manhattanville college
International
Studies
Fall, 2005
Senior Seminar
Mr. Bowling
P. Tagatac
Objectives:
1. Completion,
this semester, of all
senior theses. This means a clean
copy.(Minimum requirement, this
semester: a complete,
typewritten draft of your thesis. No
"incompletes," save for, of course, bona fide emergencies, will be
granted at the end of fall semester unless this minimum requirement is met.
2. Presentation
of these theses, in oral form, during the scheduled class time in December.
Schedule: We
will meet on many Thursday nights,
but not necessarily every Thursday night.
Consultation with the instructor will continually be available.
In September, we will establish
who first and second faculty readers of theses are to be, thesis topics and
working hypotheses, and working bibliographies.
We will take care to create clear conceptualizations and to establish
"doability." We will share and constructively critique this
material, making use of other International Studies faculty as well as
ourselves.
In October, we will focus on
research;
in November, on writing and
rewriting.
In December, the thesis presentations will take place.
It is anticipated that on a date to be announced there will be an
International Careers Evening at which we will all gather.