Class Projects Rationale Class projects are intended to give you an opportunity to delve more deeply into a topic of your choice, encourage you to become familiar with some of the many resources available at the library, and to reflect on what you learn by writing a short statement about what you find out. No text book or lecture can contain all of the latest, relevant information about a topic.
New data becomes available every day.
Authors and lecturers must choose what information to include in their discussion of a particular topic. Thus, despite the best efforts of an author or lecturer, students never see all of the information that might be of interest to them. Nevertheless, this information is accessible to students if they are willing to search it out. A primary purpose of the projects is to give you the opportunity to explore current information sources. Your efforts in seeking out, collecting, analyzing, and presenting new information will, to a significant extent, determine your grade on these projects.