20 November 2009

FINAL EXAM INSTRUCTIONS

The final exam will be take-home just like the midterm. For some reason the University has scheduled the final exam time for 8 am Wednesday 16 December. Unless there is a demand to keep it at the original time, I will have the deadline for exams and rewritten papers from 1230-130pm that day. This overlaps the other exam times, so it will not interfere with any other finals you may be taking that day.

The final exam will have two parts: a cumulative questions that everyone answers, and a more topical Part B that everyone will answer TWO questions from. For history majors looking ahead to Senior Comps, I always ask the question from Part A, so putting some good thought into this answer will benefit you in the future.

An adequate answer for these questions should be a minimum of 4-5 pages. Since you have nearly four weeks to think of these questions, and I am placing them on a blog where you can discuss them, I am expecting each of you to push yourselves beyond the mediocre.

All materials must be turned in as hardcopies. I will not accept email attachments.

2 comments:

  1. So am i correct in thinking that we have THREE 4-5 page papers to do for this final? Or is it still TWO, like the midterm?

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  2. Hi Katherine,
    In light of the research paper deadline I think I will make it just TWO questions. I will also remove the PART A/B requirement so everyone may answer any two out of the four questions. I will remind history majors that Part A is the question I always ask for Senior Comps, so those taking the comps in the future might want to consider this an opportunity for a practice run.
    -ej

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