Sample Assignments

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Sample Assignments

• Evaluate each of the following assignments.

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Interdisciplinary Social Science

• Research the topic gay rights from the
  perspective of three different disciplines.
• Find a scholarly journal article written by
• a psychologist
• a sociologist
• a political scientist.
• You must provide evidence of the authors
  credentials.
• Compare and contrast the three different
  perspectives.

3
Using the course readings on reserve in the
library, consider the concept of affirmative
action. Explain why some writers believe it
should be abolished and others believe it to be
useful. Evaluate both perspectives and give your
own opinion.
4

• Write a letter to the editor expressing your
  opinion on an environmental issue of your choice.
• Substantiate your statements with evidence from
  reliable scholarly sources.

5

• Read Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjørn Lomborg.
• Find and read 4 book reviews of this work.
• Summarize the comments of each reviewer and
  provide information about the credentials of each
  reviewer.

6

• Find a peer reviewed scholarly journal
  article on some aspect of infant development. Do
  not use the Internet. You must use print journals
  in the library.

7

• Investigate the possibility that homosexuality
  is genetically determined. Provide a brief
  literature review of sources regarding the
  genetic transmission of homosexuality. Discuss
  you personal view in the body of the 10-page,
  double-spaced paper. The paper should have at
  least five references, none of which can be from
  the required readings from this course.
• Adapted from University of Maryland. Information
  Literacy and Writing Assessment Project

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Find answers to the following questions

• Who was Paolo Lazzaroni?
• What year was the Emergency-Anti-terrorist Law
  passed in Sweden?
• What is the Stern Gang?
• What happened at Entebbe?
• Who were the Tupamero guerillas?
• Describe 3 famous hijacking incidents.

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Term Paper

• Write a 15-page paper about some aspect of
  terrorism.
• Due May 10