Extra Credit

This is basically an introductory course in which we will cover a broad spectrum of topics in a limited manner. Extra credit term papers allow you to cover one or two of those topics in a more comprehensive fashion.

You may write on any topic related to this course, but your paper must reflect work and include materials not considered a normal part of this course.

Extra credit work should be more comprehsive and detailed than the Case Study. Essentially the extra credit paper should be a "normal" term paper.

In Cultural Anthropology extra credit term papers usually run 8 - 12 pages, including a separate title page and a separate "Works Cited" or "References" page.

Your paper(s) should be on SOME OTHER TOPIC than your case study focus. You may choose anything discussed in the lectures or the text other than the case study topic(s).

If you have not had a lot of experience writing term papers, this option provides an excellent opportunity to develop your writing skills. It also usually results in a higher grade for the course.

Extra credit term papers can earn up to 100 points -- if they are turned in on time (ca. 9%) . For example . . .

• C-grade papers receive 73 points
• B-grade papers receive 83 points
• A-grade papers receive 93-100 points

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Extra credit term papers:

• Extra Credit papers are due to your folder on Thursday, 28 June 2012
  
  
• Paper Due to your Moodle folder
  
  
• will not be accepted if they are late, unless you have received prior permission to hand in the paper after the deadline
  
  
• must be word-processed
  
  
• Style: For the Paper, academic
  
  
• Format: Any standard format and citation convention (APA, MLA, Turabian-Chicago . . . )
  • doublespaced
  • with one-inch margins all around
  • with body type font 11 or 12
  • illustrations, tables, figures, diagrams . . . may be included, but must be properly placed and cited

• must follow conventional college writing guidelines. These can be reviewed at any of the following sites . . .

The Purdue Online Writing Lab <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/> Paradigm Online Writing Assistant <http://www.powa.org/> Lunsford’s The St. Martin's Handbook, 6th Ed. on-line site <http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/smhandbook6e/Player/index.aspx> Soc-Anth Writing Guide <http://www.d.umn.edu/socanth/home/guideind.php> Other web resources can be found on the UMD "Writing Labs, On-Line Assisstance, and Reference Works" page.

• For your footnotes, "Works Cited" or "References" ("bibliography"), and other matters like that, use either the APA (American Psychological Association) citation style, the MLA (Modern Language Association) style, the CMS (Chicago) style, or the CBE (Council of Biology Editors) style. Don't make up your own. See the OWL Sample Papers below for examples . . .
  

  APA Sample Papers Sample APA Paper: Definitions of Online Communication Sample APA Paper: Adolescent Depression MLA Sample Papers MLA Undergraduate Sample Paper: Andrew Carnegie MLA Sample Papers: Nineteenth Century Farming Handbooks

  
  

• You may do one extra credit term paper and / or one extra credit "lecture" option.
  
  

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• A note on Wikipedia and the like . . . 

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• On-line Resources which might be helpful include:
  
  
  • UMD On-Line Library Resources (main catalog)
  • UMD E-Journal Locator
  • search on JSTOR
  • LEXIS-NEXIS®
  • Soc-Anth-Hum / Cultural Studies Search Engines
  • General Reference Works
  • Books and Manuscripts On-Line

   

Public lectures are often given at the Depot in Duluth, at the Art Institute, at the Fairlawn Mansion and Museum in Superior, and on the college campuses in the Twin Ports area.

You can receive extra credit by attending a public lecture relating to Cultural Anthropology, and writing up a brief paper on the event.

Qualifying lectures will be announced in class and on your personal e-mail account. And if you see a lecture that you think might qualify, ask about it.

A public lecture summary paper should contain at least two parts:

1. a summary of the talk or presentation, and,
   
   
2. your personal reaction to the presentation

Lecture Option Papers:

• due to your folder within forty-eight hours of the event
  
  
• may earn an extra 30 points (ca. 2.7%)
  
  
• reviews may be short (two to three well-written high-quality pages)
  
  
  • figure about 250 words per normal double-spaced page with one-inch margins and 11 or 12 point fonts
    
    
• must be word-processed
  
  
• must follow conventional college writing guidelines. These can be reviewed at any of the following sites . . .

The Purdue Online Writing Lab <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/> Paradigm Online Writing Assistant <http://www.powa.org/> Lunsford’s The St. Martin's Handbook, 6th Ed. on-line site <http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/smhandbook6e/Player/index.aspx> Soc-Anth Writing Guide <http://www.d.umn.edu/socanth/home/guideind.php> Other web resources can be found on the UMD "Writing Labs, On-Line Assisstance, and Reference Works" page.

• For your footnotes, "Works Cited" or "References" ("bibliography"), and other matters like that, use either the APA (American Psychological Association) citation style, the MLA (Modern Language Association) style, the CMS (Chicago) style, or the CBE (Council of Biology Editors) style. Don't make up your own. See the OWL Sample Papers below for examples . . .
  

• You may do one lecture extra credit lecture option and / or one extra credit term paper.

Handing in Extra Credit Papers

• Extra Credit papers are due to your folder on Thursday, 28 June 2012
  
  
• papers must be word-processed
  
  
• Late papers will not be accepted unless you have made prior arrangements
  
  
• When you upload your Cultural Anthropology extra credit paper to your folder call your file something like . . .

  your e-mailname_assignment_name
  [your email name is your University of Minnesota Internet ID (X.500 user name)]
  
  e.g., smit0013_CA_extracredit

• Include the following information on your paper:
  
  
  • name
  • date
  • course number
  • quarter
  • "Extra Credit Paper"
    
    
• Style: For the Paper, academic
  
  
• Format: Any standard format and citation convention (APA, MLA, Turabian-Chicago . . . )
  • doublespaced
  • with one-inch margins all around
  • with body type font 11 or 12
  • illustrations, tables, figures, diagrams . . . may be included, but must be properly placed and cited

• You may do one extra credit lecture option and extra credit term paper.