assignment instructions, and model assignments will be posted  to the MyUNi course site available via MyUni link.

WORKLOAD                                                                        TOTAL HOURS

1 X 2 hour lectures per week                                                20 hours
1 X 1 hour team presentations per week                             10 hours
2 hours reading per week                                                    20 hours
1.5 hours on-line quiz answering per week                         15 hours
6 hours assignment preparation per week                          60 hours
1.1 hours team presentation preparation per week            11 hours
2 hours Midterm Exam / Final Exam review per week          20 hours

TOTAL                                                                               156 hours per semester

1. An Invitation to the Study of Ethnic Conflict
2. Theory and Method in the Study of Ethnic Conflicts 
3. Historical Roots of Ethnic Conflicts
4. Constructing Ethnic / Racial Identities and Boundaries 
5. Immigration
6. Far Right and Islamophobia
7. Contact vs. Competition Hypotheses
8. A Global Clash of Civilizations?
9. Decolonization
10. Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide

ASSESSMENT TASK                                                   TASK TYPE                WEIGHTING              COURSE LEARNING OUTCOME(S)

Class Activities                                                Formative & summative          10%                                   1,2,3
Team Presentation                                          Formative & summative           5%                                    1,2,3
Mid Term Exam                                                Formative & summative         10%                                    1,2
Outline (500-600 words)                                Formative & summative           5%                                     1,2,4
Draft (2,000-2,300 words)                             Formative & summative          15%                                    1,2,4,5
Final Term Paper (2,800-3,200 words)           Formative & summative         30%                                     1,2,4,5
Final Exam                                                     Summative                              25%                                     1,2

Class Activities (10%): The students are expected to take part in in-class team exercises and to participate in
tutorial discussions.

Mid Term Exam (10%): The mid-term will be multiple choice and will include the kinds of questions asked in the
quizzes.

Team Presentation (5%): Presentations on the case studies aim to sharpen students' presentation skills, as well as the
ability to critically assess the implications of theories studied on issues of public concern. Each student is responsible for participating in one presentation team. Length of presentation will be not more than 20 minutes per team. Each team is expected to use the specified reading and other related course materials (plus any other sources you find relevant), and to
argue for the given side in the debate. You can think of it as one side being the “Prosecution” and the other side being the “Defence,” but with both sides making sociological instead of legal arguments. Two presentations will be followed by an informed and mutually respectful class discussion on the topic. Only the students who are presenting are required to read the presentation
readings (and only their own presentation reading), but everyone is expected to take notes during the presentations, as the presentation material might appear on the mid term and the final exam. Unless otherwise specified, presentations will take place during the tutorial class of the week they are scheduled. A student can write the term paper on the same topic on which they
did the presentation. The papers need to be individual and that they will need to be considerably more comprehensive than the presentations.

Outline (500-600 words) (5%): A one-page outline of the term paper will specify the topic, research question, and pattern of
development of the term paper. The term paper should involve application of theoretical materials discussed in the course to a case study (of student's choice) of ethnic conflict. The outline will contain a page with 8 references  proposed to use for the term paper. The outline will not need be comprehensive, but it will need to show that the student has done some thinking and preliminary library research on a topic of interest

Draft (2,000-2,300 words) (15%): An eight page (double-spaced, Times New Roman font 12, 2.54 cm margins on all sides, end of text references not included) draft of the term paper is required. The draft must be spell-checked and as cohesive as possible. The draft should provide a theoretically informed and empirically grounded solution to a puzzle relevant to the case study chosen. The feedback that the student receives on this work should enable them to do a good job on the final paper

Final Term Paper (2,800-3,200 words) (30%): The final term paper, based on the Draft paper and the feedback received, will be no more than 12 pages (double-spaced, Times New Roman font 12, 2.54 cm margins on all sides, and end of text references not included). The ability to make a strong argument in a limited space is critically important

Final Exam (25%): The students will be expected to display understanding, integration, and critical reflection on the required readings and lectures. The examination will have a multiple choice format and it will be held at the end of semester.