Post by Dr. Nemmers on Jun 1, 2024 19:24:08 GMT
Had a question about Annotations from a graduate student:
I was reading the syllabus for the American Existentialism course and wanted to reach out to you for clarification of part of the assignments. With regards to the annotations, on the weekly calendar, annotations are listed as optional (I am assuming we choose which of the five weeks we want to complete annotations for. For the annotated bibliography, due at the end of the course, is this to be an amalgamation of the annotations completed weekly throughout the course, or rather, a new set of annotated sources related to our final seminar paper?
My answer is as follows:
Yes, you can do whichever five you'd like, with the stipulation that they must be done in the week that we're reading that text. You can even do multiple per week if you'd like to get ahead or are very interested in the subject (I think I posted 3 for y'all in Week 1, and some of the future ones have two). Just please submit as soon as you're done with them so I get a chance to give feedback.
The annotated bibliography is a separate assignment (though lumped together) and yes, should be based on articles / essays/ chapters that you encounter related to your seminar paper. It may be that one of these could be a revised annotation that you've already submitted, if your research subject is one that we've already covered. But these will mostly be original to that research and to your writing.
In general, the idea is that the annotations throughout the semester are training for the paper. These are easier since I'm finding the articles for you and guiding you through the annotation process. And then when you sit to do the paper, you'll be well versed in how it works, and I'll still give some feedback toward the end. Finally, when you write your master's thesis (or the equivalent), you'll do a souped-up version of the research/annotation/ composition process. That's why I'm only requiring this assignment for graduate students.
Hope this helps! Let me know if you have further questions...
I was reading the syllabus for the American Existentialism course and wanted to reach out to you for clarification of part of the assignments. With regards to the annotations, on the weekly calendar, annotations are listed as optional (I am assuming we choose which of the five weeks we want to complete annotations for. For the annotated bibliography, due at the end of the course, is this to be an amalgamation of the annotations completed weekly throughout the course, or rather, a new set of annotated sources related to our final seminar paper?
My answer is as follows:
Yes, you can do whichever five you'd like, with the stipulation that they must be done in the week that we're reading that text. You can even do multiple per week if you'd like to get ahead or are very interested in the subject (I think I posted 3 for y'all in Week 1, and some of the future ones have two). Just please submit as soon as you're done with them so I get a chance to give feedback.
The annotated bibliography is a separate assignment (though lumped together) and yes, should be based on articles / essays/ chapters that you encounter related to your seminar paper. It may be that one of these could be a revised annotation that you've already submitted, if your research subject is one that we've already covered. But these will mostly be original to that research and to your writing.
In general, the idea is that the annotations throughout the semester are training for the paper. These are easier since I'm finding the articles for you and guiding you through the annotation process. And then when you sit to do the paper, you'll be well versed in how it works, and I'll still give some feedback toward the end. Finally, when you write your master's thesis (or the equivalent), you'll do a souped-up version of the research/annotation/ composition process. That's why I'm only requiring this assignment for graduate students.
Hope this helps! Let me know if you have further questions...
