GROUP PROJECTS:

Date & Time	Topic	Group Members	On-Line Posting Deadline
12/3: 9:30-9:50 a.m.	Turn in short paper III; student evaluations
12/3: 9:55-10:45 a.m.	Privacy: Encryption	Alexian, Alvarez, Donato, Ibbetson, Khashan, Miller	11/26
12/5: 9:00-9:50 a.m.	Affirmative Action: Adarand	Fields, Friscia, Gass, Gutierrez, Rodgers, Simasingh	11/28
12/5: 9:55-10:45 a.m.	Privacy: Condom distribution in high schools	Donihue, Ignacio, Labio, Schwendener, Sin, Taylor	11/28
12/10: 9:00-9:50 a.m.	Religious Freedom v. Animal Rights	Haag, Hong, Kung, Mota	12/3
12/10: 9:55-10:45 a.m.	Affirmative Action: Bakke	Hegazi, Melendez, Wojciechowski	12/3
12/12: 9:00-9:50 a.m.	Privacy: Bowers v. Hardwick	Cobb, Carrano, Sanchez, Shelton, Valencia	12/5
12/12: 9:55-10:45 a.m.	Privacy: Mandatory Drug Testing of Student Athletes	Ara, Barr, Sheiday, Wroniak	12/5

For Unit III, you are required to participate with a group of 4-6 students in the class on an independent project on an approved topic. You should identify examples of both legal and philosophical reasoning on the issue from on-line sources and analyze the arguments and methodologies used in consideration of the issue.

On-Line presentation: Your panel should disseminate an overview of the issues and suggested on-line resources (at last 6) to the class. You may either

1. post an essay to the class discussion group (please use both the discussion group and the class e-mail distribution, so everyone is sure to see it) or
2. post a Web page on-line; please send an e-mail message to the class with the URL (Web-address) of the page by the deadline.

Either way, your on-line presentation should be available seven (7) calendar days before your oral presentation to the class. GRADING: up to 12 points (group grade)

Oral presentation: Your panel will make a 50-minute presentation to the entire class during the last two weeks of class. GRADING: up to 12 points (individual grading)

Written presentation: Each person in the group will write your own final paper (10-15 pages) analyzing the issues and resources for the issue you select. GRADING: up to 24 points (individual grading)

DUE: Thursday, December 19: 10:00 a.m. - MHB-908

TO ARRIVE ON TIME:

1. deliver a hard-copy print-out in person,
2. fax a typed copy to the Department fax by 10:00 a.m. (985-7135),
3. to send an e-mail attachment, please send it by Wednesday, December 18, so we can verify that it arrived correctly

IF YOUR PAPER IS LATE: You will be given an "Incomplete" if this is the only course requirement you have not yet completed. You should submit a form, "Request for incomplete Grade" and complete the section with your name and address.