Suggested descriptions and standards of papers associated with the GCSC simulation may be reviewed here. The instructor may modify as desired.
Depending on whether you are registered as a graduate or undergraduate student, and on the number of course credits, one or more of the following papers are required. Papers are expected to range between 2000 and 3000 words. More details will be discussed at the first class session.
Reflective Paper
The Reflective Paper provides an opportunity for you to articulate, refine, and integrate the learnings from classroom activities that you have found most personally valuable. Informal in style, it may be written in personal journal or diary form, which invites you to think about the personal significance of any insights or new concepts that you encountered in the GCSC simulation. You are encouraged to exercise your "right brain" while writing, allowing creative, intuitive, and stream-of-consciousness thinking to prevail over logic and rationality.
Application Paper
The Application Paper provides an opportunity for you to actually put into practice one of the communication tools (e.g., Self Mediation and Managerial Mediation) that you learned in class. Sections of the Application Paper should include:
- Case data. The objective facts of the situation, background information. Wear your "Journalist/reporter" hat.
- Analysis. Use of any theories and models learned in class that lend to a understanding of the behavioral and psychological dynamics of the situation. Wear your "Behavioral scientist" hat.
- Intervention. Describe the activities that actually occurred as you applied the communication tool you selected. (Journalist/reporter)
- Interpretation. Reflect on why the actual outcomes occurred. If your attempt was successful, explain why it worked. If it failed, explain why it failed. (Success or failure does not affect your grade for the paper or the course.) (Behavioral scientist)
Case Study
An alternative to the Application Paper, the Case Study option is available to students who do not have an opportunity to actually apply any of the communication tools learned in class within the time allowed before papers are due. The Case Study resembles the Application Paper, except that the Intervention is hypothetical. Students are strongly encouraged to opt for the Application Paper whenever possible.
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