All assignments are due in your instructor's mailbox in TLS 312 (the EEB office) by 4 PM on the due date. Have the secretary indicate the date and time the paper was handed in. The assignment can also be handed in personally to your W instructor. Note that electronic submissions (email, etc.) of assignments will NOT be accepted unless specifically authorized by your W instructor.
Work will be returned outside your instructor's office.
Submit all work in computer-printed or typed form, double-spaced, with 1-inch margins and page numbers.
It is your responsibility to make an appointment
for individual meetings. After work is returned, the instructor will post
an appointment sign-up sheet on their office door. If you
cannot make a scheduled meeting time, please e-mail or call to cancel and re-schedule.
| Date | Assignment | Details |
| Thursday, Feb. 1 | Short paper due | see short paper assignment |
| Feb. 5-9 | Individual meetings | 1. Discuss short paper revisions
2. Discuss potential term paper topics: bring a short description of at least two potential topics, and one or two relevant references for each. |
| Thursday, Feb. 15 | Short paper revision due | Revision is graded on improvement.
Include first draft of paper with instructor comments |
| Thursday, March 1 | Term paper outline due | Hand in all of the following:
1. A proposed thesis statement for your term paper. 2. A brief summary of your main argument and evidence (a page or less) 3. An outline of the paper (with as much detail as possible) 4. Annotated bibliography with at least 5 references from the primary literature. |
| March 12-16 | Individual meetings | discuss term paper outline |
| Thursday, April 5 | Term paper draft due | Turn in a complete draft of your term paper in the required format. This should NOT be a draft in the sense that it is the something you haven’t already put substantial effort into editing or have not proofread. It should reflect a serious effort on your part to produce an already polished paper. |
| April 9-13 | Individual meetings | discuss term paper revisions |
| Tuesday, April 24 | Term paper revision due | Include first draft of paper with instructor comments |