Course Syllabus
Click the link above for a full course overview, including grading/assessment, how to request an extension, and much more! If you have questions about course policies, this is where you will find the answers.
Read on for brief overviews of our projects for this year.
Read on for brief overviews of our projects for this year.
College Essay Boot Camp
Fall Research Topic: ?????????
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In our first project of the year, we will be tackling the very real problem of how to make colleges like you in 300-500 words. In the first few weeks of class, we will engage in a one week college-essay boot camp. This will allow me to get a baseline assessment on your writing skills, and will allow you to knock a major task off your college application to-do list. You will emerge from this with a revised draft of a college essay- you will still have work to do on your own, but you will have a strong start!
For those overachievers (who have already finished their essays) and iconoclasts (who are taking a different path) out there, you will have the option to write a scholarship essay, or to work on a piece of narrative non-fiction to hone your writing skills. |
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Fall Topic for Seniors- To Be Decided!
As we explore this topic, we will also be getting meta- we will be using this project to essentially teach you the skills and processes you will need to be successful in researching, designing, and executing your senior thesis and project. |
Senior Project: Thesis, Action Project, and TED Talk
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.Okay, this is the big one! For the entire second semester, you will exploring a topic of your choosing, both through academic research and writing, and through a self designed project. Your senior project will have three main parts:
Start thinking of ideas now, because you will cycle through many of them before you end up on your final topic. Don't be like the plant guy. |
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