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stigma as related to mental illness; demonstrate familiarity with the major psychological concepts in the stigma literature.
Topic ideas to further enhance the literature review:
What is the functional nature of why we stigmatize? Identify important dimensions of stigma as related to mental illness. Understand the impact of stigma on outcomes such as self-esteem, health, and academic performance; demonstrate familiarity with empirical findings such as the relationship between stigma and self-esteem and the consequences of stigma for physical health. Discuss the psychological implications of concealing a stigma; why do some people identify their mental illness and others do not? What are the implications?

•Choose a leader or a major initiative you know of that failed. Conduct an analysis of this failure and identify how the people involved did not exercise sound leadership practices. Conclude by describing how you would have employed the skills you learned to improve the outcome.

 

The Leadership Challenge, 4th Edition
James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
and
Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It, Revised Edition
James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner

Part 1: What part of assessing the writing situation, finding your subject, defining your purpose, or considering your audience most stood out to you, and why? How do you think understanding the writing situation will help you in your writing for this course and beyond? Do you always consider all of these elements before writing? Why, or why not? How will this reading change how you approach assignments, if at all? How would you explain the writing situation and its importance to a fellow CSU student?

Part 2: , define academic writing style response about academic writing. Consider the following questions as you construct your response: What is academic writing? How does academic writing differ from other forms of writing, such as public and business writing? What are some of the conventions of academic writing? What are some of the genres of academic writing? What is important for students to keep in mind when they begin a piece of academic writing?
100-200 words

Part 3: , describe your past experiences with English. You may consider the following questions to help you get started: How did you approach the subject of English when you were last in school? What was the last thing that you wrote (for example, an email, a text message, a message on a post-it note, etc.)? What are the most common kinds of day-to-day writing that you do? How do you feel about yourself as a writer right now? Is there anything in particular that you would like to learn in this class?

a well-developed literary analysis essay of DIVERGENT. Discuss Roth’s use of imagery and literary devices/figurative language in Divergent,as a means by which to convey Tris’ discovery of culture, self and the courage it takes to succeed in life. synthesize Roth’s ideas with those in Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken.” Do they feel the same way about making bold or unusual choices in life? What literary elements does each author use to convey their feelings on this subject?

I.    Introduction
A.    Lead-in (powerful first line!)
B.    Overview of the situation: provide necessary information about your topic that a listener may or may not already know. What is the problem? Who or what is involved?
C.    Background: Along with the overview of the situation, provide any necessary background information might include dates, names, past examples, and other relevant history of the situation.
II.    Position statement (claim):Once you have acquainted the listener with your topic, you need to tell the listener why you are speaking about this topic in the first place:
    Truth claim
    Value claim
    Or policy claim
III.    Appeals (ethos, pathos, logos) and evidence
A.    Appeals:  to ethics, character, authority (ethos); to emotions (pathos); to reason (logos)
B.    Evidence:  citing of statistics, results, findings, examples, laws, relevant passages from authoritative texts
IV.    Refutation (often presented with the evidence): What would the other side have to say about your thesis? How would you respond to this opponent? What can you do to prove the other side wrong?
V.    Conclusion (peroration)
A.    Highlights of key points presented (if appropriate)
B.    Recommendations (if appropriate)
C.    Illuminating restatement of thesis
D.    Powerful last line!

The Philosophy of Black Power, typified by the work of Malcolm X. Describe these two philosophies and explain how they were different, then discuss which strategy seems more effective in generating long-term advances for African Americans

1.    What, exactly, is  altruistic suicide, and how does Durkheim relate it to personal and collective identity.
2.    Examples of statistical patterns that are at odds with his theory of altruistic suicide.

Discuss the influence of American Music on World Music, the influence of World Music on American Music and how the transistor radio affected this cross pollination

compare and contrast same sex marriage

Describe the history and art of these movements, using examples of  specific artworks.