Extra Credit Opportunities

APLS 201 – Spring 2010

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last updated 3/19/2010

All assignments are worth 3 extra credit points unless otherwise noted. Assignments will be added on a regular basis. Assignments are due one week after the event occurs, or the next class following that, unless otherwise noted. Note: scroll down – I will be adding new events as we go along! Note that I cannot give you extra credit for something that you are using for ICE credit.

Note: no extra credit work will be accepted after the last day of class. Assignments are always due one week after the event, or at the next class meeting following.

Wed. Mar. 31, 2010 from 12:15 to 1 pm (be on time! And stay for the entire presentation! And turn off your cell phone!) in H and SS 116. Intercultural roundtable on climate change. Attend the event and write a one page essay where you cite five separate arguments the speaker made as to the causes and impact of climate change. In a final paragraph, indicate what your views were going in and whether they were reinforced or changed by what you heard, and why. Due Thurs. Apr. 8 at the beginning of class, or via email.

Wed. Jan. 27, 2010 at 9 pm on all major networks (check listings) and on the web. President Obama’s State of the Union address. Watch the event and write a one page essay where you describe and evaluate this address. What were three of his proposals? Describe each in a separate paragraph. Do you think these proposals are good or bad ideas? Explain. Are they likely to have smooth sailing or face problems in getting passed by the Congress, if congressional approval is required? Then in your final paragraph, evaluate his speech overall.