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CO301 as a Core Course

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Core Detail: Course Objectives

Core Detail: Weekly Schedule

Core Detail: Methods of Evaluation

Policy Statement - Kiefer

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Syllabi

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Syllabus - Kiefer

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Portfolios?

Portfolio Overview - Kiefer

Portfolio Explanation (Harper)

Portfolio Grading (Holtcamp)

Portfolios: Promises, Problems, Practices (Kiefer)

Traditional And/Or Portfolio Grading? (Gogela)

Text Analysis

Text Analysis Assignments

Text Analysis Activities

Individual Topics

Individual Topic Assignments

Individual Topic Activities

Reflective Writing

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What's a Scientist? - Rillin

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Write an essay using one of these suggestions or a related theme of your own choosing.

• Describe yourself as a scientist. For fun, you could try to imitate the style of Orwell, Huxley, Snow, or Hughes. Consider such questions as your research methods/protocols, your emotional response to these procedures, your background/history of becoming a scientist, your future plans, etc.
• Conduct a rhetorical analysis of Orwell, Huxley, Snow, or Hughes. Explore issues of audience, purpose, socio-historic context, language choice, techniques in developing ideas, etc.