Maxwell School :: Hans Peter Schmitz :: Spring 2012

European Identity Seminar (PSC 414)

Course Requirements: final paper and exam

This is a two-credit seminar. The grade is based on your participation, exam, and a final paper. The final paper focuses entirely on your readings included with the seminar as well as the lectures events organized during the travel seminar.

The point of the exam (January 13) is to ensure that you understand the basic facts regarding the history of immigration and integration of migrants in European nations since the end of World War II.  

The point of the paper assignment is to provide you with an opportunity to critically analyze the information learned in the readings and lectures. The final paper should be 1,500 words long (about 4-6 pages, 1 and 1/2 spaced, 1 inch margins). The paper should be build on the basis of a thesis statement related to integration/immigation questions across at least two nations visited.  

The final paper is due on
Saturday, January 28, 2012 at midnight. Mail your paper attached as a word-file to my email address at Syracuse University and also include a copy in the body of the message itself. More detailed instructions on the requirements will follow. Each day of delayed submission will be penalized by 1/3 letter grade (for example, for one day delay a B paper will be graded "B-").

Specific requirements for essay: here.
Specific requirements for three-credit essay: here.

Final paper: 50 per cent     ----    Exam: 50 per cent; exam answers, here.
 

Explanation on pass/fail option
: Everyone receives a letter grade, even if you take this class pass/fail. The professor does not know your choice and is expected to grade all assignments according to the same expectations. If you take this class pass/fail, your transcript will not contain the letter grade assigned.  

Academic integrity
: Plagiarism, i.e. the presentation as one's own work the words, ideas, and opinions of someone else, is a serious concern in any academic setting. This University, like all academic institutions in the United States, assumes that the written work of a student is literally the student's own, and that any original idea or research contributions taken from the published works of others will be properly acknowledged. Bird Library: Avoiding Plagiarism
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