Welcome to the Exceptional Signature Assignment Repository!
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The Exceptional Signature Assignment Repository is a collection of exemplary signature assignments in the General Education program. Browse the Repository by clicking one of the tiles below. Each signature assignment in the Repository is licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY-NC. Feel free to use these assignments for ideas and adapt them for your courses, while giving credit to the original assignment creator.
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Life in the Cosmos (PTYS 214)
BC, QR, WC&S
Multi-stage team project with an individual component
Exploring Social Issues Through Youth Literature (TLS 250)
EP, D&E
Multi-stage group project with a multimodal presentation and individual self-evaluation
The Food Economy: Efficiencies, Gaps, and Policies (AREC/NAFS/NSC 365)
BC, QR, D&E
Course-based undergraduate research (CURE) project
Sustainable Earth (RNR 150)
BC, W
Authentic and discipline-specific writing task
Sport, Leisure, and Consumer Culture (TLS 150B)
EP, SS
Creative project with reflection
Water and Energy: Conventional and Alternative Systems (CHEE 204)
EP, QR, W
Creative project with multiple options