Co-curricular

Co-curricular essay

AMH2020

Due April 16

 

To meet the Global Learning foundations standard, students will complete a co-curricular exercise.

Co-curricular essay:

This semester, students are responsible for  1 co-curricular essay.  This will be a shorter essay, written to encourage application of historical concepts to contemporary society. As a Global Learning core class, students are required to complete  1 co-curricular activity. This basically means the students should engage in a meaningful graded activity that involves interacting with the course beyond the class materials. 

The most important part of the essay is to connect the topic to information covered in our course curriculum. 

You have three options:

1. This is meant to be a “reflective” assignment, whereby students can reflect on a concern in today’s word that is of special interest, and relate that interest back to the course materials.  In other words, pick a topic in the news, an issue that has an impact on modern society, something occurring in the world today of social, political and economic significance, and then write a 1-2 page essay relating that issue back to themes and topics we have discussed in class. 

2. Students can participate in a real world activity (attend a talk, visit a museum, engage in a community service project, etc.) and then relate that activity to a theme/topic covered in the course curriculum.  Relating the event that you have participated in back to a theme/topic covered in the course is the most important part of the assignment.  The essay will be 1-2 pages.

3. You will attend (or  watch online (Links to an external site.)(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. ) one of the “Tuesday Times Roundtable (TTR)”, FIU’s weekly series of moderated conversations on the  New York Timesarticles from the multiple viewpoints of students, faculty, and staff. Click on the "watch online" to see the full listing of discussions.  All sessions are free, and on-campus sessions even include lunch!

See: https://goglobal.fiu.edu/ttr/

Your essay must clearly identify which TTR you watched and how it reflects themes or topics covered in the course curriculum.  Connecting the video to our course curriculum is the most important part of the essay.  

Whichever option is chosen, students should consider how new perspectives introduced through course readings and assignments can help resolve the problem or issue discussed at the event. It should also consider how the event itself provides other perspectives on the problem.

The main point of the exercise is for students to demonstrate how information gained through the course has helped them formulate an appreciation for whatever topic they have selected.  So, you must point to specific information from the course curriculum. 

If you having trouble deciding on a topic, send me an email as I am happy to help.

 

 

The co-curricular essay should be  about 2 pages long (approximately 300-500 words)