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Senior Seminar in
American Studies
The Purpose of this course is to give seniors practical
skills that will launch them into the next phase of their lives.
The readings for this course were carefully selected to prepare
them for graduate school in this discipline. If they do not choose
American Studies as a career path, the textual analysis that students
complete in this course will be useful in many other fields.
Students will each be assigned a first-year student
to mentor. Just as they are expected to be a mentor, they will each
receive a mentor from the Univeristy of Minnesota's American Studies
Ph.D. program.
They will each be responsible for leading class
discussions and as a group will contribute to the American Studies
Senior Seminar web page. The written work for this course will include
an application for whatever life choice each student plans to make
after Macalester. Each student will complete a personal statement
and a draft of a writing sample as a part of their life plan.
Photo
Gallery of the senior seminar class
American
Studies Fall '07 Gatherings
(Web Gallery)
Class
Syllabus
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