3 Sep

 Introduction Appropriate Technologies in the Developing World

 In-Class Assignment 1:

-World Facts Quiz

Reading Assignment 1:

-Excerpts from Small is Beautiful, Ernst Schumaker

-Kofi Annan’s Astonishing Facts, Barbara Crosette

Writing Assignment 1:

-Reaction piece to Small is Beautiful

5 Sep

 Introduction to target countries

 Reading Assignment 2:

-Power to the People, Peter Hawthorne

-Field Guide to Appropriate Technology, pp 29 - 47

8 Sep

 Intermediate Technology Participatory Development Stakeholder Analysis

In-Class Assignment 2:

-Participatory Development 

Reading Assignment 3:

-Pushed to the Edge, Norman Myers

Homework Assignment 1:

-Stakeholder Analysis

10 Sep

 Environment

 Reading Assignment 4:

-Field Guide to Appropriate Technology, pp 157 - 169

12 Sep

 Introduction to projects and partners

 Homework Assignment 2:

-Country selection

15 Sep

 Energy issues in the developing world

Guest Speaker: Samudra Vijay

Reading Assignment 5:

-Field Guide to Appropriate Technology, pp 192 - 203 

Homeword Assignment 3:

-Energy worksheet

17 Sep

 Photo-voltaic system designPhoto-voltaic electronics lab

Guest Speaker: Professor Jim Bales

Reading Assignment 6:

-The $230-billion Global Lighting Energy Bill, Evan Mills 

Homework Assignment 4:

-Photo-voltaic lab

19 Sep

 Language 1: Greetings, grammar and getting to know people

Homework Assignment 5:

-Current events

22 Sep

 Student holiday: No class

24 Sep

 Case study: Home illumination systems

Guest Speaker: Maria Thompson, Light Lab

Reading Assignment 7:

-Field Guide to Appropriate Technology, pp 509 - 513

-Forty Litres of Water a Day, Hilary Bower

-The Right to Water, World Health Organization pp 6 - 21 

Writing Assignment 2:

-Reaction piece on water readings

26 Sep

 History, economics, politics and current events

More about partners and projects

 In-Class Assignment 3:

-Form Project Teams

29 Sep

 Water issues in the developing world

Guest Speaker: Daniele Lantagne, Water lab

 Homework Assignment 6:

-Water testing

1 Oct

 Quiz 1 Water lab

Reading Assignment 8:

-Microfinance and Poverty Reduction: Experiences of Grameen Operation in Asia, H.I. Latifee

-The Nature and Evolution of Poverty, World Bank 

Writing Assignment 3:

-Practicing Poverty

3 Oct

 International Development Forum

 In Class-Assignment 4:

-IDF worksheet

6 Oct

 Poverty reduction schemes

 Reading Assignment 9:

-Field Guide to Appropriate Technology, pp 18 - 29

8 Oct

 Project Implementation Case Study

Guest Speaker: Prof Iqbal Qadir, Field project planning

 Homework Assignment 7:

-Presentations

10 Oct

 Language Quiz 1

Language 2: Questions and answers

13 Oct

 Columbus Day: No Class

15 Oct

 Team Presentations

 Reading Assingment 10:

-Small Holding Up, John Zarb

-Field Guide to Appropriate Technology, pp 277 - 282

17 Oct

 Case Studies: Technology implementation

20 Oct

Agriculture in the developing world

Reading Assignment 11:

-The Case for Genetically Modified Crops with a Poverty Focus, H. Atkinson, J. Green, S. Cowgill and A. Levesley

-The GM Mirage Will Not Help the Poor, A. Wijeratna

-The Dark Side of Biotechnology, P. Stumpf 

Writing Assignment 4:

-Reaction piece on genetic modification articles

22 Oct

 Agricultural Technology Showcase

 Reading Assignment 12:

-Reconceptualizing the Digital Divide, Mark Warschauer

24 Oct

 Cooking Lab

27 Oct

 Information Technology

Guest Speaker: Ken Keniston

 Reading Assignment 13:

-High Technology and Low Income Communities, D. Schon, B. Sanyal, W. Mitchell

29 Oct

 Information Technology

Guest Speaker: Leo Burd

Reading Assignment 14:

-World Health Report, WHO pp 1 - 26

-Selections from Health and the Developing World, J. Bryant 

Writing Assigment 5:

-Reaction piece to Health and the Developing World

31 Oct

 Language Quiz 2

Language 3: Numbers, Time, Measurements

3 Nov

 Health issues in the developing world

 Reading Assignment 15:

-World Health Report, WHO pp 99 - 140

-Dying for Growth, pp 3 - 10, J. Millen, A. Irwin,J. Y. Kim

5 Nov

 Improving Health in the Developing World

 Homework Assignment 8:

-Trip Application

7 Nov

 Case Studies: Working with government and non-governemnt organizations.

Guest Speaker: Edourdo Dorian

10 Nov

 Veterans Day: No Class

12 Nov

 Quiz 2 Cross-Cultural Skills

 Reading Assignment 16:

-Field Guide to Appropriate Technology, pp 51 - 65

-Supporting Women’s Use of Information Technologies for Sustainlable Development, N. Hafkin, N. Taggart

14 Nov

 Cultural taboos Cultural implications of development projects

 Reading Assignment 17:

-Field Guide to Appropriate Technology, pp 12 - 16

17 Nov

 Gender issuesField Project Planning

Reading Assignment 18:

-Manufacturing Enterprise, ITDG 

Homework Assignment 8:

-Final Presentations

19 Nov

 Manufacturing in developing countries

In-Class Assignment 5:

-How things are made 

Homework Assignment 9:

-Project progress report

21 Nov

 Language Quiz 3

Language 4:

24 Nov

 Manufacturing Case Study: Whirlwind International

 Reading Assignment 19:

-Artisan Profiles, Aid to Artisans

26 Nov

 No Class: Thanksgiving vacation

28 Nov

 No Class: Thanksgiving Vacation

1 Dec

 Small enterprise development Artisans and crafts Field Project Planning

 Reading Assignment 20:

-Field Guide to Appropriate Technology, pp 114 - 122, 125 -129

-Asking Appropriate Questions, Marilyn Carr

3 Dec

 Survey Design and Interviewing Techniques Field Project Logistics

Guest Speaker: Heather Lukacs

 Homework Assignment 10:

-Field Project Preparation Worksheet

5 Dec

 Travel information, health, safety

8 Dec

 Final Presentations

10 Dec

 Final Presentations Evaluations