Course Requirements
General Requirements:
Students will be responsible for the following:
getting an e-mail account by the end of the first week of class
from the Computing Resource Center in Building 98 B1-203 or through the Cal Poly Pomona Web Site;
attending all lab and lecture-discussion sessions;
submitting assigned assignments, critiques, commentaries either via e-mail or on the threaded forum on time ;
keeping up with the class in terms of procedures and programs used in this class. This includes
being able to use of e-mail, browsers and Internet search engines, the threaded forum, word processing,
presentation programs, CDs, elements of graphical work, elements of scanning and image adjustments.
Academic Requirements:
Threaded Forum and e-mail Submissions:
Short weekly commentaries (topics will be announced each week on the threaded forum)
on the assigned reading. These should be posted on the forum or sent to the instructor via e-mail.
Focus Groups:
Students will be assigned to a group for the quarter. Each group will be responsible
for:
preparing and making a presentation each week on the regular discussion-lecture session day.The presentation
will be based on the readings and related topics for the week;
leading the class in the discussions of topics related to the assigned readings.
Course Project:
There will be on one final course project. Students may work collectively with other members of their focus
group or individually. All groups and individuals must present their project on either on an assigned day
during the last week of the quarter, or on the final exam day.
The topic for the final course project is as follows:
You or your group may select one area: education, government, health and human services, or housing.
Based on the philosophies and discussions in this class (especially the question as to what education is for)
design and develop a program in your chosen area for the twenty-first century.
You may use and/or include any media you choose for your final presentation.
The criteria for grading both the focus group presentation and the final project are as follows:
- knowledge of subject matter
- organization of materials and concepts
- effective use of supportive materials
- presentation dynamics
- quality of visual materials
Portfolio
Students will be required to keep a portfolio of materials relating to this class.
Pre-credential students are especially encouraged to put together a good portfolio
that may be integrated into their pre-credential performance evaluations. You portfolios
should be contained in a ring-binder--see materials
--and should include the following:
- hard copies of all your weekly summations;
- materials from the internet--both from the course web site and from sites you have
found yourself on related topics;
- notes you have made for your focus group and final presentation;
- pictures, sketches, maps etc.,
- alternative readings, news clippings relating to isseus raised in class.
Final Exam:
There is no final exam.