Guidelines: You will be graded according to how your answers reflect your engagement with and mastery of the assigned materials, lectures, news and current events, and other relevant information that have been covered in the course during the semester. Make your answer as accurate, rich, and insightful as possible. The more concrete and specific substance you include, the better. However, do not repeat information or examples. Demonstrate your ability to integrate the assigned material and class discussions with your SDRR research to answer the question below.
You can draw directly from the course materials, e.g., to reference readings and viewing materials that were assigned on the syllabus, those that appear under ‘Course Materials’ and ‘News and Current Events’ on our Canvas site, and your SDRR research document to craft your answer.
Instructions: Answer the question below. Type your answer directly into this downloaded Word document. Save your document as: LastName POL150 Final S2024. To submit your exam, upload the Word document to Canvas->Assignments->Final.
Use 11-point font, Times New Roman, and single line-spacing. The word range for the essay is 750-1000 words. Stipulate the word count for your essay immediately following the answer.
Bibliography and Citations: You do not need a bibliography for this exam. If you draw from specific materials, please use in-text citations to reference them. However, you should use the following format to reference the sources of your information from the textbook and your annotated bibliography. Follow this format: (Beeson, 2017: 84). For sources that do not have authors and/or pages, follow this format: (PBS FRONTLINE, 2023).
Note: The use of direct quotes is not allowed.
SJU Academic Honesty Policy: As always, the SJU Academic Honesty Policy is in effect. Any violation of that policy will result in a grade of zero (0) for the exam and the course. This includes any partial or full use of artificial intelligence to write your answers.
Due Date: Your exam is due on Saturday, May 11th by 11:59am.
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In this class, we have defined politics as a process through which actors use means to compete and cooperate with each other to gain favorable outcomes for their values and interests. Discuss how and why your SDRR research topic is political as per this definition.
