Nongovernmental Organizations
M.E. Swisher
Associate Professor
Family, Youth & Community Sciences
Summer C Semester 2009
FYC 6423, Section 7755
Tuesday, 6-E1, 2102 McCarty Hall B

Syllabus: Course goals and objectives, expectations, grading scale, assignment instructions and other key information. Read this!

Notice: Please note that this is a 6000 level graduate course. There are no undergraduate or 5000 level sections of this course. I will use exactly the same criteria and standards to judge every student's performance. To put this in a very straightforward manner, I will NOT lower the criteria or standards of performance for students of lower class standing. I give the grading criteria for each component in the Topical Analysis and Semester Project in the syllabus. The grading criteria for your class presentations are available in the Discussion Leader Evaluation form posted at the web site. You should anticipate spending approximately 2-3 hours out of class for each hour we spend in class. Read the syllabus carefully. It provides considerable detail about my expectations with regard to your performance, for example, use of the research literature.

Jackson Thematic Analysis

McCormick Thematic Analysis

Monroe Thematic Analysis

Panikowski Thematic Analysis

Platter Thematic Analysis

Class Leader Evaluation Form (Use to evaluate class leadership by your peers, submit one for each peer leader by noon the day after the class)

Useful (?) Web Sites

Links to a wide variety of international non-governmental organizations

Union of International Organizations (includes listings by name, subject area and geographic region)

Links to NGOs affiliated with the United Nations

World Association of Nongovernmental Organizations

Links to many nongovernmental organizations hosted by Elizabethtown College

University of California at Bekeley search engines and directories of nongovernmental organizations

LINGOs (Learning for Internationals NGOs)

The Panel on the Nonprofit Sector A group that has reviewed the governance mechanisms and practices of nonprofit organizations and made recommendations. You can find out which NGOs have signed on as supporters of the Principles of Good Governance and get a copy of the document

Global Governance Watch This is a "watchdog" organization. It is a joint program of the American Enterprise Institute and the Federalist Society.

The Independent Sector -- a policy and advocacy organization in support of nonprofits. They have many itneresting publications, most free.

I reserve the right to refuse late submissions. Late submissions will suffer a 5% reduction in grade per day late.

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