Assignments

Study Guide
The Study Guide will contain and introduction, list of reading materials, and discussion questions for each topic.  Your Study Guide is intended to accompany your reading.

Journal
Your journal consists of your responses to questions in the Study Guide. These questions require you to reflect on the material and to write a one to two-paragraph response.  At the end of the course, you will gather together all of your Study Guide responses and will turn them in as a final portfolio.

Essay
You will write an essay on one of the topics provided to you by your instructor in which you apply a critical paradigm from theorists or issues raised by the Study Guide questions. 

You should start your paper with a succinct thesis statement, describe the critical paradigm and the text(s) being analyzed. Be sure to cite critical passages to demonstrate support for your argument.

Length:  1,000--1,500 words.  Essay topics will be assigned by the instructor and will reflect material covered in the Study Guide and the readings.   

EXAM
The exam is required for students who would like to obtain credit for the course.  Students must complete the assignments, submit them, and the sign up for the exam, which will be administered in a proctored environment.