The research assignment requires ability to use the Library's electronic search tools as well as following cited sources to find useful material. Students who must be absent for blocks of time should arrange with the professor and classmates for assistance in keeping up with their work. The notes are intended to encourage reflective reading and informed in-class discussion. They briefly describe one key idea students find interesting from each assigned chapter or article and offer discussion of the importance, validity, or practical application of each idea. A reference list need not be included with the notes, but in-text parenthetical citations must be given with quotations and use of ideas from the readings.
Students use their notes to discuss the readings in class.
Parenthetical references and punctuation must be in required APA style. Reading notes may be submitted early, but cannot be submitted late except in cases of unavoidable emergency. Research Paper Students write a research paper in a subject area drawn from course materials. To learn something new and useful, students should choose a specific topic that is relatively unfamiliar to them. The paper is intended to extend the student's knowledge beyond course contents, into foundational and cutting-edge scholarly writing.