Research Paper

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For the final research paper, choose one of the essays we have discussed this semester whose topic interest you enough for you to conduct research on it. Your goal is to present a critical analysis of the text you’ve chosen that uses research you compiled in completing your annotated bibliography to aid in articulating your points. As always, we will thoroughly cover the particulars of the writing process associated with this assignment in class. You must directly engage with the texts you choose and research in formulating your evaluation. This means you will have to make use of direct quotations from and references to the texts you discuss. Use the latest MLA Style Guide for formatting both the citations within your paper (in-text/parenthetical citations) and your “works cited” page at the end of your paper. Consult the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (Purdue OWL) website for detailed help with all aspects of proper MLA style formatting: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ (Links to an external site.)

Assignment Guidelines:

Course Text:
Barrios, Barclay. Emerging: Contemporary Readings for Writers, 2nd edition.

Assignments should be formatted as follows:

• 12-point font
• Times New Roman
• 1” inch margins
• Double-spaced
• Page numbers and your last name in the upper right-hand corner of every page
• 7-10 pages in length (this means at least 7 full pages of text, not 6 full pages and half of a seventh)
• Course ScheduleAll readings listed are found in the course textbook, Emerging, or posted here in the “Readings” folder of the “Files” sectionWeek 1 Th 16 Jan Intro to course Week 2T 21 Jan Discussion of academic writing and scholarship Th 23 Jan “Ethics and the New Genetics” (132–142) Week 3T 28 Jan “Faith and Diplomacy” (34–44) Th 30 Jan “AIDS, Inc.” (151–163) Week 4T 4 Feb Critical Analysis Assignment Workshop Th 6 Feb “ Selections from Once Upon a Quinceañera” (45-63) Week 5T 11 Feb “It Gets Better and Action Makes it Better” (425-433) Th 13 Feb “After Life” (Posted on Canvas, 87-102) Week 6T 18 Feb “Ghetto Bitches, China Dolls, and Cha Cha Divas” (396-409)Th 20 Feb LIB 102 Assignment Intro. and Synthesis Assignment WorkshopSu 23 Feb Critical Analysis Assignment Due (Post to Canvas by 11:59pm) Week 7T 25 Feb “Preface and The New Civil Rights” (551-560)Th 27 Feb “Making Conversation and The Primacy of Practice” (75-83) Week 8T 3 Mar “The End of Race: Hawaii and the Mixing of Peoples” (333-345)Th 5 Mar “Community and Diversity” (322-329) Week 9T 10 Mar Spring Break – No Class
  Th 12 Mar Spring Break – No Class Week 10 T 17 Mar LIB 102: Scholarship as Conversation and Background Information (Crown 111)Th 19 Mar LIB 102: Popular and Scholarly Resources (Crown 111) Week 11T 24 Mar “What’s Black, Then White, and Said All Over” (434-449)Th 26 Mar “What’s Black, Then White, and Said All Over” (449-458) Week 12T 31 Mar “False Identifications: Minority Populations Mourn Diana” (Posted on Canvas, 453-465) Th 2 Apr “False Identifications: Minority Populations Mourn Diana” (Posted on Canvas, 465-476) Week 13T 7 Apr Final Research Paper Workshop Th 9 Apr Easter Break – No ClassSu 12 Apr Synthesis Assignment Due (Post to Canvas by 11:59pm)Week 14T 14 Apr Human Dignity (184 – 195)Th 16 Apr Human Dignity (195 – 205)