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ENGL 808/013
Course Assignments
Schellenberg
Preparation, Attendance, Participation
(10%)
includes
reading preparation and active engagement in seminar discussions
full attendance
for all course meetings is expected; a student needing to miss all or part of a
class must notify the module instructor
Seminar
Module Presentations
(15% each, for a total of 30%)
plan for 15-20
minutes, followed by discussion
presentations
are intended to focus on the case study readings, relating them to the
theoretical
readings for the week. The module
instructor will provide students with further guidance regarding selection and
topics. Students will sign up for their seminar presentations in the
first course meeting.
a one-page
outline of the presentation should be distributed to members of the class
Seminar
Module Papers (20%
each, for a total of 40%)
these short
papers (5-7 pages) must meet the criteria of a coherent, well-argued critical
essay. The argument should focus
theoretical and historical concerns of the module on the primary text the
student has selected. Students are
encouraged to develop their papers out of their seminar presentation topics, and
should take account of issues and ideas raised during class discussion.
In addition, students are strongly encouraged to discuss their essay
topic ideas with the module instructor.
papers for
module 1 are due October 29; papers for module 2 are due December 3
one of these
essays will form the basis of the final web presentation
Web
Site Presentation
(15%)
this assignment
entails reconceptualizing one of the seminar module papers for presentation on
the web, and to the class, as a scholarly research site.
The class presentations will take place Dec. 10, one week after the end
of term; the final version of the web site is due the following week, Dec. 17.
this assignment
necessitates rethinking the ideas in the paper in a visual format and for a
different medium. To that end, the
web sites must incorporate on-line resources for informational, illustrative,
and critical purposes.
the sites will
be evaluated by both course instructors.
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