Interpret and evaluate what you have learned about place from the social sciences and the humanities
General Assignment Description:
You will interpret and evaluate what you have learned about place from the social sciences and the humanities in this class, and compare the strengths and limitations of each in understanding place. The paper is based on the readings and resources from this class.
The paper should cover the following:
1. For about two pages: Discuss what you learned from the Social Sciences
Discuss some of the concepts, theories, perspectives, and modes of inquiry from the Social Sciences that you found most relevant to understanding place so far this semester. Draw on at least 4 social sciences readings from this class that you found most informative in an understanding of place, and state what you learned and why you found it important (please provide examples & citations from a minimum of 4 readings from our course, not including my lectures). Discussion should focus on readings & concepts from this class, rather than outside research. Please be careful to use only Social Science sources in this section–sources from Module 1 and Module 2 only.
2. For the next two pages: Discuss what you learned from the Humanities. Discuss some of the concepts, theories, perspectives, and modes of expression or inquiry from the Humanities that you found most relevant to understanding place so far this semester. Draw on at least 4 Humanities readings or other resources from this class that you found most useful to an understanding of place, and state what you learned and why you found it important (please provide examples & citations from a minimum of 4 resources from our course, not including my lectures). Discussion should focus on readings, resources & concepts from this class, rather than outside research. Please be careful to use only Humanities sources in this section–sources from Module 3 and Module 4 only.
3. As part of your discussion, compare the strengths and limitations of Social Sciences and Humanities types of knowledge about and modes of inquiry/expression on place. For example, what type of knowledge about place does a novel or landscape painting offer that may not be found in a social sciences article, and visa versa?
4. Give your paper a brief intro that lets the reader know the focus of the paper. Draw on a variety of types of course resources.
5. All papers are required to use both in-text citations and a list of References or Works Cited in MLA style.
6. Paper should be 4 full pages, double-spaced in 12 pt font with 1 inch margins, in Times New Roman, use in-text citations and a reference list of sources in MLA style (a title page and reference list do not count toward the assignment minimum). It should be a unified, coherent, well-written, well-organized, and original essay. Please revise, edit and proof for format, organization, fluency, mechanics, grammar, spelling and tone.
7. Write in your own words, using quotes only to support your statements, not in place of them. All quotes must be placed in quotation marks; and all quotes, paraphrases and summaries from sources must be cited using parenthetical, in-text citations (author and page number in parentheses for MLA) (author, date and p. number in parentheses for APA). Quotes should not comprise more than 15% of any paper. Plagiarism in any form will not be tolerated and will result in a zero for the assignment and may result in an E or XE for the course
Note:
Please do not use outside sources for this paper, as the objective is to demonstrate what you have learned from this class. Also, do not focus on a specific place of your own in this paper.
