Grading
| %ofgrade |
Work |
| 10% |
Attendance:
You are allowed to miss one class without excuse. For each extra classyou
miss without documented excuse, you lose 2%. This grade can go into
the negative! |
| 5% |
Class
participation.You should be an active member of class, doing the reading
ahead of time, contributing to class discussions, and letting me know if
you do not understand so I can explain ideas further. |
| 15% |
Presentation.10-15minute
presentation on a topic relevant to the class, related to your paper topic.
It is a good idea to use visual aids, such as videos, Powerpoint, or posters.
See
the form that I use to evaluate your presentation. Your presentation
can, and probably should, be related to your paper topic.
If
youare comfortable doing your presentation with another person in the class,
you can do a presentation together, getting the same grade. Joint presentations
should be 20-30 minutes: their write-ups should be 2000-3000 words. |
| 15 % |
Presentation Write-Up.After
giving your presentation, you also need to write it up and submit it to
me as a word-processing or HTML document on disk or by e-mail. You
need to submit it within 2 class days of giving it. It should be
about 1000-1500 words. Your write-upshould include
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The main points of your presentation
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Important facts or statistics
related to your presentation.
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A summary of the feedback you
got on your presentation
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Your reaction and response to
the feedback.
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An annotated list of the books,
journal articles and web sites you used in your research. For each,
you should say in a few sentences a bit about the source, how it was useful
and what its limitations were.
|
| 15% |
TakeHomeTest:
Issues in Genetic Testing and Counseling |
| 40% |
Paper-Final
version. 4000 words, ~15 pages is due Thursday January 25.
Must include bibliography and detailed references. I strongly encourage
you to write a draft of your paper by Friday Jan 19 for me to comment on. |
The Perfect Baby (Second Edition) by Glenn McGee
The Lives to Come by Philip Kitcher