INTEGRATIVE SEMINAR IN
  THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
  SSC 499
  COURSE 
  SYLLABUS
  FALL 2007
  
  
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Course Information:
| Meeting Place: 228 Kethley Hall | CRN: 45453 | 
| Meeting Times: Wednesdays, 2:00–4:00 pm (Aug. 15–Oct. 3) | 
  
  Instructor Information:
Instructor: Dr. Alan Barton
Office: 214 Kethley Hall
Telephone: (662) 846-4097
E-mail: abarton@deltastate.edu
  Webpage:   
  
  
  http://ntweb.deltastate.edu/vp_academic/abarton/
  
  
  Office Hours:
 
The instructor holds regular office hours at the following times:
| Tuesday 11:00 am–12:00 noon; 2:00–6:00 pm | 
| Wednesday 9:00 am–12:00 noon; 4:00–6:00 pm | 
If you cannot make one of these times, contact the professor to set up an 
  appointment.
   
Course Webpage:
Additional materials and updated course information can be found on the course webpage:
     
  
   
  http://ntweb.deltastate.edu/vp_academic/abarton/SSC499SP07/SSC499Syllabus.htm
  
  
  Course Overview: 
  
This course is to be taken by all students with a major in the Social Sciences during their last semester before graduation. The purpose of the course is to provide a venue for integrating material learned in the Social Sciences program, to establish a basis for instituting assessment-based education in the Division of Social Sciences at Delta State University, and to serve as a transition between life in the university and life after college.
Course 
  Objectives:
   
(1) Prepare for graduation from DSU and for life after college.
(2) Complete all assessment requirements for the Division of Social Sciences.
(3)  
  Complete a portfolio highlighting the work you have done at DSU.
   
(4) Evaluate the Division of Social Sciences.
Course Materials:
You will need to purchase one item for this course, a 1" binder that you can use for your portfolio. You can purchase the binder at the university bookstore or at a retail stationery store.
  
  Responsibilities 
  and Grading: 
    
Your primary responsibility in this course is to come to class each week, participate and complete all of the assigned work. The most important assignment is a portfolio of your work at DSU. We also will engage in in-class informal discussion, and prepare items such as a résumé and an evaluation of the Division of Social Sciences. Grading is based on attendance and completion of all course requirements in a timely fashion.
   
| Day/Date | Topic | Activity | 
| Week 1: Course Introduction | ||
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      Wednesday | Goals and Activities | Discussion | 
| Assessment-Based Education | Reading on Assessment in Education | |
| Week 2: Creating a Student Portfolio | ||
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      Wednesday | Elements of a Student Portfolio | Discussion Portfolio Components | 
| Week 3: Preparing for Graduation | ||
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      Wednesday | Preparing for Graduation from DSU | Discussion | 
| Using Your Portfolio in the Job Search | Working on the Student Portfolio | |
| Week 4: Evaluating the Division of Social Sciences | ||
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      Wednesday | Evaluation of the Division of Social Sciences | Completing Evaluation | 
| How Has Social Sciences Served You? | Focus Group Discussion | |
| Day/Date | Topic | Activity | |
| Week 5: Evaluating Your Learning at DSU | |||
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      Wednesday | Evaluating Delta State University 
 | Completing Evaluation | |
| Compiling the Student Portfolio | Discussion | ||
| Week 6: Preparing for Life after DSU I | |||
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      Wednesday | Backpack to Briefcase with Christy Montesi, DSU Office of Career Services | Discussion and Activities | |
| Preparing a Résumé with Christy Montesi, DSU Office of Career Services | Write a Résumé | ||
| Week 7: Preparing for Life after DSU II | |||
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      Wednesday | Life as a DSU Alumnus with Vicki Fioranelli and Reed Abraham, DSU Alumni Foundation | Meet at Alumni 
      Foundation House Hwy. 8 across from Ewing Hall | |
| Maintaining Contact with the Division of Social Sciences | Creating a Roster of Alumni | ||
| Week 8: Portfolio | |||
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      Wednesday | Complete Student Portfolio | Turn in Portfolio | |
Additional Resources:
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Office of Career Services (662) 846-4646 | DSU Alumni 
Association H.E. Walker Alumni Foundation House (662) 846-4660 Further Information | 
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Roberts-LaForge Library | Writing Center Kethley Hall 201 (662) 846-4088 Further information | 
| Academic Support Lab 
        
H. L. Nowell Union 311  | 
    Counseling & Testing 
    Center | 
| Office of Information Technology Bailey Hall 114 OIT Help Desk: (662) 846-4444 | Technology Learning Center Ewing Hall 130 (662) 846-4444 |