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OBJECTIVES -- Additional note:
This section of Humanities 102 is encountered in the context
of interdisciplinary study of Sociology 220 (Sex, Marriage, and
Family) and English 135 (Film as Art). Interdisciplinary studies
view issues and themes from a variety of perspectives developed
by selected academic disciplines in order to achieve certain
goals:
a. To identify commonalties and differences in the academic
perspectives;
b. To identify possibilities and limitations of single perspective
processing;
c. To synthesize the contributions of multi-disciplines to the
individual's understanding of issues personal, societal and global.
d. To develop skills of thoughtful processing of information
and experience through identifying and understanding, analysis,
comparison/contrast, critique, and synthesis in order to make
more meaningful applications to personal philosophy and life
choices
COURSE TOPICS :
To achieve the objectives, course topics will include the following
listed below. The topics will be presented formally through class
presentation and discussion and will be developed throughout
the course rather than in one-at-a-time fashion.
a. Definition of humanities
b. Ways of Knowing such as sensing (sensory experience), thinking,
remembering, reasoning, intuiting, believing, feeling, valuing,
imagining, and creating.
c. "Eternal" questions of identity, relationships,
and meaning
d. The nature of human expressions as represented in literature,
film, and the particular social science of sociology (with some
incidental comparisons to other artistic genre and social science
disciplines as they apply)
e. Creative and critical thinking
Text: Hirschberg, Stuart. One World, Many Cultures
3rd ed.
Ruggiero, Vincent. The Art of Thinking: A Guide to Critical
and Creative Thought 5th ed.
REQUIREMENTS AND PRCEDURES:
Requirements:
1. Read all assigned reading material from text and handouts.
2. Complete all writing assignments and hand in to instructor(s).
3. Watch assigned films. Turn in response form for each
film viewed. (Points listed in Film Course)
Procedures:
1. Students will receive materials during each weekend session
that will describe homework and activities due by Saturday morning,
9 a.m. the next appointed weekend meeting date. Any assigned
Essay will be due not later than 10 a.m. on the Thursday morning
before the class weekend.
2. For each class weekend, response forms will include one
form with questions for thought and short, paragraph responses,
and forms of discussion questions for each reading.
3. Two essays will be due on Weekends One and Three.
4. A final essay synthesizing your thought experiences
during the course will be due on Weekend Five. A statement of
guidelines will be handed out by Weekend Four.
Grading:
Grades will be based on a point system that will be translated
into letter grades according to the 10% method: A = 90%-100%;
B = 80%-89%; C = 70%-79%; C = 60%-69%; F = 0%-59%. Marginal accumulations
(such as 89.3%, etc.) will be translated according to instructor
discretion. Revisions of the essays due on Weekends One and Three
are possible. Instructions will be given with comments on your
papers and/or during class when papers are returned.
The following point breakdown may change according to instructor
discretion:
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On time Late |
Maximum |
Totals |
| Attendance |
15 |
14-0 |
75 |
| Thought/Reading
Responses |
10 |
9-0 |
50 |
| Essays |
15 |
14-0 |
75 |
| Final Essay |
25 |
24-0 |
25 |
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225 |
In-class responses may be additional
Points 2 each
Exams are incorporated into take-home essays and in-class
assignment.
Incomplete Grades:
Incompletes are not recommended since most students have a harder
time completing course requirements after the actual course has
finished meeting. I will consider granting requests for incompletes
only if unusual and extreme life and work circumstances beyond
the student's control have arisen unexpectedly during the quarter.
Students must have been keeping me informed of the general nature
of the problem when the problem arises and/or when the first
need to submit work late is encountered. General lack of personal
discipline is not a sufficient excuse for late work or for an
"I" grade.
The following conditions must be met for all students seeking
an incomplete:
1. The student requests an "I" before the end
of the quarter, meaning prior to the week before Weekend Five.
Emergencies during that final week should be discussed with instructor.
2. A written agreement is completed and signed indicating the
work to be completed and the required completion dates for that
work.
3. All incomplete work must be finished and submitted by the
contracted date and not later than the end of the following quarter.
4. Exception to the above may be made by special arrangement
and agreement with the instructor.
Academic Standards:
Students are expected to act in accord with "Student
Rights and Responsibilities" as specified in Board of Trustees
Procedure 5715 and printed in the college's Catalog or separate
publications. Students are expected to act in an academically
honest fashion. Copying from others, using unauthorized support
(crib notes, etc.) or misrepresenting work or ideas as one's
own is a violation of this acedemic standard. Further, when it
is appropriate to cite others' work, students are expected to
give appropriate attribution to the sources and not to make use
of the work or ideas of others in academically dishonest ways.
Violation of these standards may result in assignment of a Failure
grade to the work or the course and cancellation of your option
to withdraw from the course.
Instructor Information:
Office hours for weekend students are regularly scheduled
in OCC101 one hour before and after each Saturday and Sunday
class meets. Other times must be scheduled with instructor.
Weekday office hours will be announced at Orientation. Students
are welcome to call at the home and school numbers listed on
first page.
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Laura Anschicks
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Dr. Peter Klassen
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Office
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IC2059d |
IC3021c |
Phone
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630/942-2311 |
630/942-2081 |
E-mail
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anschick@cdnet.cod.edu |
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Fax
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630/942-3764 |
630/942-3764 |
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