The subject is called “Introduction to Humanities”. The main theme of self-examination paper is “Has your understanding of happiness been mistaken in any ways? How does Bok’s work challenge you to reconceive of happiness?”, but you should provide original title.
Students are tasked with demonstrating knowledge of the humanities and humanistic inquiry by authoring a thesis-driven response to one of the prompts provided below. Each paper must be no fewer than 1,300 words but should not exceed 2,250.
TURNITIN WILL CHECK YOUR WORK ON PLAGIARISM AND CHAT GPT (AI-GENERATED TEXT)
Minimum Expectations for All Papers
The grade for this assignment is based on assessing the student’s knowledge of key concepts and/or works from the course. Therefore, papers must explicitly engage assigned course materials to receive a grade greater than 50%. This means that papers must feature direct application, critique, and/or discussion of assigned readings, videos, and/or lectures. Since such engagement with others’ work is required, it ought to go without saying that submitted papers must also provide the relevant in-text citations and references in the works cited page.
Lastly, only papers that demonstrate critical thinking through consideration of competing perspectives, including objections or contrasting claims and arguments, will receive a grade of 70% or better. Though the central focus should be on advancing your unique thesis, be sure that you anticipate objections and/or alternative interpretations, explaining why you do not find such views compelling.
Don’t Forget Your Thesis!
Be sure to identify your thesis and clearly stated in your introduction. Often students present their thesis for the first time in the conclusion. This leaves the reader bewildered as they attempt to follow the author’s train of thought or line of argumentation. Be sure to utilize carefully devised topic sentences to guide the reader to the main idea of each paragraph, and ensure that main idea advances your paper’s central claim–your thesis.
Document Formatting
All papers must adhere to formal writing guidelines such as MLA, Chicago, or APA . Students are also required to include a head-shot photo on page one at the top right of all formal assignment submissions including the Term paper. The requirement of the head-shot is to aid the professor in recognizing students by putting ideas and names to faces. Include a photo of yourself at the top right of page one, below the header with your name and page number on page one, only. The absence of the photo on the term paper will result in a 2% deduction.
For self-examination paper:
Author a critical analysis of your present values, beliefs, commitments and/or actions in the light of course readings in one of the course’s topic areas. The emphasis of this paper should be on providing an in-depth consideration of a particular question. Put differently: do not sacrifice depth of analysis in order to cover a lot of ground. Students are encouraged to identify a particular focus and answer a question that is particularly of interest and importance to them.
Content and form: The paper need not be a cut-and-dry argument driven paper, but it must have discernable purpose and direction. This essay must also directly consider and engage course works and ideas relevant to the chosen topic. Furthermore, students should consider and engage ideas that challenge as well as confirm the author’s own thinking. Finally, be sure to thoughtfully organize and develop the paper: interesting introduction, carefully developed body paragraphs, conclusion.
Keys to a successful Self-Examination paper:
1. Identify and articulate the key question your paper is considering and seeking to answer or bring clarity to.
2. Draw on, implement and/or critically evaluate course ideas/works relevant to your paper’s focus.
3. Consider contrasting or opposing perspectives (i.e. those ideas you do not (or are less) convinced by)
NO PLAGIARISM OR AI-GENERATED PROMPTS (I.E. NO CHAT GPT AND ETC)
Here attached are more specific instructions for term paper. You should follow the rubric.
Moreover, you can see citations list, book, and parts of a book for citation.