1. Introduction Share with us the kind of research experience you have had and the research goals you have for COLL300. In addition, please take a look at the course objectives in the COLL300 syllabus and discuss the relevance to your career goals.
2. Lynch and the 5 Paragraph Essay Please use the link below to read “The Sixth Paragraph: A Re-Vision of the Essay” by Paul Lynch. In this essay, the author examines the traditional five paragraph format and introduces an alternative strategy for writing essays. Does Lynch make his case for an alternative format? How? Is there a place in academia for the more personal type of essay writing Lynch describes? Would you take his class? Please explain why you would or would not.

“The Sixth Paragraph: A Re-Vision of the Essay”

3. Possible Research Topics You will be working on one topic for the entire course, so it should be one you like. Papers written on a topic that is interesting to the author tend to be stronger and the best papers are often written by those who are passionate about their topics.

For this part of the forum, explore five (5) areas of interest that intrigue you. Think outside the box. Go where you have wanted to go, but haven’t yet. Because the research paper assignment in this class asks for a paper on a topic in your field or major, this requirement could form the outer perimeter of your interests. But inside, there are many variations that could intrigue you. For example, if you are majoring in homeland security but have a love for the visual arts, you may want to explore how messages about homeland security have been conveyed, including what visual techniques have been used. If you are majoring in history and love exploring science, you may look at the roles of specific scientific advances in a particular era. If you are majoring in psychology and love building furniture, you may want to look at how humans think about creating things and how they feel about polishing specific skills.

For this part of the forum, share these thoughts:

A. Briefly describe your major or field of study.

B. Explore topics that intrigue you that may or may not be in this field of study. These may be reflected in the kind of leisure reading you do, the movies or TV shows you choose to watch, the places you tend to go to relax, and the topics you really like to talk about with friends and family. List five (5) of these topics.

C. Try making connections between items 1 and 2 above. How might the five (5) interests listed in item 2 connect with your major or field of study?

In your response to others, try to help them see other connections between their interests and major or field of study.

Program Description

The online BA in Supply Chain Management program at American Military University (AMU) exercises your ability to solve supply chain management challenges.

Many students are practicing military and civilian logisticians and supply chain practitioners. AMU’s supply chain major focuses on:

Capacity planning
Demand management
Order management
Warehouse management
Reverse logistics
Transportation
Acquisitions management

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