Courses: Methods of Social Research and China’s Foreign Policy
Instructor: Eric Hundman, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Students Enrolled: Methods of Social Research: 23, China’s Foreign Policy: 16
Technologies Used: Zoom, Open Broadcaster Software, Slack, iPad with Apple Pencil
Eric Hundman is currently based in the United States and is teaching Methods of Social Research and China’s Foreign Policy as asynchronous courses to students based in China, the US, and around the world.
Hundman is experimenting with a blend of lectures, small-group work (which the students organize as they see fit), and structured discussion/feedback assignments.
Methods of Social Research is structured as a lecture and China’s Foreign Policy as a reading-intensive seminar with introductory lectures. For his seminar on China’s Foreign Policy, Hundman posts a multipart discussion assignment after students complete the week’s readings. The students have a few days to respond to a handful of questions and are tasked with responding critically and professionally to one of their classmates’ posts. They also respond to classmates’ critiques of their own posts before the next class meeting.
