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PA 5934 is also offered in Fall 2021
Fall 2021 | PA 5934 Section 001: HPAR - Humphrey Public Affairs Review Board Seminar (33432)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- S-N only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/14/2021Tue 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 27409/28/2021Tue 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 27410/12/2021Tue 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 27410/26/2021Tue 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 27411/09/2021Tue 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 27411/23/2021Tue 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 27412/07/2021Tue 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 274
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (10 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides a seminar context for the work of members of the editorial board for the Humphrey Public Affairs Review (HPAR). It meets seven times over the course of Fall semester to provide logistical and technical guidance for the Board as it produces the online journal. Students engage in the various activities required to publish the journal. In the beginning of the semester, students conduct outreach to solicit submissions and discuss the selection criteria for submissions. They work closely with the conventions of APA style and citations, while developing their copyediting abilities. Central to journal production is engaging with the peer-review process, through providing feedback to authors and discussing critiques with editing teams. Finally, students submit their own pieces of writing to the journal for publication. As a result, students participate in peer-review as both an editor and an author.
- Class Notes:
- Class meets on alternating weeks. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?dlevison+PA5934+Fall2021
- Class Description:
This 1.5 credit student-run seminar provides a context for the work of members of the editorial board for the Humphrey Public Affairs Review (HPAR). It meets seven times over the course of Fall semester to provide logistical and technical guidance for the board as it produces the online journal. The faculty member acting as HPAR advisor ensures that meetings run smoothly, among other things.
In Fall 2020 this course will use a hybrid format due to Covid-19: it will simultaneously meet both in-person (6 meetings before Thanksgiving with Prof. Levison) and remotely every other week.
Over the course of the semester, students engage in the various activities required to publish the journal. In the beginning of the semester, students conduct outreach to solicit submissions and discuss the selection criteria for submissions. They work closely with the conventions of APA style and citations, while developing their copyediting abilities. Central to journal production is engaging with the peer-review process, through providing feedback to authors and discussing critiques with editing teams. Finally, students submit their own pieces of writing to the journal for publication. As a result, students participate in peer-review as both an editor and an author.More limited HPAR responsibilities will continue in Spring semester, but without a course context, until the annual issue has been published.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Participation in this course is encouraged, but not required, for HPAR board members. HPAR board members who are not enrolled in the course may attend the seminar as their schedules allow, and they are responsible for staying in touch with their fellow board members when they cannot attend.Students who want to submit something they wrote to the journal but do not want to join the editorial team should not take this class.
- Learning Objectives:
- Through this course, students will:● Students will gain skills in project management by managing deadlines, engaging with authors, and contributing to the annual publication.● Students will develop their editing abilities through participating in the peer-review process and a close study of APA conventions.● Students will cultivate their academic writing abilities by submitting a piece to the annual publication and participating in the peer-review process as an author.● Contribute to the HPAR visioning process by discussing the selection criteria for compelling submissions.● Engage in HPAR outreach efforts.
- Grading:
- Approximate grading for this pass-fail (S/N class):10% Analysis of another school's public affairs journal25% One the journal40% Peer reviews of other (anonymous) students' submissions25% Participation (including attendance)
HTML is allowed. - Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- In Fall 2020 this seminar will use a hybrid format due to Covid-19: every other week it will simultaneously meet both in-person (6 meetings before Thanksgiving with Prof. Levison) and remotely.
- Workload:
- In addition to the journal-related assignments, a relatively light amount of reading is assigned, including 3 chapters in Steven Pinker's (2014) Sense of Style and all of McCloskey's (2019) Economical Writing (140 short, large font pages).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33432/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 July 2020
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