Comparitive Human Experience

Step 1

Choose Two Civilizations

To begin your analysis, choose two different societies or civilizations that we have covered in this class, within the time period we have considered (ca. 5000 BCE–1600 CE). Refer back to your 
Final Project Preparation assignment that you completed in Week 3, in which you chose two different societies or civilizations.

Step 2

Choose One Theme

Then, choose one of the following themes for your analysis:

· Mortality

· Birth or Rebirth

· Evil

· Justice

· Truth

· Beauty

· Suffering

· Happiness

· Enslavement

· Order

· Common Good

· Step 3

· Choose your sources

· Choose two works considered primary sources from each civilization

· Select at least two works (literature, philosophy, theology, art, architecture, or music) from each culture or society that expresses the chosen theme of your analysis, for a total of four primary sources.

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· Choose two scholarly secondary sources, one relevant to each civilization

· Select at least two scholarly secondary sources, such as scholarly journal articles, scholarly books, or chapters in scholarly books. Remember that the textbook does not count toward this research requirement.

Step 4

Prepare Your Analysis

In your analysis,

· Compare how one human theme is expressed in two different societies or civilizations covered in the course.

· Examine at least two works considered primary sources from each of the chosen societies or civilizations that express the human theme (four works total).

· Explain how the society or civilization in which it was created influenced each work.

· Utilize at least two scholarly secondary sources, one for each of the chosen societies or civilizations, to help you contextualize and explain these works.

· Discuss how ideas about the theme in the societies or civilizations you have chosen influence our thinking today.

Step 5

Choose a Format to Present Your Analysis

For your final project, you are encouraged to think openly and choose the format for your original work from the list below that enables you to express yourself most effectively. 
Note: Unless you choose to submit a research paper as your original work, you must create and upload a transcript to meet the requirements of this assignment. The transcript should include a script of what you read for your presentation, plus any additional dialog and descriptive information that will help others understand your work clearly. If your instructor will need a hyperlink to access your presentation, don’t forget to include it at the beginning of the transcript that you upload to the classroom.

Choose 
one of the options below to present your original work:

· A six-page double-spaced research paper (not including title and references pages). Review the 

Research paper submission requirements
.

The Comparative Human Experience final project

· Must include a separate title page, slide, or frame with the following:

· Title of project in bold font

· Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.

· Student’s name

· Name of institution (the University of Arizona Global Campus)

· Course name and number

· Instructor’s name

· Due date

· Must utilize academic voice. See the 


Academic Voice

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 resource for additional guidance.

· Must include an introduction and conclusion. Your introduction needs to include a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your project.

· For assistance on writing 


Introductions & Conclusions

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 and 


Writing a Thesis Statement

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, refer to the Writing Center resources.

· Must use at least two scholarly sources, not including the course text.

· The 


Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources

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 table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.

· You may use material from the course text, but it should not comprise the majority of your assignment. The objective is to do research beyond the course text.

· To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view 


Quick and Easy Library Research

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 tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.

· Must use at least four primary sources.

· Primary sources can include works of literature, philosophy, theology, history, art, architecture, music, or material culture.

· Use the 
LIB101 research guide: Library resources and primary sources as a resource for finding primary sources.

· You may also use primary sources found within the weekly civilization tours.

· Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s 


APA: Citing Within Your Paper

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· Must include a separate references page, slide, or frame that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the 


APA: Formatting Your References List

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 resource in the Writing Center for specifications.