| COURSE DESCRIPTION An orientation to the M.L.S. as an opportunity to enhance the critical thinking, analytical, and writing skills so valued in today's world and workplace. The purpose of the course is to help the student become acquainted with the concept of interdisciplinary liberal education and understand its potential in fostering intellectual growth, personal satisfaction, and the ability to enhance employablity in a world where knowledge has become the key resource. |
IDS 801 has several reading and writing assignments. Aim for perfection in writing. No late assignments will be accepted, unless the instructor can be convinced that there is a good reason for a late assignment. If you use an attachment to submit a writing assignment, you must use either a “doc” or an “rtf” file. The class calendar explains each assignment. The class calendar can be found in the "Assignments" section of this course's Blackboard site. Please study and become familiar with the class calendar: do that today. I strongly recommend that one of the first actions you take this summer is to develop a study/assignment calendar for the summer.
The abbreviated
class
calendar for assignments. All assignments are explained in the
class calendar, available in the "Assignments" section of the this
course's Blackboard site.
ASSIGNMENT 1: Introduction. Due June 4. Worth 100 points.
ASSIGNMENT 2: Essay on the six guest lecturers. Due June 13. Worth 100 points.
ASSIGNMENT 3: Responses to questions in First List; comments on
responses. Due June 20. Worth 100 points.
ASSIGNMENT 4: Responses to questions in Second List; comments on
responses. Due June 30. Worth 100 points.
ASSIGNMENT 5: Responses to questions in Third List; comments on
responses. Due July 7. Worth 100 points.
ASSIGNMENT 6: Responses to questions in Fourth List; comments on
responses. Due July 11. Worth 100 points.
ASSIGNMENT 7: Responses to questions in Fifth List; comments on
responses. Due July 18. Worth 100 points.
ASSIGNMENT 8: Critique of assigned article. Due July 22.
Worth 100 points.
ASSIGNMENT 9: Critique of assigned article. Due July 24. Worth 100 points.
Total points possible: 900 points.
810-900 points = A
747-809 points = B
630-746 points = C
549-629 points = D
Students earning a "D" or "U" in the class will be required to retake
the class.
Goal 1 – To
develop an improved ability to understand an intellectual work in any
field
a) -To determine the
subject matter and theme of an individual work.
b) -To recognize the
basic principle upon which a work is based.
c) -To recognize the
conclusions of a given work and determine whether the conclusions are
warranted.
Goal 2 – To recognize the methods of
knowing in various disciplines
-To identify
how truth/knowledge is determined in the humanities, social/behavioral
sciences, and natural sciences.
Goal 3 – To become a wise consumer of
knowledge
a) -To improve the
student’s ability to differentiate between knowledge and data.
b) -To recognize how
the values of a society affects the search for knowledge.
c) -To recognize how
new knowledge can change the values of society.
d) -To enhance the
student’s ability to understand the importance and uses of knowledge in
an emerging knowledge paradigm.
Goal 4 – To become a broad-based
critical thinker and problem solver
a) -To improve the
ability to read and write critically and at an advanced level.
b) -To improve the
ability to frame and develop an argument logically dependent on the
context.
c) -To develop the
student’s oral communication skills.
d) -To increase the
level of information literacy and research acumen to make informed
choices and conduct lifelong learning.
Sources of interest