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GEOG 3985  SENIOR PROJECT SEMINAR

(Sec 1) prereq Geog major and #, 2 cr

Instructor: MILLER B

Dist Req: none

The Senior Project Seminar is designed to help you begin work on your senior
project. The senior project is an individual research endeavor for which you
choose a topic and conduct research under the direction of a faculty member.
To successfully complete the senior project, students must become familiar
with bibliographic resources, data sources, and research methods of
geographers, as well as with the principles of effective written
communication, i.e. composition. By the end of the quarter you will have at
the very least, a proposal for your senior project. Written and oral
presentation of your proposed research are requirements of the course. The
first third of the course will emphasize selection of a research topic and
of information and data sources. The second third will concentrate on
developing bibliographic and data resources for your project. The final part
of the course will include oral presentations of your proposals. Texts: Kate
Turabian. "A Manual for Writers, Fifth Edition", Univ. of Chicago Press.
There will also be a required reading packet.

Class time: 40% lecture, 60% discussion

Workload: 30 pages of reading per week, 5 papers, 1 major paper (research
proposal), 4 short written assignments

Grade: 70% written reports/papers, 30% class participation

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