Students imagine themselves to be policy advisers and write a policy memorandum on government transparency and secrecy to the imagined Transparency Reform Council.... Read more about Policy Memorandum and Government Transparency

To gain practical experience in investment situations, students pitch real estate investments to their peers and determine where to allocate their capital.... Read more about Real Estate Investment Pitch Project

Throughout the term students prepared three case studies in order to engage with information on the American legal system.... Read more about Crime, Justice, and the American Legal System: Case Study Preparation

In Patterns & Processes in Fish Diversity (OEB 130), Professor George Lauder's students create entries for the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).... Read more about Choose your own fish

Emily Russell designed this for Physics 95: Topics in Current Research aimed towards junior and senior concentrators in Physics.  Students were encouraged to develop their skills in explaining complicated physics topics in layman’s terms through a short video presentation. This project incorporates public speaking skills and video technology like Final Cut Pro. 

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Students were asked to produce a multimedia and historical analysis of the archives of Saudi Aramco World. It aimed to bring historical and secondary sources alive by putting students directly in contact with primary, archival sources and asking them to critically engage with those materials.

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Pia Sörensen detailed out this month-long procedure for Science and Cooking students' final projects, which involve a report and a presentation on a food science related topic of a student groups' choice. 

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Students in Caroline Light's general education course, Sex and the Citizen, create five-minute visual essays in response to Brenda Weber's, Makeover Nation. In order to do this assignment, students must complete the assigned reading and gain familiarity with iMovie, Prezi, or PowerPoint. These visual essays or makeover parodies are meant to address issues of identity and citizenship central to the course.... Read more about Visual Essays and Makeover Parodies

Students practice creating a web development project and presenting it to an audience in teams, essential skills in this field.

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A three day simulation of the Parliament of World Religions teaches students about the role of faith groups in addressing climate change.

Goals:

• to provide an opportunity to study religious teachings related to nature and the environment
• to investigate ways these teachings might contribute to practical policies and actions by persons and communities of faith in the face of destructive climate change
• to intensify the learning experience by simulating the work of delegates to a real world...

After field trips to three different museums, students create a short 90 second podcast in which they discuss one object encountered. Through this project, students engage with primary artifacts and practice their communication skills.

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