Assignments
| Weekly responses | 40% |
| class attendance | 10% |
| Class presentations | 15% |
| Midterm Exam | 15% |
| Final paper of Project | 20% |
| Total | 100% |
Term Assignments (80%)
Quantify attendance & absence (2 percent of the final grade is removed for extra absence) the coach writes if its an execused absence.
Weekly responses (40%)
Throughout the course, you will be actively engaging with a wide range of assigned materials, including book chapters, academic articles, project websites, podcasts, videos, essays, and datasets. This engagement involves commenting on Perusall and submitting an overall two-page weekly reflection.
1. Commenting on Perusall
Engage with the assigned materials on the collaborative annotation platform Perusall. Make sure to read, watch, or listen to the materials thoroughly. Perusall allows you to highlight passages, make comments, and respond to your peers’ comments and questions. Please be courteous and constructive during these interactions, adhering to the same etiquette guidelines as our class interactions.
- Frequency of Engagement: Unless otherwise noted, you should complete a minimum of three annotations per assigned material (i.e. per article, chapter, video, etc.) by 9:00AM on the day of our class.
- Nature of Comments: Your comment can be an agreement, disagreement, expression of confusion, question, or any other relevant observation. There are no right or wrong comments. The interaction serves as an exercise in critical thinking, collaborative learning, and engagement with scientific debates.
2. Weekly reflection
After your interaction on Perusall, Submit a 2-page reflection every week. Reflect on the entirety of your engagement with the materials, some possibly helpful questions to guide you:
- What connections do you identify across the assigned materials?
- If specific arguments or points are being raised, do they overlap or contrast with each other?
- Are there elements that particularly inspired or frustrated you? Which ones and why?
- What parts of the assigned materials were confusing or challenging to understand?
- Are there specific topics you are now interested in exploring further?
Keep in mind that the goal is to reflect on the materials, not to summarize them. If you are unsure about the length of your reflection, please feel free to ask me. Your grade will be determined by the depth and quality of your reflections, focusing on your critical engagement with the readings rather than agreement with their content.
Deadline: Please ensure your 2-page reflection are submitted by Monday mid-night and your annotations on Perusall submitted by 9:00AM on the day of our class.
Class attendence (10%)
Class attendence is an important aspect of this course, because alot will be covered in a 3 hour session. During the class discussion and presentation sessions you are expected to contribute at least once. It might be intimidating to speak up sometimes, however, you should be assured that your contributions are valuable. Diverse viewpoints and genuine dialogue are what make our discussions thrive. Please respect the classroom etiquette while sharing your thoughts.
Class Presentations (15%)
Throughout this course, there will be opportunities to present your work. These will include, reading an article and present plus your final paper project.
Midterm (15%)
There will be a mid-term exam which will account for 15%
Final paper project (20%)
TBA