Culture and Personality
(Psychological Anthropology)

Magic Eye©
Science, Optics

1. Case Study Focus: Person

2. Term Paper / Class Presentation Focus: Problem

• Course Requirements Summary
• Handing in Materials
• General Considerations for Written Assignments
• Writing Handbooks
• Writing Labs and other Useful Materials / Resources On-Line

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UMD Library > Research Tools and Resources > Assignment Calculator
<http://www.d.umn.edu/lib/assign/index.phtml>

The Case Study is due by Friday, 28 March 2008, 12:59 p.m. ,
( from today)

The Term Paper is due by Friday, 9 May 2008, 12:59 p.m. ,
( from today)

Papers are due to WebDrop
at
<https://webdrop.d.umn.edu>

While preparing each paper, carefully consider the following:

1. The audience of your writing, and how that affects the way you write.
   
   
2. The purpose of the paper, and how the purpose shapes the form of your paper.
   
   
3. The differences between observation / description and assessment / evaluation.
   
   
4. The review of gathering / sorting social science data from a rhetorical point of view, including (a) critical viewing, interviewing, reading and thinking, and (b) assembling, sorting, and interpreting data.
   
   
5. The revision process.
   
   
6. The specialized vocabularies of social science disciplines.

 

Writing Handbooks

Papers must follow a college writing handbook such as:

 

Lunsford, A., & Connors, R. (1999). The New St. Martin's Handbook. New York: St. Martin's. (ISBN 0-312-18927-3)

Or you can follow the Soc-Anth-Crim-Cultural Studies-American Studies Humanities / ClassicsWriting Guide. Other web resources such as OWL and Paradigm can be found on the UMD "Writing Labs, On-Line Assisstance, and Reference Works" page.

Use either the APA (American Psychological Association) citation style or the MLA (Modern Language Association) style. Do not make up your own.