Course Requirements and Evaluation
Course Requirements
- Complete required readings, participate in class discussions, and attend all weekly meetings.
- Prepare a research design as preparation for writing your research paper. Give a short presentation about your research design to the class (See section on Research Paper)
- Each student will act as a discussion facilitator and lead 2 discussions based on the two sets of the required readings during the semester (See section on Discussion Facilitators).
- Each student is required to prepare a research paper for the class (See section on Research Paper)
- Each student will present the findings of his / her research in class during the latter part of the semester (see Schedule).
Evaluation
Final grades will be based upon performance on the following:
| Class Attendance and Participation |
10% |
| Discussion Facilitator |
20% |
| Research Design / Presentation |
15% |
| Research Presentation |
25% |
| Research Paper |
30% |
