Session One:
Introduction to the course, course requirements, course procedures. and final papers
LECTURE SERIES
Lecture One: Introduction to the theoretical foundations
Session Two: Culture as a Science
Session Three: Culture and Cognition
Session Four: Culture and the Social Construction of Reality
Session Five: Activity Theory
Session Six: Symbolic Models
Session Seven: The Epistemological Realm
Session Eight: The Ontological Realism
Lecture Nine: Cultural Materialism
Lecture Ten: Bourdieu and Habitus
Lecture Eleven: Change and Societal Types
Lecture Twelve: The Framework of Cultural Space
Lecture Thirteen: The Philosophy of Time
Lecture Fourteen: Habermas and Communicative Action Theory
Lecture Fifteen: Culture as a Social System
Lecture Sixteen: Concluding Remarks.
Seminar Series - Part I
TEXT: Globalization and Culture
Session Nine: Globalization and Human Integration
Session Ten: Globalization and Culture - Three Paradigms
Session Eleven: Globalization and Hybridization
SessIion Twelve Continuation on Hybridity and Reactions to the Concept
Session Thirteen: Global Mélange
Seminar Series - Part II
TEXT: Culture Theory
Session Fourteen: Part I - Culture Theory an Introduction
Session Fifteeen: Part II - Culture, Self and Emotion
Session Sixteen: Part III - Culture, language and thought
Session Seventeen: Part IV - Commentary and Preface to the book
FINAL RESEARCH PAPER
Due on last week of class. Deposit on black board course online.