Assignment 1: It’s in the Syllabus!
Instruction: Take the quiz on your syllabus. The quiz is on Blackboard.
Assignment 2: Write Some Email
Review the suggestions for writing effective emails. Then write the following three emails:
- Write me (Professor Matz) asking for help on an essay or a concept in the course.
- Write me (Professor Matz) explaining why you missed class and what you can do about it.
- Write a member of the Mason Korea University LIfe staff asking about a how you could start a new RSO (Registered Student Organization) for students who enjoy hiking.
For all these emails you can make up your questions. You do not need, for example, to have a genuine question for email #1, really to have missed a class to write email #2, or have a genuine policy question for email #3. The goal here is to show how you can write a professional email for each of these situations.
Each email should have
- A subject heading
- A salutation
- Your question in the body of the message
- Your signature
The emails will be evaluated on how clearly and professionally they lay out the question and its context. They will also be evaluated on the appropriateness of their form and language, as well as the professionalism of the writing, which should be grammatical, easy to understand, and free of proofreading errors. There is no set length for the emails. It is up to you to decide on the appropriate length for each one.
Write your emails in a Word or other word processor document, with each of the three emails on separate pages. Give your emails header information as follows, as if the email was actually sent:
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Do not send me actual emails. When you finish, upload your work to the assignment space on Blackboard.
Assignment 3: Identify Opportunities in the Community
Pick either assignment version 1 or 2.
1. Read through the current list of Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) and do one of the following:
Pick two student organizations from the list of RSOs that you would like to join. For each RSO answer the following questions:
- Why does this RSO interest you?
- What are some of the benefits you think you might receive from joining this RSO?
- How do you think you might contribute to the RSO?
Though the questions are posed in outline form, write your answers in essay form, that is, in sentences and paragraphs. Upload your response to the assignment space on Blackboard.
OR
2. Propose your own RSO you would like to see developed on campus. You can download a version of the proposal form at New Registered Student Organization. Once you download it, fill it out and upload to the assignment space on Blackboard.
Assignment 4: Campus Scavenger Hunt
Fill out the scavenger hunt worksheet and upload to the assignment space on blackboard.
Assignment 5: Note-taking
Provide any two out of three examples of your note taking:
- A book or article assigned for a class this semester. Take pictures of as many pages as you think you need to demonstrate your note taking, but at least five. Upload the images on the assignment page for this assignment in Blackboard.
- A textbook for a class this semester. Take pictures of as many pages as you think you need to demonstrate your note taking, but at least five. Upload the images on the assignment page for this assignment in Blackboard.
- A class this semester. Take pictures of all the notes for one class session. If you use a computer or other electronic means to take notes, upload the notes file on the assignment page for this assignment in Blackboard.
Evaluation Criteria: your notes should demonstrate your skills in getting the main idea and key points that support that idea, important terms in or elements of the text or lecture, and questions you raise or connections you make for further consideration.
Assignment 6: Study Plan
Pick one upcoming midterm. Explain how you will study for it. Provide both a schedule of when you will study, and the way or ways (probably ways) you will study for it. Use this study plan template and questionnaire to complete the assignment. When you have, upload it to the assignment space on Blackboard.
Assignment 7: Apply Your Strength
For this assignment, you will need both the results of your Clifton StrenghtFinder and the full list of Clifton Strengths. With these two documents, write a brief essay from the questions in the Apply Your Strength Worksheet. When you finish, upload your essay to the assignment space on Blackboard.
Assignment 8: Write a Resume
Create a resume that you can use for multiple kinds of jobs. Follow the guidelines you learned from the Mason Korea Career Center. Upload your essay to the assignment space on Blackboard.
Assignment 9: Stress Test
Take the Stress Test and then write the essay as instructed in the prompts included with the Stress Test questionnaire. While there are several question prompts following the test for you to use for your essay, try to write the essay as a smoothly formed whole, rather than a set of separate answers to those questions. The essay should be about a page long. When you finish, upload essay (not the test unless you wish to) to the assignment space on Blackboard. Note: in writing this essay, you do not have to write about anything that you do not feel comfortable revealing to me.
Assignment 10 Breaking the Bubble
Find a partner as described in the International Experiences assignment document, have a conversation based on the questions in the document, and then write a brief essay based on that conversation, as described in the document. When you finish upload your the assignment document with your essay to the assignment space on Blackboard.
Assignment 11: Advisor Meeting
Schedule a meeting with your advisor and prepare for it by filling out the first part of the Registration Advising Sheet. After you see your advisor, fill out the second part. After you see your advisor, upload your notes from part I and the results of your meeting in part II to the assignment space on Blackboard.
Assignment 12: Researching Financial Opportunities
Do some research on opportunities to support your education at Mason Korea. Use this Researching Financial Opportunities assignment to provide the results of your research and to plan for applying for the opportunities. After you complete both parts of the assignment, upload the results to the assignment space on blackboard.
Assignment 13: Disciplinary Report
Learn more about the questions, forms of evidence, and argument in your major, and what these allow your discipline to answer–and what they do not. Use the Disciplinary Report essay prompt to perform this analysis. Upload your answer to the assignment space on Blackboard.
Assignment 14: Prepare Your Final Presentation
Assignment here. Upload to Blackboard.