EGEE 299/EMSC 299
Foreign Studies

Create an Outline

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The first assignment is an outline of the story you want to tell.

Outline Details

In order to put together a good infographic, you must first create an outline, decide what areas you want to highlight, and determine how you will represent those ideas! Because you've been journaling about both your personal growth and a general interest topic (most likely your capstone), you should have enough information to create your outline and infographic. If you've received funding from the Student Engagement Network, it is recommended that your infographic focus on their recommended topics. 

NOTE

The outline should address the questions below that are applicable and should include some ideas for how you will present that information on the infographic. Keep in mind that this outline is a large percent of your semester grade. As such, you are expected to spend a significant amount of time and effort on this assignment. Think through what you'd like to present in your infographic and how it's all related. Feel free to review the rubric to better understand how it will be graded.

Introduction (must be included, regardless of topic chosen)

Provide an overview of your experience, including:

  • location(s) visited
  • length of trip
  • focus of trip

Capstone focused infographic

  • Which UN Sustainability Development Goals (pick two of the most prominent ones) related to your experience?
  • What issue, problem or challenge did your project address?
  • Provide an overview of the proposal you presented in your capstone project (who, what, where, etc.).
  • What was the motivation for the project?
  • What communities could be impacted by the project if implemented?
  • What tools, skills, experiences, classes, etc helped you formulate this project?
  • What resources did you use to help you research your project?
  • What were some of the challenges you anticipate encountering with the project implementation?
  • What did you learn from this project? Did you learn more about an area of interest?
  • What questions remain?
  • Anything else you want to add about the experience or your project.

Personal-growth focused infographic

  • Which UN Sustainability Development Goals (pick two of the most prominent ones) related to your experience?
  • What two growth areas were you working on during your experience?
  • What tools, skills, experiences, classes, etc prepared you for this experience?
  • What did you do during this experience?
  • What were some of the best moments during this experience? Why?
  • What are some of the challenges you faced?
  • What did you learn from this experience? What did you learn about yourself?
  • What questions were raised as a result of this experience?
  • How has this experience impacted what you'll do next?
  • Anything else you want to add about the experience or your personal growth as a result of studying away.

Deliverable

Please submit your outline, with ideas for graphics, as a Word or PDF to the "Infographic Outline" Dropbox by the date provided to you by the instructor. 

This is graded out of 10 points and is worth 10% of your final grade.

Special thanks to Hailley Fargo, Student Engagement Librarian, The Pennsylvania State University for much of the guidance and information contained on this page.