Q & A (Take-Home)
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Please respond to both Part I and Part II (as the take-home component of this Final Examination)

I (40%) Please submit on (Non-Virtual) Paper.

The major thrust of this part relates to your ability to connect concepts from the readings and class discussions of the second part of 450 (i.e. the assigned Hayter chapters, other assigned readings, and the post-classical class discussions which were not covered by the readings) to your project interests.

Question:

In your response, keep in mind that your instructor is singularly interested in the depth of your understanding of selected concepts and your ability to propose and argue for their applicability. Thus, at least in this location-theoretical context, your instructor is not interested in the 'real-world' object of your red-list topic as such. He needs to know details only in so far as they support your theoretical/ explanatory arguments. You may refer to your project (and project resources), but, please, avoid redundancies. Should you come to the conclusion that the concepts in question are not applicable, or only limitedly so, you need to elaborate in as much detail why you feel that way. In other words, you would have to justify your judgement in a way which gives me as much insight into your understanding of these concepts as their successful application would.

All readily available sources/ resources can be used -- in fact, are expected to be used. All rules concerning academic honesty and proper documentation apply. Your answer should be typewritten, proofread and on paper (i.e. not faxed, emailed or "attached"). Suggested length: 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 type-written pages (250-300 words per page).

II (30%) Submit via your Webpage!

As you recall, your instructor supplied you with a couple of Webpages as collections of seed resources for your project. These pages -- while they have taken a lot of time to create -- could use improvements. Thus, please try to contribute to the effort of this implied "learning community" by either

1. taking one of your instructor's pages related to your project and trying to improve it, or
2. taking your own "Resource Page" and converting it into the page which YOU would have liked to have access to at the beginning of your project (In this case, feel free to "borrow" as much from any of my pages as you consider appropriate). This educational Webmaster promises that he will make every effort to incorporate your page into his system with your name attached to the page/giving credit to you on that page.

Final Points:

• It is understood that most of your academic resources are likely to be paper-based and are unlikely to be directly "clickable". However, there may be educationally useful pages out there on the WWW which might help to complement or "contextualize" the paper resource (e.g. links to the author's or other contextually related sites).
• All Websites should be clickable (ask for help if you need it).
• As many of the resources as possible should be annotated.
• The whole page should be well organized with clearly identified and meaningful (and content-oriented) subheadings.
• The background of the page should be white or light-colored, the font black or dark-colored. Please, avoid strange patterns in your background which affect the legibility of your page (which applies to your other project pages as well).
• Otherwise, content and organization are left to your creativity and ability to conceptualize a field of specialization with which YOU are most familiar. Suggestions include:
  • An introduction (written by YOU),
  • a statement about research issues and problems in your field with suggestions and advice for future students. Remember, future students should learn from YOUR experiences, seen from the perspective of a student who has gone through the anguish and (maybe some) excitement of student research!

NOTE: Inquiries for clarifications related to this Take-Home Examination and my responses will (whenever appropriate) be posted on the "Week 12 Page".

III (30%) In-Class Component (closed-book): Classical, Neo-Classical and Post-Classical Location Concepts (from Class and Readings). Tuesday, Dec. 14, 1999, 4:30-5:15 in Smith 415.