DATELINES

	Econ 403 is a seminar level course that integrates a community research activity, traditional lecturing and interactive class, and a country research project, for the overriding objective of learning international economic development.
DATELINES	ACTIVITY	SPECIFIC TASKS	LINKS
August Th 23th	Community Research Service: Developing Roseland District in Santa Rosa & Sonoma County	Based on your interests you are assigned to a research group Sta. Rosa & Roseland Dominican Republic & Haiti Spain & Morocco	benito@sonoma.edu Reading, Text: 1-2
August Tu 28th & Th 30th	Cooperative Learning	Learning about Development Profiles Santa Rosa and Roseland District Dominican Republic and Haiti Spain and Morocco US and Mexico	Sonoma County Santa Rosa Roseland District Dominican R.and Haiti Spain and Morocco / US and Mexico
	Development objectives and initiatives for the Roseland		Round Table Plan Economic Activities
September Tu 4th or Th 6th	Meeting with Roseland Leaders and Activists	Date and Format to be announced	Photos of students. SSU awarded a recognition for their community services and learning.
Sep Tu 11th	Group presentation in classroom	Presentation about Sta. Rosa and Roseland Comparative Profiles Development Issues	Talk with me before presonation Prepare PP Presentation
Sep Th 13th	Group presentation in classroom	Presentation about Countries Comparative Profiles Development Issues	Talk with me before presonation Prepare PP Presentation

Sep Th 25	Prepare research question at a country level.	Look at Millenium Development Goals	Present Research Question
Oct Tu 2	Present Review of the literature	Read articles related to your research question	and Literature Review - Present it to me
Oct Th 11	Selecting a a conceptual framework	Choose conceptual framework or model in consultation with Professor	Economic Research Design Prepare Outline of Research Design. Present it to me--hard copy.
Oct Th 11	Gathering Data and Choice of a Methodology	Gather data Identify methodology	Report on Data
Oct Tu 16	Data Processing and Analysis of results	Discuss them with Professor
Oct Tu 23 (draft)	Writing and Submission of paper	Present writing paper to Professor	Writing economic papers Take advantage of SSU Writing Center
	Professor return paper with feedback
Oct Tu 30 (final)	Resubmission of final paper

FIELD NOTEBOOK

Content

Required Institutional Content

Name, address, phone, e-mail, a contact, in the local group or organization
Beneficiaries of the project or program
- Ultimate beneficiaries (people, animals, o environments)
- Intermediate beneficiaries: groups or organizations who help ultimate beneficiaries
Description of the project or program
- Their objectives
- How the project achieve its objectives
- Donors or Government agencies that support the program
Attendance: how many days and/or hours have you attended and participated within the local group? Keep a record of visits: dates, and times.

Narrative of your impressions and thoughts

Personal meaning of this experience for you
Your impressions on the social and economic worth of the project: state your criteria for your assessment
Considering research country, are the causes of the social and economic problem similar or different than in the local case? If different, in what way? What is the difference in the context?
You will use your answers to these questions, when you write the paper for your research project.

Style

Adopt a personal style

Create your own outlines. Write questions and suggestions. Re-organize your thoughts. Let your notebook evolve according to your learning needs.

Consider that the Professor will need to look at your Notebook. Please write clearly.

notebook