manhattanville college

 

International Studies                                                                                Fall, 2004

Senior Seminar                                                                                        Mr. Bowling

 

 

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 at 7:00, but not necessarily every Thursday night.  Consultation with the instructor will continually be available.

 

In September, we will establish who first and second 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.

 

On a date to be announced there will be an International Careers Evening at which we all gather.