| Recitation Assignments |
| Week 1 (August 26th-September 1st): No Recitation This Week |
| Week 2 (September 2nd-8th): Genocide in Rwanda |
| Week 3 (September 9th-15th): September 11 in Pop Culture |
| Week 4 (September 16th-22nd): Israel-Palestine Conflict |
| Week 5 (September 23rd-29th): First Midterm Exam Review (Bring questions to class) |
| Week 6 (September 30th-October 6th): European Union |
| Week 7 (October 7th-13th): No Recitations This Week |
| Week 8 (October 14th-20th): Environmental Problems |
| Week 9 (October 21st-27th): Second Midterm Exam Review (Bring questions to class) |
| Week 10 (October 28th-November 3rd): Afghanistan |
| Week 11 (November 4th-10th): Microcredit: The New Development Paradigm? |
| Week 12 (November 11th-17th): Ethnicity and Race |
| Week 13 (November 18th-24th): Latin America |
| Week 14 (November 25th-December 1st): No Recitations This Week |
| Week 15 (December 2nd-8th): Immigration and Mexico |
| Week 16 (December 9th-15th): Final Review |