While the research partnership is not a graded activity, it is a professional responsibility. For each research exercise, grades will be assigned in the week following the last exercise presentation. Students will be kept abreast of their course progress through written communication and consultation with the professor. There is enormous collective knowledge within our workshop group. In order to facilitate the exchange of ideas and suggestions, ample discussion time is built into the schedule.
Attendance is mandatory for all scheduled classes.
If you have specific physical, psychiatric, or learning disabilities and require accommodations, please let me know early in the semester so that your learning needs may be appropriately met. This exercise requires that you present and discuss your research problem and the objectives of the study. The exercise is different from your research proposal of last semester in that you will focus almost entirely on your own research problem and study objectives. You should provide a summary, not a literature review, of the state of public knowledge on your topic. You then need to present your specific research problem, discuss its significance, and identify your final paper's intended audience.