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07B:195 COURSE NFORMATION WEB PAGE
This
course will be run as a seminar. Throughout
the term, students will read and discuss materials relevant to living in other
cultures and conducting research abroad. Students
will also develop and refine their individual research proposals that will serve
as their guidelines for their work abroad.
This second area includes work on language skills and refining research
questions and appropriate methodologies. Students
will also think through how they will analyze their data and establish a
timeline for the various phases of their research projects.
For students without concrete plans for overseas research, they should
take the course as if they are in fact leaving on June 1st
for three months of research in the country of their choice. Grading will be based on proposal evaluation, comparing the progress from the January 31st outline to the April 25th "final" proposal (40%), the midterm exam on March 7th (20%), class participation (20%), and the take-home final exam (20%). Class activities will vary
from day to day, ranging from lectures to open discussions to panel discussions
to student presentations. Students will be active participants in
the course. You are encouraged and expected to ask questions, raise issues, and
otherwise contribute to classroom discussion.
For the class to work effectively, all of the reading must be done on time. The reading load will vary somewhat from week to week, but regardless of the volume you should read everything carefully and critically. For the course to work, you need to read and think seriously about what you’ve been reading. Please note that the syllabus is always subject to change depending on the size and composition of the class. Grading will be based on proposal evaluation, comparing the progress from the January 27th outline to the March 2nd outline to the April 27th "final" proposal (40%), the midterm exam on March 9th (20%), class participation (20%), and the take-home final exam (20%).
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