Explain concepts and use language that can be easily understood by an average college Sophomore.

The audience for this assignment will be students not familiar with your career field. We are a broad mix of majors from across the University, so you cannot assume that we know more than a basic level of information about your field. You will need to explain concepts and use language that can be easily understood by an average college Sophomore.

Assignment:

Each student will create a document that explains an aspect of their field of study to a general (nontechnical) audience.

Students are free to select an appropriate format for their document. It can be a printed or electronic document, a TED talk or similar short presentation, a video, an academic poster, or other format. Creativity is encouraged.

The content will include approximately 500 words and a minimum of 6 meaningful visuals. Clip art does not count: visuals must communicate information directly related to the text.

Topic:

Please respond to ONE of the following prompts:

Describe an academic project that illustrates your best accomplishments in your field.
What is the most exciting thing about your field?
What is the biggest problem/challenge in your field, and how would you solve it?
What commonly accepted view in your field do you disagree with and why?
Be sure to incorporate technical content from your field that is explained so that students who are not in your college will be able to understand it.