...Literature in Global Perspective Section A8 Fall 2014 Mon/Wed/Fri 1:00-1:50 pm HC 2-11 Instructor: Dr. R. Fowler Office: Humanities Centre 4-75 email: rfowler@ualberta.ca Office Hours: Mon. 2:00-3:00; Wed. 10:00-10:45 (or by appointment) (appointments will also be scheduled for writing conferences) This course introduces students to post-secondary studies in English through world literatures in English. Focusing on materials from an array of historical and cultural contexts, it will address the intersections between culture, language, oral traditions, and literatures in a global perspective. Students will examine representative genres including poems, plays, novels, short stories, and essays from several countries, in order to appreciate the diversity of English, both spoken and written, as well as perspectives and cultures not their own. Learning outcomes and objectives include becoming stronger critical readers, academic writers and editors, as well as active, thinking participants of global cultures, appreciating the role of English within them. A minimum of 30% of class time will be devoted to writing instruction. This can take many forms, including graded written assignments, informal writing, writing workshops, free-writing exercises, stylistic analysis, research skills, peer editing, multiple drafts, and ungraded writing. Students will be required to write at least two essays which will be marked and formally graded. During the course, students...
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...Assessment detail Assessment 1: Individual Assignment Weighting: 20% Final Essay Length: 2000 words Due: Final submission due Week 6 (Friday, 29th August, 11.55pm). Assignments must be submitted through Turnitin. Description: The role of power and politics in organisations. Power and politics are very much part of organizational life. To succeed managers need to understand the meaning of power and politics, how power is acquired and how politics should be utilised. Power and politics may be the sources of solutions but can create problems in organisation. This essay asks you to explore the issues associated with power and politics in organisational life. Your essay should include the following: • Define the concept of power in the workplace. • Define the concept of politics in the workplace. • Explain how a manger could work to acquire power. • Explain how a ...
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...Macroworld UGC 303 GIE (23703) Fall 2014 Tuesday - Thursday; 5:00 pm-6:20 pm 107 Talbert Week | Month | Day | Topic | Reading | 1 | August | 26 | Introduction | 1 | | | 28 | Ancient interest | 2 | 2 | September | 2 | Stonehenge | 3 | | | 4 | Aristotle | 4 | 3 | | 9 | Ptolemy | 5, 6, 7 | | | 11 | Brahe, Kepler, Copernicus | 8, 9 | 4 | | 16 | Galileo, Newton, telescopes | 10, 11 | | | 18 | Terrestrial geology | 20 | 5 | | 23 | Terrestrial geology | 20 | | | 25 | Review | | 6 | | 30 | Examination 1 | | | October | 2 | Impacts | 12 | 7 | | 7 | Volcanoes | 12, 20 | | | 9 | Meteor Crater | 12 | 8 | | 14 | Meteor Crater | 12 | | | 16 | Lunar geology | 13 | 9 | | 21 | Old Mars | 14 | | | 23 | Lowell | 15 | 10 | | 28 | Science fiction | | | | 30 | Review | | 11 | November | 4 | Examination 2 | | | | 6 | Pre-Apollo | 16 | 12 | | 11 | Apollo missions | 18 | | | 13 | Apollo missions | | 13 | | 18 | Origin of the Moon | 18 | | | 20 | Mariner 4, 6, 7 | | 14 | | 25 | Mariner 9 | 19 | | | 27 | HOLIDAY | 19 | 15 | December | 2 | Viking | 19 | | | 4 | Review/term paper due | | | | 9 | Final (7:15 pm to 10:15 pm NSC 218) | | Instructor: R. Giese 711 Natural Sciences Bldg. Office hours: Tuesday-Thursday 11 am-2 pm email: glgclay@buffalo.edu Note that any email must have “UGC303” in the subject box; anything else will likely...
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...16 weeks/ Type of Instruction Traditional (Face-to-Face) Instructor: David Swaim Instructor Contact Information: Email: david.swaim@hccs.edu Phone: (713) 718-5674 Due to changes in the state core curriculum this syllabus is subject to change!!!! Office location and hours SPBR room AD4 hours: 7:15-8:00 am and as per class discussion Please feel free to contact me concerning any problems that you are experiencing in this course. You do not need to wait until you have difficulties or have received a poor grade before asking for my assistance. Your performance in my class is very important to me. I am available to hear your concerns and just to discuss course topics. Feel free to come by my office anytime during these hours. Course Description This course is a global investigation of the styles and methods of artistic production covering Prehistoric through Gothic periods. Media studied include: drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, printmaking, textiles, ceramics, and metal arts. Using this framework, universal themes are studied within their historical, political, economic, theological, sociological, and ethnic contexts. Prerequisites Must be placed into college-level reading and college-level writing Academic Learning Outcomes for Program Lecture Courses 1. Identify the formal elements and principles of design.***** 2. Apply critical thinking when comparing works of art. Course Student Learning Outcomes (SLO): 4 to 7 1. Identify and describe...
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... e-mail: sakili@swccd.edu Course Description: Addresses contemporary public health issues and development of holistically healthy living. Provides an overview of epidemiology, chronic and infectious diseases, environmental health, injury prevention, chemical dependency, nutrition, health policies and promotion, global health, body composition, fitness, psychological wellness, fertility, sexuality, emergency preparedness, disaster response, conflict resolution, and end of the life cycle. Text: Insel, P. & Roth, W. (2011). Core concepts in health. 13th ed. brief. New York, NY: McGraw- Hill. ISBN: 978-0-07-8028533 MHID: 0-07-802853-1 Student Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: 1. Identify present health condition that may develop into disease and modify them as necessary. 2. Identify causes and health consequences of stress and implement stress management techniques. 3. Evaluate components of a good relationship including communication, responsibility, commitment, and sexuality. 4. Design an exercise program to improve cardiovascular health. 5. Analyze daily diet for balance of essential nutrients, design and implement an appropriate dietary regimen to meet weight and activity...
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...Take Home Final Examination Hamline University School of Law 2013 Spring Semester Exam Number __ __ __ __ __ Instructor : Course Title : Section : Format : Total Time for Exam : Total Number of Pages : Professor Thaddeus Pope Bioethics & Law Law 9558, Section 1 Take Home 72 hours 13 Pages Reference Materials Allowed Open Book (all reference materials allowed) Take-Home Exam Instructions 1. Please know your correct Spring 2013 exam number and include this number at the top of each page of your exam answer (for example, in a header). To locate your exam number, go to www.hamline.edu and follow the steps below. A graphic guide to locating your exam number is attached to these instructions. Click on Logins in the header. Go to Piperline Log in to the secure area Enter your Student ID and PIN Click Student Services Click Registration Click Student Detail Schedule Select the appropriate term from the drop down menu Exam Numbers are listed below Total Credit Hours at the top of the page 2. Confirm that you are using and have typed the correct exam number on your exam document. 3. You may download the exam from the course TWEN site any time after 12:01 a.m. on Monday, April 29, 2013. All exams must be submitted within 72 hours of download. But, in any case, all exams must be submitted by the end of the final exam period, i.e. by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, May 13, 2013. Therefore, you will want to download...
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...ENGLISH 60: SPRING 2015 COURSE ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE This assignment schedule (due dates, etc.) may be modified to meet the needs of the class. CWS = College Writing Skills BT = Breaking Through E = Essay (E1, E2, etc.) | | | |Date |Discussions, Writing Workshops, and Other Activities | |Week 1 |In class: | |1/26 |Introductions, Student Information, Academic Integrity, | | |Course overview (syllabus) and handouts | | |Read “Oprah Winfrey: How Truth Changed her Life” handout | | |Writing Sample | | | | | |Assignment (due next class meeting): ...
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...English 1301: Rhetoric and Composition I Fall 2014 Instructor: Cathy Corder, Ph.D. Course Information: Section 043, TH 119, TTh 8 – 9:20am Office/Hours: Carlisle Hall 523, M 1 – 2pm, Tues 10am – 12noon, and by appointment Email: ccorder@uta.edu ENGL 1301 RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION I: This course satisfies the University of Texas at Arlington core curriculum requirement in communication. This course will require students to read rhetorically and analyze scholarly texts on a variety of subjects. The course emphasizes writing to specific audiences and understanding how information is context dependent and audience specific. Students must engage with a variety of ideas and learn how to synthesize those in college level essays. Core Objectives • Critical Thinking Skills: To include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information • Communication Skills: To include effective development and expression of ideas through written, oral, and visual communication • Teamwork: To include the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal • Personal Responsibility: To include the ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making ENGL 1301 Expected Learning Outcomes. By the end of ENGL 1301, you should be able to demonstrate the following: Rhetorical Knowledge • Use knowledge of the rhetorical situation—author...
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...is in ethical reality that the degree of difference of intelligence between man and the animals is perhaps equivalent to a difference in kind. Because of this, the human good, as opposed to the natural good, is inherently questionable. In this class, we will be looking at how it is that philosophers have concerned themselves with this question. We will look at 3 of major different ways in which the question the ultimate ethical principle has been understood; the utilitarian, the “deontological” and the “eudaimonistic”, by considering a few of the primary texts that deal with these. Requirements, Expectations, Grading You are expected to attend and attentively participate in every class period. The grade for this course will consist of two exams, midterm and final (25 % each) , weekly response papers (40%), and class attendance and participation (10%). You should expect to spend at least 6 hours each and every week studying and preparing for this class, in addition to your regular attendance. Your professor is of the belief that the study of the liberal arts and the sciences, or true...
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...stories and poems), and developing the skills to produce our own (i.e., writing). That’s what English Language Arts is. We will also be preparing ourselves for New York State’s Regents Comprehensive Examination in English, which we’ll all be taking in June. This two-day, six-hour, four-part exam requires no specific knowledge or content, but it does require the skills to listen, read, understand, respond, interpret, analyze, and of course, write. Everything we do in class is designed to develop those skills, and prepare your for that exam. So, So what does that mean to you, the student? It means we’re going to do a lot of reading, a lot of writing, and most importantly, a lot of thinking. See, when you reach high school, particularly the upper grades, you should already know...
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...Instructor: Dr. Shannon C. Stewart sstewart@coastal.edu 349-2475 Office Hours: SAND 121 M/W 11:00-1:00 FRI 11:00-12:00 Graduate Teaching Assistant: Ronda Taylor Place Kimbel Library 201 rataylor@g.coastal.edu Time Tue & Thur 10:00-12:00 Course Information COURSE DESCRIPTION, INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES and STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: In ENGL 101, students focus on the writing process, paying special attention to prewriting, writing, and revising strategies. The course also introduces elements of academic writing as well as the research process. This class prompts students to hone their critical reading and writing skills as they consider the rhetorical situations that shape all writing tasks. As a hybrid course, ENGL 101 includes a parallel online component, Coastal Composition Commons, which provides uniform and digitally delivered content reinforcing a common set of student learning outcomes. This course also follows the description, objectives, and outcomes, and provides the requisites explained in the Coastal Writers’ Reference (CWR), pages 2-6. GRADING: Your grade for the course is broken down as follows: Literacy Narrative: 15% Profile: 15% Analysis: 15% Position Paper: 15% Digital Badges (6 @ 3% each)*: 18% Writing Community Membership: 17% Final Portfolio 5% You must complete all major assignments, including the final exam, in order to pass the class. *Digital Badges/COASTAL COMPOSITION COMMONS Coastal Composition...
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...Assignment Instructions Create a draft of your final paper utilizing your topic Linear Outline or Mind Map, your Title Page, and your Reference Page assignments. Submit the draft of your final paper for a brief instructor review. Instructors will use a general checklist in feedback to indicate where additional work is needed for your paper. To assist you in your learning and academic success, students are to submit two specific questions that you would like to pose to your instructor for detailed feedback. Students may submit up to two questions for instructor review and feedback. Please ensure to create very specific questions and provide detailed information in your question such as location in the paper or request for review of a particular section (i.e. Introduction, paper format, APA style, or in-text citations). Feedback received from the instructor should be considered and incorporated into the final paper for submission during Week 8. Prior feedback from the Title Page assignment and the Reference Page assignment should already be integrated by the student into the Draft Review assignment before submission. Examples of questions: Please review my use of in-text citations in the draft paper and provide guidance; Please review my use of the paper template and provide direction; Please assess my introduction; Please provide guidance on my use of sources and resources in the draft. Students – please note that this is a cursory review of the draft of your final paper...
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...THE COURSE OUTLINE (SYLLABUS) 1. Course Name and Code: MKT 248/1 – Introduction to Marketing 2. Day, Time, Semester: Thursday, 18:30, Fall 2010 3. Instructor: Gorjan Lazarov, EMBA, Katz Business School, University of Pittsburgh 4. Contact: E-mail: gorjan.lazarov@aauni.edu 5. Office hours: Thursday, 17:30 – 18:30 6. Prerequisites: MTH 111 7. Credits: 3 8. Workload For An Average Student (weekly): |Lecture |3 hours | |Homework | | |Project |3 hours | |Reading (quizzes and tests) |3 hours | |Other assignments |2 hours | 9. Course Description: This is an examination of the overall marketing system from the marketing decision-maker’s viewpoint. The course emphasizes product, price, promotion, and distribution as well as planning, research, and organization required to implement marketing concepts. We examine marketing of consumers and industrial products and services, profit and nonprofit...
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...prepared for graduate-level studies, professional programs, or entry-level positions in the workforce. They will have an in-depth knowledge of their area of study and an attitude of service, ethical behavior, and willingness for hard work. They will have a renewed Christian faith, a lifelong desire for spiritual maturity, and a desire for lifelong learning about God’s creation. Physical Science I: The Earth GNSC 2313 Physical Geography GEOG 2313 Spring 2014 Lecture (all sections): M W F 12:30 – 1:20 PM in PEC 229 Lab Sections: 01 T 8:00 – 8:50 AM in NSW 111 02 T 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM in NSW 111 03 T 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM in NSW 111 Instructor: Dr. Amanda Nichols Office: NSW-HSH 202M Phone: x5420 E-Mail: amanda.nichols@oc.edu (best way to contact me) Course Websites: Blackboard (http://bb.oc.edu/) and MasteringGeology (http://www.masteringgeology.com) with Course ID: MGEOLNICHOLSSP14 Office Hours: M: 8-10 AM T: 1:30-3:30 PM W: 8-10 AM, 1:30-2:30 PM TR: 8-9 AM F: 8-10 AM Christian Worldview and Teaching Philosophy: Every scholar works within some sort of belief system. Since I am a Christian, I choose to examine Science through a Christian perspective. It is not my intention to indoctrinate or...
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...Carleton University Department of Political Science Winter 2016 PSCI 3600B International Institutions Thursdays - 11:35am to 2:25pm Please confirm location on Carleton Central Instructor: Office: Office hours: Telephone: e-mail: James Milner Loeb A629 Thursdays, 3-4pm and Fridays, 10-11am (or by appointment) (613) 520-2600 x2211 James.Milner@carleton.ca Please use your Carleton e-mail address or the e-mail function of cuLearn to send an email to the instructor or TA and always include the course code in the subject line. First class: Last class: 7 January 2016 7 April 2016 NOTE: No class meeting on 18 February 2016 due to Reading Week cuLearn: On-line components of this course will be managed through cuLearn. Please visit the cuLearn site at least once a week to receive the most current information pertaining to the scheduling of the course and required readings. Course objectives: International institutions have come to play an increasingly important role in global politics in the last century. Arguably the most prominent of these institutions is the United Nations (UN). Established in 1945 and in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the UN’s Charter set out the rights and obligations of Member States, and pledged to: “save succeeding generations from the scourges of war”; “reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights”; promote “respect for the obligations arising from treaties”; and “promote social progress and better ...
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