Pre-Reqs: Taught w. AMER 199, Eng 2
Block: 13+ Th 6:00-9:00 PM
Instructor: Ronna Johnson
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The Senior Special Project (SSP) will include a preparation of an analytic essay, a research paper or project such as an oral history, a life story, a film, or a play. Your SSP may also be based, in part, on a documented internship, or leading a Freshman Exploration. The SSP should utilize more than one disciplinary approach and should seek to develop connections and integration among the disciplines employed. The SSP, which will count for one course, will begin in the first or second semester in the senior year. The Senior Seminar (which refers to AMER 0199) is mandatory, and students are required to attend every class meeting. Before undertaking your actual project, you should make arrangements with two faculty members (one from American Studies and one other faculty person), to be a committee for your SSP. Further, you should arrange for you and your committee to meet as soon as possible to start work on your SSP. At this meeting, be prepared to discuss tentatively the scope of your project and to define the approaches you plan to take. In order to enable your readers to offer specific suggestions and criticism before your project is too far advanced for such suggestions to be helpful, you should supply each reader with a preliminary outline several days in advance of the first meeting. You should plan to meet with the first reader of your project frequently, and somewhat less with the second reader. If taking AMER 0198 in the fall semester, you should inform the instructor, in writing, no later than October 10, 2007, with the following:
- The title of your project
- A brief description of your SSP
- The members of your committee and the name of the chairperson
The completed project should be given to your readers no later than Thursday, December 4, 2008. Your final manuscript should be free of misspellings and/or typographical errors. The oral defense of your SSP should be completed no later than Friday, December 12, 2008. You must file a corrected copy of your SSP at the American Studies Office no later than Wednesday, December 17, 2008, one day before the end of final exams. It is your responsibility to meet these deadlines, which will allow for relatively minor revisions, if necessary.
Note to Seniors: please remember to fill out the American Studies Grade Sheet
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