Extra Credit Activities for APLS 201 on the Web – Spring 2012

Last updated 1/23/2012

All extra credit activities carry 3 points added to your test grades prior to computation, unless otherwise noted.

I will be adding events all semester, so scroll down! That’s where you will find the new ones. Some campus events also count for ICE credit.

All assignments are worth 3 extra credit points unless otherwise noted. Assignments will be added on a regular basis. You should keep a list and a running total of the extra credit you have earned, so you can verify any discrepancies in your professor’s records. I will try to post extra credit totals earned on Blackboard but there may be a lag due to my own time constraints!

Note: no extra credit work will be accepted after the last day of class. Extra credit assignments are always due one week after the event, by midnight. Email your write up to carolb@usca.edu

Tues. Jan. 18: Governor Haley’s State of the State address, 7 pm on SCETV. Watch the program and do a short write up where you describe, in five separate paragraphs, the five things about the speech that "jumped out" at you, and why (be sure to evaluate her proposals there!) you will earn up to five extra credit points towards your first test grade! Your report is due via email by 10 am tomorrow.

Tues. Jan. 24 – President Obama’s State of the Union address – 9 pm - extra credit. After watching this (it will no doubt also be streamed on the White House website), list and describe in five separate paragraphs five points or proposals the President made that will affect you and yours, and explain. Due Thurs. Jan. 26 at 10 am via email. 5 extra credit points.