For 2 or 3 points
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1. Final Paper
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The final paper is to be handed in (in a self-addressed, stamped envelope,
the day of our last class. [Skipping the last class, sending paper by messenger,
friend, fax or mail not accepted].
Paper should be typed, double-spaced (not one and half spaces please), with
half inch to one inch left margin and a 2 inch right margin! Use
APA or some other standard format (Oxford, MLA). Max. length: 8 pages (minimum
6) -- do not violate this length requirement! Be sure to keep a xerox copy
of your work, but do not submit the copy -- only originals (College regulation).
Your paper must have a brief title, and a 80-100 word abstract, on a face
sheet. Please be sure to type both on the face sheet as well the course
name and number, the term and year, and the course instructor's name. Use
a new ribbon in your printer/typewriter if at all possible
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| 2. Participation |
Week by week participation in the bulletin board/thirdspace and using video
database http://db.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/mediamachine/
(to be demonstrated in class). You will need to have RealPlayer in order
to use the Media Machine and Thirdspace.Click
to Download RealPlayer.
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| 3. "CU Analyzer" worksheet (2-3 pages), using the video database
-- to be explained in class |
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| 4. Presentation |
A presentation of your semester's work at the last class.
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| 5. I.D. SHEET |
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With any project handed in AND with the final paper, you must attach to
the front of your work (in addition to, not combined with, the face sheet)
an `ID sheet' that lets us know who you are (even if you think we know
that, please still do it). It must have a picture of your face on it --
you can xerox your ID photo, AS LONG AS IT COMES OUT RECOGNISABLY YOU!
(may have to set zerox machine on `Light' and it may help to blow it up
to say 200%).
You must state on the sheet:
a. Your name
b. Your program/department
c. Your degree level
d. Your address
e. Your phone number
f. Your e-mail address
g. the number (approx.) of philosophy or social science courses you have
taken (combined undergrad and grad)
h. Your attitude toward taking the course (e.g. why you're taking it and
what you expect to get out of it, or what you are already getting out
of it (plus regrets, if any, so far).
Thanks.
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| Additional requirement for 3 points |
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One of the projects listed in the electronic database, to be printed out
and handed in at the end of term, stapled to the back of your final paper.
Your project must have a TITLE, and a one-sentence ABSTRACT.
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| Course Fee |
This will cover class handouts (including some readings), on-line and in-class
videos, laser discs,etc.
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| Weekly Readings, Viewings etc. |
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`Optional' readings are just that -- you can read them if you like. They
will be included in your course packet.
`Review' means `look at it again' (i.e. a reading we have already used
but may be worth your going back to in the new context).
* next to a video listing in the weekly readings means that a scene or
scenes from this video are on-line, to be accessed through our database
(http://db.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/mediamachine).
Those videos without the asterisk are not on-line but may be shown in
class, or accessed by anyone gung-ho enough to do so, for their own amusement
and edification!
Please note that all videos mentioned at the end of the syllabus are optional.
If you have time to rent and view any of these that you have not seen
already, all well and good -- it will help you with the course. Where
it says `Scenes,' only certain scenes are relevant and so these scene
are the ones that are likely to be shown in class -- no need for you to
watch these movies at all.
The Apple Tree supermarket on the corner of 120th and Amsterdam now has
an alphabetized rental video collection. Please try this resource especially
for recent movies (last 2 years). Otherwise, there is a Blockbuster on
123rd and Amsterdam, for blockbusters, and for art films and perennials,
try The Movie Place on 105th St, just east of Broadway (who do phone deliveries
for no charge). There are various Internet services now for video rentals
-- e.g. kozmo.com (immediate delivery, with food!) and "Facets" in Chicago,
which usually has a one week delay but you can keep the video for one
week. There are equivalent DVD rental services, one of the vest being
netflix.com, whihc allows you unlimited, 3 at a time, and no late fees,
for only $19.95 per month.
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