Transferring to Illinois State University

Learned, John; Brunken, Amber; French, Jenna; Britton, Josh

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Transferring to Illinois State University

Author(s)

Learned, John; Brunken, Amber; French, Jenna; Britton, Josh

Issue Date

2009

Keyword(s)

• transfer student
• transfer path
• Illinois State University
• ANT 285
• Fall 2009

Abstract

This project’s main focus is to better understand the complexities of transferring to Illinois State University. Research will be conducted through interviews, with transfer students and university staff who work with transfer students, observations of transfer events (i.e. Transfer Day), and analysis of scholarly journals. The data collected will be of interest to Illinois State University current transfer students. The data collected will provide insight into the “transfer-path” that each transfer student takes.

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The objective of this course is to provide students with hands-on training in ethnographic methods and writing and to help students become critical readers of ethnographic research. Instead of attempting to present a whole smorgasbord of research methods or to survey the vast literature on ethnographic fieldwork, we focus on a small selection of techniques that are central to much anthropological fieldwork (field note taking, participant observation, interviewing, mapping) and that are most useful and relevant for students' semester projects. Other techniques and issues are discussed and incorporated as they emerge from students' own research inquiries. Students will not conduct a full-blown research project but instead will get “a taste” of ethnographic research through a series of ethnographic exercises and students' own mini-project. At the end of the semester, students write an ethnographic research report based on their findings and reflections on the research process. This course is affiliated with the EUI and, as a part of this initiative, students are asked to try their hand at ethnographic research about their own institution, Illinois State University.

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