HUM 403: Senior Sem: Community As Text

The is a senior seminar and the capstone course for the Creative Studies and Writing program. Students will engage in reading and discussion of the literature and philosophy of community and will undertake, individually or collaboratively, a field research project that involves active learning within a particular community. This project may include such activities as archival research, personal interviews, audio or video recordings, site visits, attendance at community meetings or events, and close observation and documentation over a period of time. The project may be linked to the students' particular creative interests or to their choice for HUM 341 - Humanities Applied: Experiential Learning. Students will produce project results and evaluation in a properly written and documented format based on their community exploration and theoretical background. Students will also make final presentations of their field projects using appropriate technological tools. As a final requirement of the course students will produce an electronic portfolio.