Instructor:  Ted Goertzel, Sociology Department.  goertzel@camden.rutgers.edu
 Office Hours:  Tuesday and Thursday, 3 to 5.  Room 110, 405 Cooper St (enter from the back).

Schedule and Assignments	Instructions
May 6 2 p.m.  Final Exam in BSB 117.	Will be the same format as the midterm with an individualized essay question for each student.
May 3:  Five Paragraph Essay Due in WEBCT.	doc or rtf format.  Five paragraphs, 500 words, following the structure of the outline.
April 28:  Review for final.  Streaming Video of FHC.  Evaluations.
April 26:   Film clips..
April 21:  12:30 p.m.  Meet at Armitage Parking Lot for Carpool to Brazil Cafe	look for the Yellow Bug.
April 19:  Continue with FHC book discussion.  Discussion of Brazilian Cuisine.  Discussion of 5 paragraph essays.
April 15:  Outline for 5 paragraph essay due in WEBCT.	Due by 5 p.m.
April 12 & 14  Theories of Development as applied to Brazil and Latin America.  FHC through the real plan (Chapters 1 to 5)
April 7:  Jason Leonardis on Soccer in Brazil.
April 5, 12:45:  Mocktail Party in the Octagon Room, class at 1:30 or thereabouts.  Remaining powerpoint presentations.  Brazilian art powerpoint (in WEBCT).  Theories of Development	Class will start when the party is over, which should be at about our usual time.
March 31 -  be prepared to present your powerpoint
March 29 -   more of Four Days in September, first chapter in Fernando Henrique Cardoso:  Reinventing Democracy in Brazil.
Wed March 31, 9 a.m.  Powerpoints due in the Assignment Dropbox	The powerpoint should use information about the lives of THREE or more individuals to illustrate a thematic point about Brazilian society.
March 24:  lab day - meet in BSB 117	We will work on powerpoints.
March 22:  Reading:  Begin Fernando Henrique Cardoso:  Reinventing Democracy in Brazil.  Film:  Four Days in September.
March 10:  Midterm, in BSB 117	Study Guide.
March 8:  We will finish The Burning Season and do some reviewing for the midterm.
March 3  Computer Lab to work on web sites and power points. There will also be a Practice Test, available after 2:30.  This is to familiarize you with the kinds of questions that will be asked on March 10 and with the use of WEBCT for testing.  It will not count in the grade for the course.
March 1  Chapters 16, 17 in The Brazilians
February 24 -    Religion in Brazil - Chapters 13, 14, 15 in The Brazilians
February 22 -  Presentations involving Music - bring music!  Reading:  Music in Brazil.
February 17 -  Environmental Issues Reading:  Chapters 10 and 11 in The Brazilians.
February 15 -  Presentation of hyperlink essays on Vargas, Prestes and Collor de Melo - I'll have them running on the laptop.  Reading:  "The Political Economy of Crony Capitalism"	Be prepared to make a 10 minute presentation of your essay to the class
February 13, 5 p.m.  Hyperlink Essay is due in the Assignment Dropbox on WEBCT.	Save the essay in html or "web page" format and post it to the "Assignment Dropbox" on WEBCT.
Feb 10  Meet in BSB 117 computer lab	Continue with the "hyperlink essay" assignment.
Feb 8  Assignment:  bring an outline of an essay on paper.  Reading:  Chapters 9 and 10 in The Brazilians	The outline should have an introduction, three main points, and a conclusion.
Feb 3 Meet in BSB117 computer lab for library and internet research at the end of the day, submit the work you get done to WEBCT (by 3 p.m.)	We will work using Mozilla Navigator and Composer to prepare a "hyperlink essay" on your biographical subject.
Feb 1 Reading:  Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8 in "The Brazilians"	Discussion of class and power in Brazil.
Jan 27  Reading:  Chapters 3 and 4 in "The Brazilians"
Jan 27  Biographical Selection (optional).  Due in class on January 27.  This is optional because, if you don't know who you would like to do, you can just let me assign you to someone.	Open the file from the WEB page, save it on your computer and open it in a word processor.  Type your answers to the questions and print them out.
Jan 25  Reading:  "Introducing Brazil" and Chapters One and Two in "The Brazilians" before class on January 25.	Be prepared to discuss how Brazil's Portuguese heritage makes it different from the US with its English heritage.
Jan 24:  Post at least one item on the class Discussion List every week by Monday night.   The first posting is due by January 24.  I suggest you say something about the person (or persons) you are considering for your class project.  Or you could make a comment about Central Station or about Brazil and the USA.	This is on our WEBCT home page.   Click on "Discussion List" and then on "Main".
Jan 20:  "Enrolling for Email and WEBCT"   Please do this by the end of the first week.  If you need help with this, ask me after class on January 20.	Open the file and follow the instructions in it.
Jan 20: Reading: "Brazil and the USA:  What do We Have in Common?"  For discussion on January 20.	These were distributed in class on January 18.  The pdf on the web site has the pictures in color.

Overview of the course:

Brazil, the largest society in Latin America, is important for its contributions in cinema, art, architecture, music, literature and sports.  It has many social problems in common with the United States such as crime, violence, poverty, drug wars, racial inequalities, threats to native peoples. Brazil has many important natural areas, including the Amazon basin and the Pantanal that are critical for the health of the planet.  It is also a major economic partner for the United States, and is active in global politics.  Under the leadership of Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, the new Workers Party president, Brazil is continuing initiatives in social reform that may be a model for other countries.  Brazil's population is racially diverse, with a large population of African descent, and racial patterns are quite different from those in the United States.  This course will cover all aspects of Brazilian society with a focus on the life experiences of eminent Brazilians and on recent Brazilian films.  The course meets the Diversity and Globalization requirement and counts towards a minor in Latin American Studies.

This is a seminar, which means everyone will be expected to actively participate in discussions and make presentations.    Regular attendance and active participation are required.  There will be regular quizzes and/or writing assignments to make sure that everyone keeps up with the reading and other assignments.  The class will use the WEBCT software, which you can find at https://webct.rutgers.edu.  The book The Brazilians by Joseph Page provides a general introduction to Brazil, and we will discuss each of the chapters. 

A second focus of this course will be on the life history of specific Brazilian individuals.  We will read the instructor's biography of Fernando Henrique Cardoso, the sociologist who was the past President of Brazil.  Each student will be asked to choose one Brazilian to report on to the class.  This should be an individual whose life work or experiences or accomplishments interests you.  Some suggested people are in the Powerpoint presentation Eminent Brazilians which is available on our course WEBCT home page.  Many people are discussed in The Brazilians and in "Brazil and the USA" which you can find on our WEBCT home page.

Assignments and other course information will be regularly updated on this page.  Please check it regularly and be sure to refresh or reload the page in your browser.  On some days we may meet in a computer lab to work on Powerpoint presentations.  On others, we will have movies.  Check this page for the latest information.