There are a number of ways to earn extra credit points for this class. You can earn a total of four five Research Bonus Points and a total of 4 Good Civics Bonus Points for a grand total of eight nine bonus points (This means that if you were to receive 100% on the midterms, writing assignments, etc., than you could conceivably finish the quarter with 108 109 total points). Both categories are explained below.

Research Bonus Points can be earned three different ways. You can:

(A) Earn 2 bonus points by participating as a subject in an online survey (on the topic of sexuality and religion, to be discussed in class).

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(B) Earn 2 bonus points by writing a short (2 page essay) on one or more course readings (or supplementary readings if OK'd by T.A. beforehand). If you choose this option you will have until the last day of class (Dec. 3) to submit this essay. Details here (soon).

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(C) You can earn up to 2 bonus points by writing a question for our guest speakers. You have the possibility of earning 1 point per question, and the questions have to be for different speakers. Details here.

(Note: You can earn no more than a total of four five(!) Research Bonus Points per quarter).

(D) FLASH!  1 more research bonus point can be earned by helping out with the Sex, God and Love survey.  See details here.

Good Civics Bonus Points
You can earn a total of by 4 Good Civics Bonus Points by attending designated campus events AND documenting your attendance at the event. You will earn 2 bonus points for each event you attend. You can earn a total of 4 bonus points by attending two events.

To document your attendance at an event you need to have a picture of yourself taken at the event. Group portraits are encouraged! And you have to do better than a picture of yourself in front of the building — capture some identifying features of the setting that you are in so that we can tell that you were really there. (See examples). Either present the photograph or email the image to your TA. (Cell phone imagery is fine). (But, please be polite, don't be obnoxious taking your pictures and please don't walk out of events early or when it is inappropriate to do so) (Also: I like to post the pictures on the class website, so please let me know if you prefer that I NOT post your picture to the class website when you submit it to your TA).

I will post events as they are announced through the course of the quarter. Eligible Good Civics events include:

#1. Showing of Food Inc, at Campbell Hall, this Thursday, Oct 8 at 7:30 in Campbell Hall. Admission is $5. See— http://www.foodincmovie.com/about-the-film.php

#2. The Teach-in at Campbell Hall on Oct. 14. See notice.

#3. Ruth Gilmore "Life in Hell." Thursday Oct. 15 3:00. See Notice.

#4. Environmental & Indigenous Rights Day, Oct. 16 and film "The Shape of Water" made by UCSB Sociology Professor Kum-Kum Bhavnani (A great film and worth seeing!) See Notice.

#5 Race Matters Series
“The Latina Moment:” The Nomination and Appointment of Sonia Sotomayor as Supreme Court Justice
Edwina Barvosa and Pei-te Lien
Tuesday, October 13, 6:30 pm
Discussion/MCC Lounge

#6: "Does Race Matter? The Henry Louis Gates Case and Race Relations in America"
Monday, November 2, 5 pm
Panel Discussion/MCC Lounge
The arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts on July 16, 2009 ignited a wide range of legal and social debates as well as a media firestorm worldwide. This discussion will address issues such as racial profiling, civil rights, incarceration, and other topics on race relations in America. Panelists include UC Santa Barbara professors Paul Amar, in Law and Society; Edwina Barvosa, professor in Social & Political Theory in the Departments of Chicana/o Studies and Political Science; Víctor Ríos, in the Department of Sociology; and Mark Sawyer, professor of African American Studies and Political Science and Director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Politics at UCLA. Professor John Park in Asian American Studies will moderate the discussion.

#7 SYMPOSIUM: The Future of the University
Jennifer Washburn (author of University Inc.),
"University Inc.: Why Public Knowledge and Public Education Are At Risk"

David Marshall (Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts, UCSB), "The Plight of the Public Research University"
Thursday, November 5 / 3:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB. More Info.

#8 "Shaping Max Weber and W.E.B. DuBois: Scholarship, Politics, and Protection"
Cristopher McAuley (Black Studies, UCSB)
Friday, November 6 / 1:00 PM
4041 HSSB. More Info.

#9  OUTRAGEOUS! OPENING NIGHT
SB Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Film Festival
Thursday, November 12, 8 pm
Film Screening/MCC Theater
The MCC is excited to present the first screening of the 18th Annual Santa Barbara Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Film Festival. The film shorts presented on this night will feature the latest and greatest in film by and for queer communities throughout the world, including Tzongi in Love, Don't Erase My History, and Voices of Witness Africa. Invited guest, Cynthia Black. A free reception to meet and greet will follow the show. Co-sponsored by the Santa Barbara Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Film Festival.

#10 Town Hall Forum Focused on Student Issues Hosted by Chancellor Yang. Monday, November 30, 2009, 3:30 p.m. in Campbell Hall.

(Note: You can earn no more than a total of 4 Good Civics Bonus Points per quarter).