This is part of an attempt to allow students to work towards their strengths and interests in recognition of the importance accrued to grading in the university setting. What follows is a listing of assignments, with a brief description of what they entail and what percentage they would carry. 15pp, typed, double-spaced. Topics such as images of women in culture, breast cancer, pornography, and ways in which the contemporary feminist movement has affected women's lives would be available. This project may be completed in a variety of ways, such as videos, panels, or talk show formats.
Research is involved.
This exam allows for both personal and intellectual responses to the course, grounds readings in experience, and encourages dialogue and diversity. Students are to write about their participation in an outside activity related to the course. Possibilities might include participation in campus events or volunteering at a community organization that is based in women's issues. This assignment forges a connection between the classroom and activism. As the paper would both summarize and critique the experience in relation to class readings, it thus creates its own cross-methodology.