FIRST EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT (10 points):

Log onto the CLASS DISCUSSION on WebCT link on course main page. Post two replies to questions before September 13 and again two more before September 20. See "Listserve" link for more details

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SECOND EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT (10 points):

DUE IN CLASS ON 25 Ocotober 2003

  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.)(Questions for Critical Review:  What aspects of AIDS were communicated in this form of entertainment?  How were these aspects presented?  Did you understand this reference to AIDS before you reveiwed this work?  What other references to HIV/AIDS might be found in this work?)
 
 

THIRD CREDIT ASSIGNMENT:

DUE IN CLASS ON 13 DECEMBER 2003

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

CLIP 10 CURRENT (as of 1 September 2003) NEWSPAPER OR MAGAZINE ARTICLES ON ISSUES OF HIV OR AIDS

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