Applied Sciences

The Signature Assignment will be a 3-4 page essay (excluding cover page and references) on one of the two topics listed below (do NOT do both!): Analyze the ideas of culture from five advertisements using the concepts we have discussed in the course. Be sure to include the ads in your paper OR Explain how a candidate for Congress in the US would use concepts we have discussed in the course to put together a campaign for election. You should use a minimum of 5 academic sources in support of your Signature Assignment. Your goal is to make an argument and support it with concepts that we have discussed in the course. Must be double-spaced with 1-inch margins and typed in 12-point Times New Roman. Your Essay should have a Cover Page and Works Cited Page. Essays should be proofread for spelling and grammar mistakes. You must cite all texts used, including page numbers to avoid plagiarism. Your essay must have a thesis statement and a conclusion based upon the sources that you read. Make sure that you find evidence to back it up.

Write a brief (at least 250 word) response to the essay “Why Art Matters.” Actions Questions to consider as you respond to the essay: Did anything resonate with you about the nature of and need for art? Do you have any personal experiences with the arts, and have you seen how art can be a refuge during difficult or uncertain times?  Why does art matter to you? And if you don’t think it does, how could you anticipate it mattering to you in the future? (Although, I imagine most of you listen to music and watch movies–at least; so I would counter that art does matter to you). How do you think a deeper understanding of the arts would affect your life?

Your task is as follows:   If we believe Liu’s thesis, that 21st century America –by dint of its diversity and the appropriation of digital realms for cultural commentary –will disavow one man who defines ‘cultural literacy’, then we must work as omni-Americans to collectively define the boundaries of cultural literacies.   This isn’t easy work. We’re all different, and what’s popular today will be left behind tomorrow, mere detritus in the vast floating jetsam that is popular culture. Still, some things endure in our culture. If Hirsch laid the foundation for it some 30 years ago, and we-all have the means to update that list today, what does a revised list look like?   As part of your response, I want you to clearly understand the implications Liu makes in his article, but I also want you to reference entries from Hirsch’s work; the latter might be items that you’d replace, or that you’d keep, or that you think could be a one-for-one swap for a ‘thing’ from our culture that better defines literacy today.   Allow me an example: “wireless” is not an entry in Hirsch’s book. It could have been, because prior to the 1920s, people called radio ‘wireless’. It has other applications, too: garage door openers, deep-space communications, cordless telephones, etc., are all wireless. But with the rise of cellular technology in the 1990s, the term wireless was revived. One could make a fairly convincing argument (albeit using Liu’s directives as well as the other pundits we’ve read this semester) that that’s one possible update for the list.   So, in short, applying Liu’s conceptual framework for an updated list, and using Hirsch’s list as a starting point, how do you go about facilitating that list? What does it now include? And why have you included those items?

Asian/American Theatre and Performance Studies Syllabus   Imagine that you are the professor for a new spring course in Asian/American Theatre and Performance Studies at university. What would be the main theme around which you would design the course? Asian/American women playwrights? Yellowface on stage and screen? Asians in operas, operettas, and musicals? What do you hope that students would take away from this course? How would you accomplish these objectives? How would you organize the series of assigned readings and viewings? Will your class include any field trips to see performances or conduct archival research? Will you invite guest scholars or artists? For your final project, you will create your own Asian/American theatre syllabus. The syllabus must include the following:   • a course description o 100-150 words o summarize the exigency, content, and guiding questions for the course • learning goals o use active verbs to list 4-6 objectives that students will achieve by the end of taking this course • week-by-week reading/viewing assignments and activities for 10 weeks o assign at least 10 plays and/or films o assign at least 5 scholarly articles or book chapters ? you may copy only 1/3 of the plays and 1/3 of the scholarly writings that are in Prof. Galella’s syllabus because you are encouraged to seek out additional texts o include, if you want, specific field trips and guest speakers o organize the assignments so that they build upon one another, they are in conversation with one another, and they are grouped into sub-themes • a syllabus rationale  o 400-500 words o justify your chosen course theme o address how your students will meet your learning goals  o elaborate on your selected readings/viewings (not every single one of them but a representative sample) ? demonstrate knowledge of these texts ? rationalize why you are assigning them o explain how you organized the course   You will be assessed based on your demonstration of research and thought, pedagogical skill, cogent organization, written clarity, and following of assignment guidelines.

The writer should come out as an expert in packaging and is able to link the increased importance of sustainability and – Re Use , Reduce, Re Cycle , Recover and SDG as packaged commodity grows especially in 3rd world . The focus of content should be third world and developing economy

Read the two articles below: explaining how each portrait was made and the artists’ idea behind the pieces In the discussion board: Create your own personal thread and answer and discuss the question below: Discussion topic: Which portrait is more “true” to the individual the sculpture represents? Explain why you think so: Also explain why the other sculpture is not as true to the individual it represents. A) Marc Quinn, Self  or B) Daniel Chester French, The Lincoln Memorial statue    Also, mention the following and answer each question below while reasoning within their post: What is the artist’s reason for making the piece? = truth? What is it made out of? why did the artist use that material? = truth? who will view the sculpture/who is the sculpture intended for? = truth? How does each of the areas reveal the real truth about the person the piece represents? or not reveal truth?

Research project on an issue in sport social media. Include the following: What context and issue are you studying? Why is it relevant? What perspectives are most relevant to your topic (i.e., business, communication, societal issues, sport performance)? What is your research question (or hypothesis)? What method(s) will you choose, and how will you conduct your study? How will you analyze your data? What do you hope to learn, and how might it contribute to the industry (i.e., the “real world”)? ISSUE: Media only focusing on the highlights of an athlete and not their mental health. QUESTION: Why doesn’t sports media focus on athletes mental health and behaviour more, rather than just their highlights? SOURCES: 2 out of the 4 sources need to be academic, they also need to be relevant. OTHER: do not include an abstract, and turn question into a thesis statement.

FINAL PAPER CONTENT INSTRUCTIONS This assignment is based on Sidney Lumet’s film, Network (1976). Students are responsible for locating and watching the film. It is in print on DVD and is widely available on video streaming platforms. Essay Format and Length: Essays must be typed and double spaced in MLA format.  5-7 pages (including a required “Works Cited” page). You are to construct your essay based on the following questions and discussion points: Briefly describe and summarize (in your own words) Mr. Jensen’s famous “forces of nature” speech to Howard Beale? Give an example of how the worldwide corporate and financial domination that Mr. Jensen spoke of continues today. Name a specific company or corporation that owns and controls several media outlets. How much control does that particular company have over its media content? Briefly summarize Howard Beale’s “turn off your television set…turn them off…” sermon / speech during his first revised newscast. Did audiences perceive this film as pure satire or fantasy in 1976?  How has this film become less of a satire and more of a “prophesy” about the current state of reality television?  (NOTE:  This question will require you to locate original 1976 newspaper and magazine film reviews as well as other relative material to support your answer). Valid sources for an academic research paper include: Original film reviews (New York Times, Variety Magazine, Cinema Today). Books about specific films or directors (filmographies, biographies, and autobiographies). Interview transcripts (with directors or actors…Ex: Hitchcock / Truffaut). Video and audio interviews (must be cited properly and written transcription-style in your finished essay). Critical essays by notable film historians (Robert Osbourne, Roger Ebert etc…). Sources that are not valid include: Personal blogs, Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter Wikipedia or any other facsimile Product reviews from commercial retail sites (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.) IMDB (Internet Movie Database) reviews and plot summaries

There is a 5-page case study about Lytro, no further research is required beyond the case. The assignment is to conduct an entrepreneurial strategy assessment of Lytro and develop recommendations for how it can enhance its chance to establish and sustain a competitive advantage based on three questions:  1) Comparing Alternative Entrepreneurial Strategies – 50% of the paper 2) Choosing an Entrepreneurial Strategy – 25% of the paper 3) Entrepreneurial Strategy Recommendations – 25% of the paper In-depth details are found in the attachments, it quite a simple paper, no research needed beyond the case. It’s 8-pages but you can including any frameworks used, so I’d say the writing can be 7 pages. We can discuss this further and I will be available to submit any further data/frameworks and answer any questions needed.

This assignment is Reflection Assignment.  1. To be successful in this Assignment first of all you have to read attached file “My Reconciliation Action Plan” where I wrote My Action Plans. 2. Then please carefully read attached file “Reconciliation Action Plans of other srudents” where you can find Action Plans from other students.  3. Carefully read and choose most realistic, actionable, specific and respectful. 4. Then answer to this question: Which of the “reconciliation action plans of other students” do you want to emulate?(write which page of attached file) Why? How will you add this idea to your own plan?