manhattanville college
International
Studies
Fall, 2003
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, 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.