Spring Syllabus

YEARLONG HONORS THESIS COLLOQUIUM

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W, 4:10-6:30 PM
Code 3999 SCP 85 V1

Office hours: W, 3-4 PM
Office: Macaulay Faculty Office

Telephone: 212-729-2936
Email: leequinby AT aol DOT com

Spring semester SCP 85 provides the opportunity for your in-depth research to culminate in an Honors Thesis on your chosen topic. Over the course of this second semester, you will continue to meet in independent study with your faculty advisor in your research field.  As a class, we will meet at designated times in order to get updated on your research and writing and to brainstorm about revision and reorganization.  I will also meet with you individually to discuss your progress and give specific feedback on your thesis.

Class members will give their Oral Reports as scheduled and, at the end of the spring term, will present their findings in formal presentation in a conference format. Students should invite their advisors to attend their oral report and the Macaulay Conference.

Required Textbooks

We will continue using the second edition of Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams, The Craft of Research (University of Chicago Press, 2003).

Your citations should be in accordance with the conventions of your field of research.  You may purchase a style manual or use a CUNY Library Internet Reference Guide.  Be sure you use the most recent Guide, since internet citations have been updated.

Course Requirements

Attendance is required for all class meetings designated on the syllabus.  In the event of an illness or unavoidable reason for missing class, please notify me in advance if possible or provide an official excuse to avoid a grade penalty.  Lateness is disruptive to the flow of discussion and will be considered an absence.

Class participation is vital to the lecture/discussion format of this course.  Your ideas and respectful critiques provide valuable support for your colleagues. Your class participation will be judged on the basis of the quality of the ideas expressed, and the force of your arguments, your respect for other class members’ and my points of view (as shown in the way you respond to others’ ideas), and your attentiveness to the discussions. Participation also includes peer evaluation (oral and written).

Writing Assignments: over the course of the semester, you will submit the following to me and to your advisor by the dates stipulated on the class schedule:

Conference:  this is the culminating event of our year-long course.  Participation is required to complete the class.

Course Evaluation

Second semester grades are based on your class participation, Oral Report, Draft, Conference presentation, Self-Evaluation, and completed Thesis.

For both semesters, I will determine your final grade in consultation with your advisor.  This includes your advisor’s written report on your Draft and your final Thesis.

Course Objectives

Knowledge Bases

Students should:

Academic Skills

Students should:

Social and Personal Skills

Students should:



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