LIB 130 World Religion Journal Instructions
The student Journal will be the most substantial assignment in this course. It will represent your on-going engagement with the core class curriculum. The focus of the Journal should be on analysis, interpretation, and commentary. It should consist of a series of short writings of varying lengths about the course material. I refer to these short writings as entries. The purpose of the journal is to provide you with the opportunity for frequent thoughtful and analytical commentary upon course-related material.
I have provided you with two different options for the Journal: (1) The Regular Journal; or (2) The Note-Taking/Journal Combo. These are described in detail on the Assignment Page of my web-site. You should familiarize yourself with these two models and make a clear choice between the options at the beginning of the course.
It is expected that you work regularly on the Journal throughout the semester, writing in it on a weekly basis. You will only need to hand in the Journal to me twice, however. You will submit your Journal to me at the five-week mark of the course. I want to check to ensure that you are making good progress on the assignment and that we share a mutual understanding as to the nature of the assignment. This will be worth 25% of your course mark. Your second submission will be due at the end of the semester. This will also be worth 25% of the course grade.