`R 201:EASTERN RELIGIONS Winter 1999`

EXTRA CREDIT POLICY FOR PROFESSOR DALE CANNON

documented participation in the Field Trip with at least one journal entry about the experience;
incorporation of first hand or field research in the Research Project (Term Paper Option I);
having a thoughtful, knowledgeable representative (of the tradition which your Research Project is about) read a draft of your paper and give you constructive critical feedback by means of which you will be enabled to make necessary corrections to pass the Test of Empathy [note: this must be documented]; or
conducting first hand or field research on some expression of one of the traditions we are studying in the course and writing up a 3-5 page, typed, double-space report due not later than Friday, Mar 12.

This first-hand or field research may consist of an in-depth interview with a member or participant in one of these traditions, on-site observation and investigation, etc. It should be done with care and reflective preparation for what to ask, what to notice, and what to take notes about. Helpful guidance is given in section three (and the appendix) of Writing and Research in Religious Studies, by Donald E. Miller and Barry Jay Seltser, on library reserve. Documentation for the short report (including such things as interviews and on-site observation) should follow MLA format, not the format given in Miller and Seltser's book.

Completing any one of these activities as stated with a serious attempt to empathetically understand the tradition(s) in question (and, in the latter two activities, to faithfully convey that empathetic understanding) will raise your grade for any one of the examinations or for your paper 1 grade point).