D3

1. Discuss how you determined which hazards you identified in Week 2's assignment. Did you have difficulty in narrowing down just 5 hazards or was it difficult to even come up with 5 and why?

2. Please provide a substantive response to the post of a fellow student.

Submission Instructions (applicable throughout the 7 week session):

Please post your initial response by 23:59 EST Wednesday, and comment on the posts of two classmates by 23:59 EST Sunday.  I will attempt to return feedback on your assignments a week after the due date. If I determine that grading will take longer than a week, you will see an announcement from me in the course. 

Students will be required to develop and write their own approximately 500 word response (1.5 - 2 pgs.) to the discussion question and provide an appreciative inquiry response to 1 other student (approx. 200 words each).  Please DO NOT submit your discussion assignment as a word document (it will not be marked), please write as a reply to this thread.  You will not be marked on your opinion but on the ability for you to present a valid argument and to manage constructive discussion with your cohort while integrating the material being discussed in the course.  When responding to other students please refrain from simply stating "great comment/response". Offer your thoughts on what he/she may have added to make the discussion more substantive.  Remember to be respectful and focus on only the discussion points and arguments posted.  

You must answer all discussion forum questions each week using APA style always citing references from ALL sources (e.g., see APA Manual p. 174); please use HEADINGS, and double-space you replies and references. If you decide that it is necessary to quote a source, rather than paraphrase (always preferred) you must use quotes. The number of citations in the body of the text must be equal in number to the entries in your reference section (e.g., see APA Manual, section 6.19, p. 179 for 1 exception). It is important to remember that an organization (e.g., Federal Emergency Management Agency) can be the author.

Remember, I expect you to borrow from the Learning Resources, BUT you MUST provide the appropriate citation. I will not accept work from you that borrows ideas and direct quotes without proper citation. For example, when you paraphrase an author's idea(s), or briefly quote their work you should immediately follow the paraphrase or quote with an in-text citation, for example: (Bullock, Haddow and Coppola, 2016, p. 146). The corresponding Reference section should note:

Bullock, J., Haddow, G., & Coppola, D. (2016). Introduction to homeland security: principles of all-hazards risk management (5th ed.). Waltham, MA: Elsevier.

Remember, an organization can be an author. For example, a Reference section might contain the following entry: