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You may earn extra credit by (1) attending a lecture
and writing a paper on the lecture, and / or (2) by writing a term
paper supplementing any topic related to Cultural Anthropology.
You may do one extra credit lecture option
and / or one extra credit term paper.
Extra Credit, Lecture Option
Public lectures are often given at the Depot in Duluth, 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.
A public lecture summary paper should contain at least two parts:
- a summary of the talk or presentation, and,
- your personal reaction to the presentation
Lecture Option Papers:
- may earn an extra 30 points (3%)
- may be short (two to three pages)
- are due due to WebDrop <https://webdrop.d.umn.edu> within forty-eight hours of the event
- must be word-processed
- must follow a college writing handbook such as Andrea Lunsford
and Robert Connors, The New St. Martin's Handbook. New
York: St. Martin's, 1999.
Or you can follow the Soc-Anth Writing
Guide.
Other web resources such as OWL
and Paradigm
can be found on the UMD "Writing
Labs, On-Line Assisstance, and Reference Works" page.
- For your footnotes, "bibliography" ("Works Cited" or "References"),
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.
You may do one lecture extra credit lecture
option and / or one extra credit term paper.
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Extra Credit Term Paper Option
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 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 Studies. Essentially the extra credit paper should be a
"normal" term paper. In Cultural Anthropology extra credit
term papers usually run 8 - 12 pages.
It should be on SOME OTHER TOPIC than the case studies. You may
choose anything discussed in the lectures or the text other than
the case studies topics.
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 usually receive one to twelve points --
if they are turned in on time:
- C-grade papers receive 6 points
- B-grade papers receive 9 points
- A-grade papers receive 12 points
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Extra credit term papers:
- are due by the last day of class
- must be turned in with all of your outline(s), notes and drafts
(papers submitted without outlines, notes and drafts will not
be accepted)
- 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 or typed
- must follow a college writing handbook such as Andrea Lunsford
and Robert Connors, The New St. Martin's Handbook. New
York: St. Martin's, 1999.
Or you can follow the Soc-Anth Writing
Guide.
Other web resources such as OWL
and Paradigm
can be found on the UMD "Writing
Labs, On-Line Assisstance, and Reference Works" page.
- For your footnotes, "bibliography" ("Works Cited" or "References"),
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.
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It is fine for you to consult with
Wikipedia for your term paper but you should be aware that the Wikipedia entries are open-source and are not checked and verified in the same manner as other reference materials. And sometimes the entries are confusing (have a look at "Macedonia," for example).
It is also OK to start out your research by consulting reference works such as encyclopedias, dictionaries and lexica, glosaries, other general reference works, and the like, but this stage should only be a preliminary preparation for more focused and in-depth research work.
For a college research paper you should also have a look at other references, either traditional materials from the library, or on-line materials from sources like JSTOR (search on JSTOR), or books and manuscripts On-Line. That is to say Wikipedia and the other reference-type sources listed should not be your only source of information. And you must add your own evaluations, comparisons, development, criticisms, critiques, and the like to any reference materials used. Simply cutting and pasting information from sources is not sufficient to satisfy the requirements of either a required or extra-credit research paper.
- On-line Resources which might be helpful include:
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Handing in Extra Credit Papers
- papers are due to WebDrop <https://webdrop.d.umn.edu>
- papers must be word-processed
- Papers will not be accepted after the last day of class unless
you have made prior arrangements
- Include the following information on your paper:
- name
- course number
- quarter
- "Extra Credit Paper"
- version number
You may do one extra credit lecture option
and extra credit term paper. |
