Junior Honors Seminar
James English profile
MWF 12
This is an upper-level seminar for junior English majors who plan to enroll in the Honors Program and write honors theses next year. The purpose of the course is to prepare students to perform the research necessary to write a successful thesis. The class will be held in a computerized classroom, and students will at times be interacting with each other, with the professor, and with students and professors on other campuses (including virtual campuses) through their computer terminals. All basic techniques and resources of online research will be covered, as well as the more conventional techniques ibrary research. The class will undertake various group projects, problem-solving exercises, and organized visits to Van Pelt and other libraries. Written work will include many brief writing assignments and one 12-15 page research paper.
updated 2006-10-12
