ASSIGNMENT FOR THE FINAL PAPER

The final paper, 4-5 pages in length, is due Th 8 Dec in ART 1.102 at 2 p.m, deadline 3 p.m.   Though not a course requirement, filling out a course-survey form when you turn in the paper would be appreciated.

The general requirement for the final paper:

Rewrite a homework assignment, or one of the two essay questions on the in-class exams, by including a theoretical perspective from at least one additional author or text studied by us this semester.

Coursewide there are eighteen homework-assignment topics as well as the two exam topics, but you must choose to rewrite a paper (or exam) for which you have already done substantial work.  This means that each of you has six topics from which to choose.

Please rewrite the topic at the top of your paper.  You may use substantially the version on the web, but you must name the additional author and delineate the new direction.  You may, for example, add as much as a sentence or two to the topic description, if you wish, to tell us your subject and argument, or simply name your new theorist and his or her position.  DO NOT RESUBMIT THE OLD EXAM OR HOMEWORK.

DO NOT EXCEED FIVE PAGES: A FOUR-PAGE PAPER IS ACCEPTABLE.  Typing requirements: double-spaced with reasonable margins and a normal font size (10 to 14).

You need not feel that you must endorse the positions that you endorsed previously.  But do try to endorse positions.  DonÕt just tell us what X or Y thinks.  Use your understanding of X and Y to shore up stances you take. 

Be concise.  You may presuppose that we understand the theories you mention, though brief elaborations are encouraged.  For example, choosing to apply the Confucian particularist ethics to the topic of the last exam, ecology and justice, you might have two or three sentences about how jen, Òhumanity,Ó is, despite the view that our first duties are to ourselves and family and friends, a universal touchstone, according to Confucius, which rightly determines our attitudes towards future persons inheriting the environmental problems left by us.

A few suggestions and encapsulations of views and arguments.  Creativity, as mentioned in class, will be scored along with other factors the most important of which are clarity and cogency of reasoning.

Special office hours for your instructor and graders along with their regular hours and offices:

Stephen Phillips, WAG 301: Mon 5 Dec, 1:30-3; Tues 6 Dec, 2-5
John Bengson, WAG 406: Mon 5 Dec, 12-1:15; Tues 6 Dec, 2-3:15; Th 8 Dec, 10:30-12:30
Banafsheh Madaninejad, WAG 303: Mon 5 Dec, 9-10:15 and 2-4; Tues 6 Dec, 2-3:15
Ellen Briggs, WAG 229: Mon 5 Dec, 1:45-3; Tues 6 Dec, 2-3:15; Th 8 Dec, 12-2
Please be prepared to discuss a particular topic.  The best strategy is to write (and type) one to three sentences spelling out the topic of a paper a draft of which you have already written.  Present this to your advisor.  No reading of a draft will be provided, though you may also present your advisor a typed outline (nothing more than a single page) to facilitate focus and recommendations.  If others are waiting, there will be a five-minute rule.

Please divide into the following groups according to last name for paper consultation:

A-E: S. Phillips
F-L: J. Bengson
M-R: E. Briggs
S-Z: B. Madaninejad