Anthropology

Analysis Essay

• Analysis Essay: There will be a 4-6 page analysis essay where students will be asked to explore a topic that is covered in class. The goal is to analyze and answer a particular set of questions about said topic. This is not a book report, but an exploration paper. A topic proposal will be due from each student at least two weeks before the essay is due. The proposal will let me know what your interests are and how you are planning to explore the topic, as well as allow time for revision if necessary. A minimum of 4-5 academic sources (articles, written publications, etc.) should be used but students are encouraged to use more. Electronic submission of the essay to Blackboard’s SafeAssign section is due on the last day of class. The analysis essay and proposal will count for 15% of your class grade. Half of a letter grade will be deducted from the essay for each day that it is late.

• Analysis: to separate into individual parts in order understand their influence through examination

• The goal of the assignment is to pick a specific topic and to break it down to see how one aspect influences/or is influenced by the rest of the system.

• Everything is connected and analyzing the impact of one trait/trend/attribute becomes easier.

• Analysis can be easier when asking the right questions

• Plagiarism: All class projects will be sent to “SafeAssign”, the anti-plagiarism software. Any student with a score 11% or higher (and up to 39%) will have to re-write the copied sections of the project. Any student with a score of 40% or higher will have to pick a completely different topic and write a brand new project. All assignments must be the original work and ideas of the student. Any assignment or part of an assignment that is copied from another source will be grounds for failing the course. This includes information from the internet or another student. The professor will turn all plagiarized work into the Dean’s office.

Criteria

• 15% of your grade (5% proposal and 10% essay)

• Topic proposal • Essay (remember the focus is on analysis) • 4-6 pages (1000 word minimum) • 12 pt. font Times New Roman • 1 inch margins only • Format: MLA, in-text citations, a works cited

page, grammatically correct.

• Purdue Owl MLA

• Follow the general format

• Remember to proofread your work

• Include title page, heading, number your pages

• No need for footnotes • Remember to do a Works Cited Page ( Reference

List)

Breakdown of grading

• Organization

• Heading

• Introduction (talk about your topic, brief back ground, discuss your thesis and analysis questions)

• Body (the majority of your essay should be analyzing your potential questions/thesis with the help of sources)

• Use academic evidence to support conclusions/argument

• Discussion/Conclusion

• Works Cited Page

• Content Do not plagiarize (using ideas of others without citation) Clarity of argument-objectivity is important I should be able to understand what you are saying. Common rules of grammar should be followed Proofread Check the credibility of your sources

Due Date: Last day of class

• Online submission: upload the essay as a word document to SafeAssign on Blackboard

• For every day that the essay is late it will lose half of a letter grade

• Do not plagiarize

Directions for your extra-credit assignments • 1. Pick a topic in anthropology that is not your essay

topic. • 2. Find two academic sources (the easiest sources to

use are articles found in the KCC databases) about that topic and read them.

• 3. In 1 ½ - 2 pages (double spaced) analyze the topic in your own words using the sources as evidence.

• 4. Include a works cited component at the end • You can do a maximum of 3 extra-credit assignments.

When done correctly, each assignment can earn up to 10 points. You can use the 10 points to add them towards any of your test grades.

• If you decide to do all three, you will have to use three different topics and a total of six academic sources (2 for each assignment).

• I do not need a topic proposal for these assignments. If the submitted assignments have nothing to do with anthropology, they will simply not get any credit.

• I will make a safeassign link on Blackboard where you will be able to submit your extra-credit assignments as a single word document.

• The due date of the extra-credit assignment is the last day of class. Please note, extra-credit assignments will not be accepted after the last day of class (this is non-negotiable).