Syllabus and five assignments within a two-credit live course at undergraduate level. See "Relevant Links" section for access to all assignments. Assignments include a rubric.
Assignments
Posted on January 6, 2016
Author: William (Bill) Badke
Discipline: Business, Multidisciplinary
Information Literacy Concepts: Defines Information Need (ACRL 1, SCONUL 1&2, ANZIL 1), Finds Information (ACRL 2, SCONUL 3&4, ANZIL 2&4, ANCIL 5), Evaluates (ACRL 3, SCONUL 5, ANZIL 3, ANCIL 4), Ethics (ACRL 5, SCONUL 6, ANZIL 6, ANCIL 7), Authority is Constructed / Contextual (Frame 1), Information Creation as Process (Frame 2), Information Has Value (Frame 3), Research as Inquiry (Frame 4), Scholarship as Conversation (Frame 5), Searching as Strategic Exploration (Frame 6)
Posted on August 5, 2015
Author: Susan Archambault
A 10-minute presentation accompanied by a 20-page research paper. The presentation features highlights from your extensive research on a career field, including a profile of a specific company or organization and an interview with a practicing professional.
Discipline: Business, Multidisciplinary
Information Literacy Concepts: Finds Information (ACRL 2, SCONUL 3&4, ANZIL 2&4, ANCIL 5), Uses Information (ACRL 4, SCONUL 7, ANZIL 5, ANCIL 8&9)
Posted on August 4, 2015
Author: Elisa Acosta
Students interview their professor(s) and ask them to describe how they do research, how research gets disseminated in their discipline, etc. Each student can ask one question below. This assignment can be useful as a “first day of class” activity for a First Year Seminar. Novice researchers are introduced to scholarly discourse and discipline-specific approaches to producing knowledge by experts.
Discipline: Accounting, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Biology, Business, Chemistry, Classics, Communication Studies, Computer Science, Dance, Economics, Engineering, English, Environmental Studies, Ethnic Studies, Film and TV, Health, History, Information Management, Linguistics, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Theater Arts, Theology, Urban Studies, Women's Studies
Information Literacy Concepts: Evaluates (ACRL 3, SCONUL 5, ANZIL 3, ANCIL 4), Scholarship as Conversation (Frame 5)