INTEGRATIVE SEMINAR IN
THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
SSC 499
COURSE
SYLLABUS
SPRING 2008
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Course Information:
Meeting Place: 229 Kethley Hall | CRN: 16266 |
Meeting Times: Wednesdays, 2:00–4:00 pm (Jan. 9–Feb. 27, 2008) |
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:
During Spring semester, 2008, the instructor holds regular office hours at the following times:
Tuesday 2:00
pm – 6:00 pm
Wednesday 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 am – 10:45 am; 2:15 pm – 4:30 pm
View Dr. Barton's Spring 2008 schedule.
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/SSC499SP08/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.
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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.
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Week 1: Course Introduction |
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Course Goals and Activities | Discussion |
Assessment-Based Education |
Reading on Assessment
in Education: "What is an Educated Person?" by J.G. Gaff (Peer Review, Fall 2004) |
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Professional Portfolios |
Discussion Portfolio Components |
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Week 2: Creating an Assessment Portfolio |
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Wednesday |
Assessment Portfolio |
Guidelines for Creating an Assessment Portfolio |
Portfolio Essays | Discussion: Guidelines for Essays | |
Week 3: Preparing for Graduation |
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Wednesday |
Preparing for Graduation from DSU |
Discussion |
Using Your Portfolio in the Job Search |
Reading on Using Portfolios: |
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Week 4: Evaluating the Division of Social Sciences |
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Evaluation of the Division of Social Sciences | Completing Evaluation Questionnaire |
How Has Social Sciences Served You? | Focus Group Discussion | |
Portfolio | Assignment: Write an Essay on Your Career Goals; Due Feb. 13 |
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Week 5: Preparing for Life after DSU I |
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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 |
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Week 6: Preparing for Life after DSU II |
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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 Bring a current copy of your résumé with you to class! |
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Portfolio |
Submit: Essay on Career Goals Assignment: Write an Essay Chronicling and Evaluating Your Work at DSU; Due Feb. 20 |
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Week 7: Evaluating Your Learning at DSU |
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Wednesday |
Evaluating Delta State University | Completing Evaluation Questionnaire | |
Portfolio | Submit: Essay Chronicling and Evaluating Your Work at DSU | ||
Compiling the Assessment Portfolio | Discussion | ||
Post-Test on Social Sciences | Quiz | ||
Week 8: Portfolio |
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Wednesday |
Evaluating Assessment Portfolio | Evaluate Assessment Portfolios with DSU Faculty (Dr. Meikle, Dr. Owen and Ms. Logan) | |
Complete Assessment Portfolio | Submit: Assessment 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 |
Roberts-LaForge Library |
Writing Center Kethley Hall 201 (662) 846-4088 Further information |
Academic Support Lab
H. L. Nowell Union 311 Academic Success Workshops |
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 |