Spring 2019 Course Syllabi

SOC 101 Syllabus 8 Objective 2: Reads at a level that allows participation in collegiate studies and chosen careers  Skill 1: Anticipates and understands the structure and organization of written work  Skill 2: Recognizes an author’s thesis and forms of support  Skill 3: Evaluates the effectiveness and validity of an author’s style, organization, support, evidence, and presentation  Skill 4: Demonstrates awareness of the connection that style and language have to an author’s topic, audience, context, and purpose  Skill 5: Assimilates and connects information and ideas from multiple written sources Objective 3: Uses information resources effectively  Skill 1: Finds, consults, and uses a variety of information resources  Skill 2: Evaluates the relevance and reliability of sources  Skill 3: Uses information resources ethically and honestly, preserving the meaning of the source and documenting the use of the source in the style appropriate for the student’s discipline or field  Skill 4: Integrates source material smoothly and clearly into the student’s own text Objective 4: Works collaboratively with others  Skill 1: Participates in class discussions and in any group projects or activities  Skill 2: Participates in class discussions, peer editing, and group activities or projects, responding productively and respectfully to the work and ideas of others and considering the ideas and suggestions of others Objective 5: Demonstrates effective oral communication skills  Skill 1: Uses appropriate volume, eye contact, rate pronunciation, articulation, and gesticulation effectively  Skill 2: Adapts to a variety of speaking and listening situations  Skill 3: Uses listening skills to critique, evaluate, and/or assess oral communication  Skill 4: Creates original work Goal 6: Demonstrates the knowledge of the human experience throughout history Objective 1: Analyzes the experience of the individual  Skill 1: Demonstrates knowledge of mental processes within humans  Skill 2: Explains the developmental stages through which the human mind evolves Objective 2: Recognizes the world of human diversity  Skill 1: Uses the knowledge of varying cultures to improve campus climate  Skill 2: Identifies the varieties of human social groupings Objective 3: Recognizes human social and governmental structures  Skill 1: Shows knowledge of the importance of local and global governmental systems  Skill 2: Demonstrates, through historical examples, what happens when differing social structures collide Goal 7: Demonstrates the ability to create and analyze art; evaluate aesthetics; and synthesize interrelationships among the arts, the humanities, and society Objective 2: Analyzes art  Skill 1: Possesses a base knowledge of art forms  Skill 2: Uses base knowledge to critique art works Objective 3: Evaluates aesthetics  Skill 1: Demonstrates knowledge of systems of aesthetics as those vary through time and among cultures  Skill 2: Evaluates relationship of content and form in art works Objective 4: Synthesizes interrelationships among arts, languages, the humanities, and societies  Skill 1: Demonstrates knowledge of art forms in cultures  Skill 2: Evaluates the impact of art on individuals and society