2015 Physics 280 Extra-Credit Essay Opportunity B (ECEO-B)

The Joint Transatlantic Security Symposium/Turkish Studies Symposium: Turkish Foreign Policy: Challenges and Opportunities will be held on April 3rd in Room 2025A, Ikenberry Commons.

The symposium will be day long, but for extra credit opportunity B you need to attend one of the two sessions listed below:

1. "Extended Deterrence and Tactical Nuclear Weapons: The Turkish Case" by Nilsu Gören, University of Maryland 3:30-4:15pm
2. "A Political and Military Predicament: The Escalating Danger of Islamism in Turkey and Discourses against Its NATO Membership" by Kemal Silay, Indiana University 4:15- 5pm

The sessions will take place on Friday, April 3, 2015 at 3:30 pm and 4:15pm in Room 2025A (second floor) of SDRP Ikenberry, 301 E. Gregory Dr., Champaign. There will be a reception at 5pm following the last talk which you are welcome to attend but is not part of the extra credit. If you can attend both, please go to the first one since it is more relevant to our class.

In order for us to be able to accept and grade your essay, you must sign the special sign-in sheet that will be at the back of the room.

After attending this event, you must submit an essay that summarizes the talk and assesses it critically. You will submit only one version (extra-credit essays are not revised).

Your essay must be at least 1.5 pages but no more than 2.0 pages in length.

Your essay should have the following structure:

• A brief introductory paragraph that identifies the speaker's thesis.
• One or two paragraphs that identify and summarize the major supporting arguments presented by the speaker.
• One or two paragraphs that critically evaluate the information and arguments presented by the speaker (Do you agree? Do you disagree?).
• One or two paragraphs that discuss how this event changed or reaffirmed your previous conception of nuclear deterrence.
• One or two paragraphs that identify and evaluate the speaker's conclusion.
• A closing paragraph that identifies at least one area in which the materical presented in the presentation could be improved.

Try to relate the speech back to our class and material we have covered. The purpose is for you to think critically about this topic, not to regurgitate the speaker's ideas.

Assume your audience is a typical University of Illinois student, but not a student in Physics 280. Begin each paragraph with a strong topic sentence and omit any information that is not essential for addressing the points listed above. Make your paragraphs clear, concise, and to the point. Avoid repetition and unnecessary words, especially adjectives and adverbs, and use active voice.

The Student Handbook provides complete guidance on how to format and submit an extra-credit essay and how the score you earn on an extra-credit essay is counted in computing your total course score. Be sure to review the writing assignment submission checklist in the Handbook before you turn in your essay!

In order to receive credit for your report, you must upload an electronic copy by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 10th.