ASPA 3970 Final (MANGA & ANIME)
I don’t know how to handle this Social Science question and need guidance.
ASPA 3970 Final Project Prompt, Spring 2020
The Assignment
Topic: MANGA’S TRANSFORMATION INTO ANIME
Part 1
BEGIN BY WRITING A FORMAL PROPOSAL about the reason this topic was chosen! (Worth 5%)
Part 2
Rather than write a traditional research essay, you will develop an ArcGIS Story Maps project.
You will need to employ a mix of scholarly and non-scholarly sources – at least three of each and a total of eight sources overall (this may vary depending on your topic, the type and lengths of the sources, etc.). In addition to the text, I will ask that you include at least 6 images or other media on your site (this includes the title image or “cover”). Attention to detail will boost your final grade – such as: ensuring that all images or other media are captioned with explanatory information and proper attribution/citation, providing your project with a title that is both informative and interesting, manipulation of text to include hyperlinks, the careful choice of images of images and other media that will look good on the site (i.e. high-resolution), etc. Extensions can be granted if you ask well in advance but cannot go much beyond the deadline because grades are due soon afterwards.
Topic, Outline, and List of Sources
I would like you to upload a document to Brightspace explaining your topic, with an outline, list of sources, and ideally a preliminary thesis statement.
Grading Rubric
Essentials – 80%
- Argument – Is the argument clear, logical, sustained, and convincing?
- Analysis – Does the analysis reflect an understanding of some of the major themes this semester? Does it go beyond surface appearances to find trends or explanations that a casual observer would miss?
- Evidence – Is evidence sufficient, from a variety of sources, and properly cited?
Bells & whistles – 20%
- Readability – Does the text flow well between sentences and sections/paragraphs?
- Grammar – Are there a minimum of grammatical errors and typos?
- Pictures, videos, aesthetics – Does the presentation of your information catch the reader’s eye? Is it too busy or too simple? Is there a variety of media included in your webpage?
Quotations, Citations, and Works Cited
• Use quotation marks to identify quotes from any source, or use single-spaced indented blocks for quotes exceeding four lines of text.
• You must cite your sources. Any citation style is permitted so long as it is consistent. You may refer to the University of Wisconsin’s Writing Center website for citation styles: http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/Documentation.html.
• I take academic integrity very seriously; the university guidelines on academic honesty can be found at: https://academics.lmu.edu/honesty/
