When you take college courses, you will be asked to complete a wide range of assignments. In some courses, you might have to do a short presentation. In other courses you may have to write a 10-12 page paper.

Here are a couple of assignments from actual college courses that will give you an idea of what faculty members expect:

Assignment #1 [PDF]

This assignment might be given out in a child development or human development class. It asks students to find research articles that back up their personal experiences and the information they get from television, movies, and popular books.
Permission to use granted by Kathleen Walker, Assistant Professor, Kent State University

Assignment #2 [PDF]

This assignment is typical of one you might have to complete as part of an English composition class. It focuses on writing an argumentative paper.
Permission to use granted by Ken Burhanna, First Year Experience Librarian, Kent State University

Assignment #3

A typical college assignment is to write an annotated bibliography. This assignment requires you to read articles or book chapters and summarize the main ideas. Below is a link to a Web page created by librarians at The Ohio State University that provides tips for developing an annotated bibliography.

http://library.osu.edu/sites/education/annotated.htm