Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Office Hours:
By appointment
Course Description:
Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in or completion of ENGL 1303 or equivalent.
This course is an introduction to the study of human and consumer needs, values, and goals in
relationship to natural, man-made, and behavioral systems (Course Catalog).
This is a writing intensive course. You will be required to participate in the examinations of
the topics presented and write several papers for this course.
Course Objectives:
Students will be able to recognize the issues that impact the relationships and interactions
between the human being and essential social interfaces such as the family, the workplace, the
education system and the global economy.
Students will recognize and understand the issues that challenge the individual through the
content areas of the social sciences, such as Sociology, Political Science, Psychology,
Anthropology, and Economics.
Students will be able to differentiate these social science fields and recognize their bodies of
knowledge and contribution to the human condition.
Through social science issues, students will be able to analyze opposing views of theoretical
and practical solutions.
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Through skills of analysis and critique, students will be able to examine social science issues
from positions of neutrality and speak to the soundness of the positions.
Through research and resource identification, students will be able to support and defend their
positions regarding social science issues.
Students will demonstrate sound research, exposition, and persuasive skills through written
papers while focusing on social science issues
Course Requirements:
Written Assignments:
There will be three (3) five to seven hundred word (500-700) assignments.
These must be turned in, via WebCT/Blackboard, by the beginning of class, on the day
that the assignment is due, as indicated on your course syllabus calendar.
American Psychological Association (APA) style will be required. All papers must be typed
and double spaced with one inch margins. Papers must be completed using Arial or Times
New Roman, size twelve (12), font.
The lowest grade earned on the three (3) papers will be dropped; therefore, only two (2)
papers will count towards your final grade.
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Attendance/Class Participation:
Attendance and class participation are required elements of HDCS 1300: Human Ecosystems
and Technological Change.
Your attendance and participation grades will be composed of course material addressed in
your In Class Writing Assignments and your active participation in class.
In Class Writing Assignments:
These assignments will occur during randomly chosen class periods throughout the semester
and will determine your attendance grade for HDCS 1300.
In Class Writing Assignments must be completed on the required form. A copy of the
required form can be located on WebCT/Blackboard. As a student, you are responsible for
generating enough copies of this form to have them readily available for your use when they
are called upon in class.
The In Class Writing Assignment is due when the instructor calls for it in class. After the final
call for papers, the assignment will be considered as late and will not be accepted. You may
not turn in the In Class Writing Assignment at any other time.
NO MAKE-UP OF THESE IN CLASS WRITING ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED.
Class participation:
Class participation includes daily participation in discussion and in Class Leadership Panels. It
also includes the generation of one (1) critical thinking question prior to your arrival for class
each day. The required critical thinking question must be written on your In Class Writing
Assignment Form and it must pertain to the information that will be covered in class (please
refer to the class calendar for the current day’s topic). Your critical thinking question may be
called for at any time.
When evaluating class participation, both, the number and quality of your contributions will
be assessed.
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WebCT/Blackboard Information:
WebCT/Blackboard is an online course shell that helps instructors put course material online. As
of fall 2009, all classes using this online tool are scheduled to utilize Blackboard and discontinue
the use of WebCT.
As a student enrolled in HDCS 1300: Human Ecosystems and Technological Change, you are
required to access WebCT/Blackboard for your syllabus, assignments, announcements, etc…
Registered students are loaded into WebCT/Blackboard courses from the registration system.
Starting a day or two before classes start, students are loaded automatically into courses based
on section numbers provided by instructors. Students who register late should allow at least
three (3) working days for their access to be enabled.
3. Click on the “Blackboard” “hot button” (highlighted in aqua blue) on the right side of your
computer’s window.
a. your birthdate
5. When you log in for the first time, you will be required to change your password and then
log in again, using your new password.
Other Policies:
Academic Dishonesty:
Copying, cheating, and plagiarism…
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The University’s Honesty Code states, “We will be honest in all our academic activities and
will not tolerate dishonesty.” Students are always expected to do original work. For lack of
adherence to this policy, penalties include failure of the entire assignment (zero points) and
referral to the Department Chair for consideration of additional action.
Electronic Devices:
Electronic devices, such as cell phones and pagers, must be silenced or turned off during class
periods. They are disruptive to the class and to the instructor.
You may tape record class lectures AFTER obtaining permission from the instructor.
Laptop computers may be used to take class notes if the volume is muted.
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Grade Configuration:
22% Written Assignments
(The lowest written assignment will be dropped)
(Each of the two highest grades will count 11%)
20% Class Leadership Panel
20% In Class Writing Assignments
(Includes Attendance and Class Participation)
10% Writer’s Workshop
(Each Workshop will count 3.33%)
13% Mid-Term In Class Writing Assignment
15% Final In Class Writing Assignment
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100% TOTAL
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US Priority?”
Pgs. 123-140
Fri. 02 April Class Cancelled
NO CLASS…
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