In general, it is expected that you will use the journal to work out on paper thoughts that you have about the readings, about the course in general, or about issues of gender, sexuality and communication as they come up in your everyday life experiences. I don't expect you to cover each of the readings in the reader, but I will expect that you react at least to some of them. If you do not yet know how to use HyperNews, please attend one of the LRC training workshops . Students will sign up for specific reading presentation dates. Your essay should be a short think-piece which summarizes the main points of the reading and takes a position or a stance on the issues that arise there.
Students are also responsible for responding to at least one presentation.
Therefore, students are strongly encouraged to attend the LRC training workshops and become familiar with their Student Guides before assignments are due. For best results, please compose your essay offline and save it to disk before attempting to post it online. The purpose of group work is to facilitate research, but students will be evaluated individually. The final project should entail some outside research, but should be significantly enriched by the course readings. In other words, you should attempt to situate your project within the conversation established by the required readings.