My expectation is that all of the work you do for me in this class will be the work of one individual. Exceptions to this rule will be broadcast to the class over the class listserv.
As you will all find out, I explicitly encourage you to engage in public (using our listserv to broadcast a message to the entire) or private (one-to-one) discourse regarding the readings and topics raised in this class. Study groups are encouraged.
If any of you have any questions regarding current situations or future situations, remember that I am your first contact on this. Please come and see me.
Examinations
There are no examinations
45% Participation in each of the 3 weekly meetings
All students are expected to participate in each of the three weekly sessions; individual session with the instructor, Research Issue session, and Reading Group session.
For the Reading Group: All students are expected to have done the weekly reading and come to class prepared to lead a discussion of it.
For the Research Issues: (A) All students are expected to report to the group the progress they made in the last week and their goals for the next week. (B) All students are expected to listen and contribute to the reports of the other students. (C) All students are expected to provide a minimum of one 15-30 min oral and slide presentation on a topic defined in their weekly meetings with the Instructor.
For the Individual Session: Each student is expected to bring evidence of the progress and problems they dealt with in the last week to their meeting with the instructor.
55% Progress in Planning, Conducting Research, Analyzing, Modeling, and Publishing Research
In conjunction with the Instructor, each student is expected to develop a timetable and sets of goals for research accomplishments for that semester. For first year graduate students this plan should include, at a minimum, a survey of the literature and an integrative, written, literature review. For more senior students this plan should include one or more of the following written products; a conference paper, thesis proposal, grant proposal, draft of a dissertation, draft of a journal paper, or other written intellectual product. In addition, all students are expected to develop a oral presentation and accompanying visual slides for a minimum of one talk each semester.