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124 ONLINE - Syllabus |
"Be
daring, |
Instructor/Counselor: Cindy Morrin
Office Location and Hours: Room A-220 (in the Career
Center) Phone:
619-660-4438 Getting Started!Everything is listed in the syllabus and the online schedule for this 8 week course. Readings in CollegeScope (your online e-text), assignments, weekly discussions, quizzes and activities that are listed are due each week on Sunday night by 11:55 PM. You will be able to log into your course on the first day. Login to your Blackboard student account here. Click on "User Login." username is your firstname.lastname. Your password is your six-digit birthdate. You can change your password after you have logged in. Allow 24 hours to log into Blackboard after you have registered for class. Required E-Textbook and Materials
Your textbook is fully online. You will need a high speed internet connection to read your text. You can use the computers and campus labs to read your text, but I advice you have a system at home.
Course Credit: What Does “ONLINE LEARNING” Mean? Click here to read more about how an ONLINE class works. This is a ONLINE class which means everything is done entirely online. Your reading, quizzes and assignments will all take place online. We will never meet for class. You are welcome to meet me during my office hours. Blackboard for Online Classroom Work and Participation: Blackboard is the course management system platform that we will be using. You will be participating in discussions, doing assignments, taking quizzes, emailing, and checking your grades in Blackboard. It is important that you check Blackboard daily for updates and class information. You will have weekly quizzes, discussion boards (DB’s), reading, and assignments that must be posted via your Blackboard container. It is nice to have high-speed internet connectivity at home. If you do not, I would highly advise you become familiar with our campus computers and campus labs. Accessing your Blackboard (Bb) Account:
Grading - Check your grades under "My Grades" in Blackboard (the points for my four week course differ; each Db is worth 20 points and there are only 4 Dbs vs. 8)
Grading Scale
A =
87-100% awarded for work that exceeds
expectations and/or shows exceptional effort, skill, or
creativity Online Assessments in College Scope: Your online text begins with two assessments; Do What You Are (DWYA) and a Learning Styles Assessment (PEPS). You must complete these assessments before you can start reading the chapters in your online text. It is important that you take your time and are careful in completing the assessments as the results will be used throughout the entire course and within your reading. To begin go to: http://www.collegescope.com/ccs/cuyamaca. The first time you log in, click on the "Register Here" button. You will use your e-mail address as your login ID and you will be asked to create a password for your account. Make sure to write down your e-mail address and password so that you can log into your account in the future. After you have created your account, log in with your e-mail address and the password that you created. To get the most value from your text, it is important that you complete these assessments in a careful and honest way. On these assessments, there are no answers that are better than others. We all have different personality types and learning styles and every type has strengths that can be used to be successful in college and to choose the career that makes use of these strengths. Do not answer the questions the way you think an ideal person would answer them. It is important to answer the questions honestly in the way that describes you the best. The assessment is easy, but long. Pick a time when you are not tired and have plenty of time. If you get tired during the assessment, take a break or come back to it later. After you have finished the assessments, go to My Portfolio. Read "My DWYA Report" and "My PEPS Report" for an interesting description of your personality and learning style. You will use these reports for your personality paper during chapter 6. Online Interactive Reading in College Scope: You will be reading two online chapters every week starting the second week after you have completed the Online Assessments the first week. Each chapter contains journals, quizzes, and activities. You cannot advance to the next chapter until you’ve completed these activities. Access your text at http://www.collegescope.com/ccs/cuyamaca. Online Discussion Board (Db) in Blackboard: You will respond to a weekly Db on Blackboard in this class, beginning with the first week to introduce yourself. This is an asynchronous chat room where you will view all student replies. You will be sharing your assignments and reflections on the Db as assigned. You must reply to at least one other student for full Db points. Online Quizzes (Weekly): You will have a short “EASY” quiz on each chapter each week. These quizzes must be completed in Blackboard and are due every Sunday night at 11:55 PM. You should read your CollegeScope chapters before you take your quizzes for the week (because this is an 8 week course, you will have two quizzes a week for two chapters). You will have an orientation quiz the first week of class. You cannot make up a quiz or the points if you do not take it by the deadline. Assignments: You will have a number of assignments to complete throughout the semester. You will receive detailed instructions in Blackboard for each assignment. The assignments due dates are listed in the Course Schedule in Blackboard and details/instructions for each assignment is located under Assignments in Blackboard. You must upload your assignment in Blackboard in the Assignment section. Late Work: Items are due every Sunday night by 11:55 PM. You cannot make up a quiz once the deadline has passed. Late Reading and Assignments will receive partial credit depending on how late the assignment and/or reading is. Extra credit opportunities will be announced throughout the semester. Ask your instructor for details. Academic Accommodations: Students with disabilities who may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to notify the instructor and contact Disabled Student Services & Programs (DSPS) early in the semester so that reasonable accommodations may be implemented as soon as possible. DSP&S website is http://www.cuyamaca.edu/dsps/. Student Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to: Personal Growth and Life Management: 1) Assess their personality types, interests, values and learning styles 2) Formulate a list of lifetime goals 3) Apply a decision making process to practical problem scenarios provided in the textbook 4) Identify priorities based on lifetime goals 5) Select time management strategies to accomplish lifetime goals 6) Identify money management techniques that lead to financial security 7) Discuss techniques for positive thinking 8) Apply behavior modification techniques to changing a behavior 9) Identify motivational techniques for personal success 10) Describe their life stage based on the theories of Erikson, Levinson and Sheehy 11) Practice effective communication techniques 12) Increase awareness and appreciation of social diversity Career Assessment and Research: 13) Based on the career development models presented in the textbook, list careers that match their personality types, interests, values and learning styles 14) Select a career based on personal assessment and explore job requirements, outlook and skills required 15) Develop and educational plan consistent with career goals Lifelong Learning: 16) Apply memory techniques to college reading, note taking and test preparation 17) Identify their learning style and multiple intelligences 18) Develop personal learning strategies based on learning style 19) Formulate strategies for dealing with writer’s block 20) Practice writing skills through written exercises, short papers and journal entries 21) Identify the steps required to produce a college term paper 22) Write a resume Health and Wellness: 23) Discuss topics related to maintaining good health in college and over a lifetime as presented in the text and make a personal wellness plan 24) Assess their level of stress and apply appropriate stress management techniques Critical and Creative Thinking: 25) Identify fallacies in reasoning 26) Describe the critical thinking process 27) Evaluate a current event using a critical thinking process 28) Apply creativity techniques to generate ideas for problem resolution 29) Draw conclusions from a psychological experiment 30) Use basic statistics to understand vocational assessments Course Objectives: 1. Personal Growth and Life Management
2. Career Assessment and Research
3. Lifelong Learning
4. Health and Wellness
5. Critical and Creative Thinking
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Cindy Morrin, MA
Department Chair
Personal Developing Counseling
Cuyamaca College
Room A-209
619-660-4438
cindy.morrin@gcccd.edu
www.cuyamaca.edu/cindymorrin
www.cuyamaca.edu/pdc
CollegeScope E-text Support Email:
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