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Geog 588 DLIS 887 VAS 549b/694b HIST 550 Winter Session January to April, 2008 EvaluationAssignments/Evaluation:Seminar Presentation and Teaching Notes 30% Seminar Participation and Response Notes 30% Research Project 40% Assignments and Evaluation ElaboratedSeminar Presentation Meetings will be led most weeks by members of the seminar. Most seminars will begin with the leader tabling the issues for the week. These should be questions or problems rather than summaries or conclusions and may include a report on related contributions to the literature beyond those assigned to the group as a whole. The leader usually will then guide the group socratically, using a calendar of prepared questions to direct an examination of the key elements of the assigned texts. These should include a discussion of the sources, methodologies and conclusions of the works, the theoretical and personal perspectives of the author(s), and the scholarly strengths and weaknesses of the work. Leave a copy of your teaching notes with me. Participate by reading and making notes on your issues and satisfactions with the method, sources, analysis and conclusions of the core readings, by bringing these notes to class and using them as the foundation for your contributions to the seminar. Each week, hand in a two page, 500 word response to the readings. Listen actively to your colleagues and engage them in discussion. Present your research plans at the March workshop and your research paper to the class in one of the three April meetings. The research paper, 3000 words long, annotated following the Chicago Manual of Style, is a chance to explore a topic of your own choosing. The paper may be either a work of primary research based on documentary sources in any medium (perhaps an initial foray into a thesis project), or a commentary on a problem arising in the secondary literature. Attend office hours to refine the research questions and methodology.. |