Gantry 5

Message from Political Science

The following courses are presented by the nominated Lecturers. Please contact them for more details:

  • Introduction to Government and Politics (Mike Kabuni)<This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>,
  • Political Theory (David Lea)<This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>,
  • South-east Asian Politics (Alan Robson)This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • South Pacific Politics (Patrick Kaiku)<This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>,
  • Australia in the Western Pacific (Mathew Bige)<This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>;
    • and
  • Japanese Modernization (Russel Yangin)<This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>

The School will use a blended approach to teaching and learning, depending on individual preferences and efficiency using Moodle, Google Classroom, and Zoom. Others have already provided a course text and will concentrate on tutorial groups, rather than lectures, following text as a guide.

4.30616: Development of Global Economy and the Reading Course in the Economic Development of PNG (4.40619)

I hope that you are all looking forward to resuming studies which were disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. While your health is of paramount importance, several related announcements need to be made:

  1. UPNG will formally resume classes on Monday 11 May 2020;
  2. Classes with fewer than 20 students will continue to have face-to-face contact. The Reading Course in Economic Development of PNG will continue as usual;
  3. Classes with more than 20 students, for example, the Development of Global Economy will be taught online;
  4. As e-learning is a new mode of teaching, there may be early problems. We must present, and complete Semester 1, 2020;
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  5. Finally, it is very, very important that you access and use your UPNG email account <…This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>

Professor David Lea
Strand Leader