Extra Credits (turn in on December 9, the Final Exam Day)

You can write a film-viewing report or/and book-reading report to earn extra credits. You can turn in a maximum 3 reports.

Film-viewing report (2 pages, double space, print it out)

Uncover the Secret of Cultural Revolution (film, English with Chinese subtitle), on course reserve (VIS127C)

You have to log in to Course Reserve with your UCSD students ID, then find the film on the reserve list and click on “view item” to watch it.

Book-reading report (2 pages, double space, print it out)

List of books you can choose:

Cohen, Joan Lebold. The New Chinese Painting, 1949-1986.New York: Abrams, 1987.

Croizier, Ralph. Art and Revolution in Modern China: The Lingnan (Cantonese) School of Painting, 1906-1951. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988

Erickson, Britta. On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West. Exh. Cat. Stanford: Cantor Art Center, Stanford University, 2005.

Kuo, Jason Chi-sheng. ed., Visual Culture in Shanghai, 1850-1930. Washington D.C.: New Academia Publishing, 2007.

Laing, Ellen Johnston. The Winking Owl: Art in the People’s Republic of China. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988

Shen, Kuiyi and Julia Andrews, Blooming in the Shadows: Unofficial Chinese Art, 1974-1985. New York: China Institute Gallery, 2011

If you can find the film online that would be great, if not you can always write on book report which I list above. 3 REPORTS – 2PAGES/ EACH – DOUBLED SPACE.

You must include sources, work cited, references if you borrow ideas, quotes, or paraphrase. reports will be checked for plagiarism . This class is Art of Modern China.

I prefer to receive the 3 reports early to avoid technical issue. it will be 6 pages in total.

Discuss the following questions from the concepts covered in Chapters 12, 13, 14 of our course text Be sure to follow the instructions for each prompt.

Responses to each prompt should be at least 150 words AND provide an APA reference citation for the sources of the response.

1. Find an article that explains/gives an example of an innovative program or an organization that promotes internal employee relations and give a brief description of the program and why you think the program is or will be successful. Explain as an employee why you feel it would be beneficial in your own organization.
2. Find an article that explains/gives an example of an innovative employee wellness program. Think outside of the box – not health insurance or OSHA, but innovative programs that address wellness related to mental, physical, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, work/life balance etc. Give a brief description of the program and why you think that program is or will be successful. Explain as an employee why you feel it would be beneficial in your own organization.
3. Find an article that explains/gives an example of an organization using the evolution of global business to transform their business. Explain how they have used this strategy to improve their business or how they found the strategy unsuccessful. What do you find most intriguing or motivating about this strategy as an employee?
4. Find an article that explains/gives an example of strategies to either (1) manage employees who are located globally (2) global employee recruitment (3) employee and labor relations practices or (4) global compensation practices. Give a brief description of the strategy and why you think that the program is or will be successful. How do you think this strategy could be applied to other organizations and be successful?

Motivation

Take a look at the news and you will see a constant barrage of macroeconomic data. It may be an unemployment report, a new GDP growth estimate, or a report on the Fed decision on interest rates. You don’t have to look very hard to see it because new news comes out almost daily.

Any one piece of information might not be that important, but several key indicators telling you the same story might be a harbinger of the future economy. For you, it might not matter at all. But for many, correct predictions about the future path of the economy allow assets to be reallocated more efficiently.

For example, suppose you have $1 million in your retirement account. It is in the stock market right now. If you think a recession is coming, you may want to start shifting your assets towards a safer vehicle. Of course, you don’t want to just randomly move assets around because that is likely to produce sub par results. You need to look at data about the economy to make wise decisions.

Because data about the economy can be used by many entities, the government (or better, agencies within the government like BLS and BEA and the FED) makes available a slew of information about the economy. They measure various aspects of the economy like unemployment, wages, growth rates, goods orders, and many more. In addition, various private organizations make available some data that may be used to help people understand what’s happening in the economy.

Description

In this class, you will be following some of this data. You will learn about the reports and how to interpret the movements in the trends. After a few months of following the reports and reading analysis, you too, will be able to understand the basics of how the macroeconomy works.

The paper has two parts:

1. Seven short bi-weekly summaries of the most recent economic data to be released.
2. A final paper that summarizes the data over the course of the semester and a prediction about the economy one year from now.

Instructions

Every two weeks you will submit a short summary of the most recent economic data to be released. You will answer these standing questions each week and submit it via Canvas:

1. What economic indicator was released? What was the headline number?
2. Explain what the indicator is measuring and how it’s measured.
3. How is this indicator supposed to be helpful in understanding the economy’s behavior?
4. What are people saying about it? You need to consult the news for this one.
5. What are your thoughts? What strikes you to keep an eye on for later? Do you disagree or agree with other people?

Most weeks there are several indicators that reported. You report on at least TWO (2) for each bi-weekly assignment. They can be repeated, especially for important ones like GDP, unemployment and inflation. But you must have a good sampling of different indicators over the semester that, as a group, are broadly representative of the macroeconomy.

At the end of the semester, you will submit a paper summarizing the macroeconomy during the semester that address the following prompt:

“Describe the current state of the US economy and make a prediction about the state of the economy in one year from now. Back up your claim with data and analysis.”

I encourage you to go as deep as you like with this project. You can write a white paper, or make it more like a newsletter. You can make charts, investigate further, and even try to interview some experts if you want. Here are the minimum requirements:

1. The final paper is at least 5 pages in length.
2. It is 12 pt font and uses 1.5 line spacing.
3. It includes references when necessary (any formal formatting style is ok)

Grading Rubric

This paper is worth 10% of your course grade.

70 % of this paper is the weekly summaries and 30% is the paper itself.

You paper will be graded using the following criteria:

For the bi-weekly summaries:

7 summaries @ 10 points each

10 points = all 5 questions (above) answered for at least 2 indicators

7 points = all 5 questions answered for 1 indicator

0 points = all other submissions or submissions that have completely answered the 5 questions but are lacking with regard to college level content, clarity and/or development of personal reflections.

For the final paper:

30 points = all of the 3 minimum criteria (above) met; a description of the current US economy using GDP, inflation, interest rates, unemployment; a description of other economic indicators; a prediction of the economy 1 year from now based on the data provided in a clear and consistent college-level paper.

20 points = all of the 3 minimum criteria (above) met; a description of the current US economy that is only partially complete and/or does not use GDP, inflation, interest rates, unemployment and other indicators in a fully developed way; includes a prediction of the economy 1 year from now based on the data provided.

0 points= all other submissions or submissions that are severely hindered by language usage issues, logical inconsistencies, or incorrectness.

Throughout the course, the textbook has introduced many ethical issues related to technology. Now that you have become technologically literate, it is time to explore the ethics of using the technology and the social implications it may have.

For this assignment, you will defend one side of a debate on a specific ethical scenario involving technology. You will research and defend your position in a 5-paragraph essay that will become part of a class wiki. Your classmates will be exploring and defending other ethical scenarios that you will read and respond to with your own insights. To complete this assignment, follow the steps outlined in the Technology and Ethics Wiki Directions.