FIRST EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT (10 points):

Subscribe to the CLASS LISTERV (hiv_class@email.rutgers.edu) before midnight of 22 September 2000 and remain on the list through the end of the course.

The research on teaching shows that extra effort needs to be made for effective communications between instructor and students as well as student to student. To facilitate this I have established a listserv for the class where I am able to post announcements (i.e., class tomorrow will be cancelled due to blizzard conditions (no way!), respond to questions (i.e., No, IgG and IgA are not the same, see page 46 in Study Guide), and students may post appropriate (no spam!!) messages (i. e., study group meeting at library at 8 pm).

FOR MORE INFO GO TO LISTSERV DESCRIPTION

SECOND EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT (10 points):

Register on the WebCT course component. Follow the directions for the WebCT course. During the semester, questions will be posted to the DISCUSSION GROUP. To earn the 10 points of extra credit you must respond twice to two of the discussion threadsposted for discussion. You may respond directly to the question, or to another student's comment, but a total of four responses (two comments for two questions) will be necessary to earn the ten points of extra credit. Cut off dates for various questions and the discussion following them will be posted on the listserv (hiv_class@email.rutgers.edu).

THIRD EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT:

DUE IN CLASS ON 18 NOVEMBER 2000

  AIDS in Entertainment

Write a critical review of FOUR different forms of entertainment media in which HIV/AIDS issues are significant, i.e., watch a movie, watch a play, read a poem, read a novel, listen to music, watch a television special, etc.

For each example: 1)describe its content, 2)appropriate level of explanation to uninformed individuals, 3)relevance to the population or community it portrays, 4)proposal for solution to problems.

Then collect comments from three other people about your critical review of each form of entertainment. (The same three people can read the four forms of media.)

FOURTH EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT:

DUE IN CLASS ON 16 DECEMBER 2000

CURRENT EVENTS: Read it, Understand it, Explain it.

CLIP 10 CURRENT (as of 1 September 2000) NEWSPAPER OR MAGAZINE ARTICLES ON ISSUES OF HIV OR AIDS

WRITE NO MORE THAN ONE PAGE OF EXPLANATION OR BACKGROUND ON EACH ONE