...College/College of Humanities | | |ETH/125 Version 6 | | |Cultural Diversity | Copyright © 2010, 2009, 2007 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course is designed to educate students about issues of race and ethnicity by presenting historical and modern perspectives on diversity in the United States, and by providing tools necessary to promote a respectful and inclusive society. Students will complete several activities that allow them to examine their own values in relation to the values of various other racial and ethnic communities. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix A Part I Define the following terms found in Week One and Week Two readings: |Term |Definition | |Diversity |The concept of diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. | | |It means understanding that each individual is unique, | | |and recognizing our individual differences. These can be along | | |the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age,| | |physical abilities, religious beliefs, | | |political beliefs, or other ideologies | |Ethnocentrism |The tendency to assume that one’s culture and way of life are superior to all others | |Melting pot |Diverse racial or ethnic groups or both, forming a new creation, a new cultural entity | |Minority group |Is a subordinate group whose members has significantly less control or powers over their | | ...
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... | | |Essentials of Managerial Communication | Copyright © 2009, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course introduces students to the foundations of communication in a business setting. Students are exposed to various topics related to interpersonal and group communication within the context of applications in an office or virtual setting. Students will develop skills in forms of written communication, including memos, e-mails, business letters, and reports. Communication ethics and cross-cultural communications are also explored. Upon completing the course, students will have an awareness of their personal communication style and be able to identify areas of further exploration of communication as a business skill. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix A Part I Define the following terms found in Week One and Week Two readings: |Term |Definition | |Diversity |The state of being diverse; variety | |Ethnocentrism |belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group. | |Melting pot |A place where different peoples, styles, theories, etc., are mixed together. | |Minority group |A minority group is a smaller subset culture within a larger culture | |Emigration |migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle | | |in another). | |Immigration |The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. | |Culture |The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.| Part II Answer each question in 250 to 350 words: 1. What are some of the ways groups of people are identified? There are four main ways groups of people...
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... | | |Essentials of Managerial Communication | Copyright © 2009, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course introduces students to the foundations of communication in a business setting. Students are exposed to various topics related to interpersonal and group communication within the context of applications in an office or virtual setting. Students will develop skills in forms of written communication, including memos, e-mails, business letters, and reports. Communication ethics and cross-cultural communications are also explored. Upon completing the course, students will have an awareness of their personal communication style and be able to identify areas of further exploration of communication as a business skill. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix A Part I Define the following terms: Term Definition Diversity the condition of having or being composed of differing elements : variety; especially : the inclusion of different types of people (as people of different races or cultures) in a group or organization Ethnocentrism characterized by or based on the attitude that one's own group is superior Melting pot diverse racial or ethnic groups or both, forming a new creation, a new cultural entity Minority group a subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own lives than do the members of a dominant or majority group Emigration leaving a country to settle in another Immigration coming into a new country as a permanent resident Culture 1: cultivation, tillage 2: the act of developing the intellectual and moral faculties especially by education 3: expert care and training 4 a : enlightenment and excellence of taste acquired by intellectual and aesthetic training b : acquaintance with and taste in fine arts, humanities, and broad aspects of science as distinguished from vocational and technical skills 5a : the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations b : the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; also : the characteristic features...
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...| Syllabus College of Natural Science BIO/100 Version 2 Introduction to Life Science with Lab | Copyright © 2009, 2007 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course applies a broad, conceptual understanding of biology. Students are introduced to scientific ideologies and concepts that not only shape the biological world, but also shape humans. Students examine the scientific method, evolution and biodiversity, the biology of cells, physiology, the dynamics of inheritance, and the effect humans have on the environment. The text emphasizes methods and the theoretical foundations of ideas, while minimizing isolated facts. It stresses the integration of ideas, making connections that form an understanding of the living world. The weekly online labs add a practical component to the class. The labs build upon the concepts in the text and offer a chance to interact with the material and further their understanding. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix A Part I Define the following terms found in Week One and Week Two readings: |Term |Definition | |Diversity |The difference among groups of people and individuals based of race, authenticity, | | |gender, language. religion. | |Ethnocentrism |The tendency to assume that one’s culture and way of life are superior to all others. | |Melting pot |Diverse racial or ethnic groups or both, forming a new creation, a new cultural entity.| |Minority group |A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their | | |lives than members of a dominant or majority group | |Emigration |When people leave their country to settle in another one. | |Immigration |Coming into a new country as a permanent resident. | |Culture |Is the system of knowledge shared by a group of people who follow the same traits. | Part II Answer each question in 250 to 350 words: What are some...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix A Part I Define the following terms found in Week One and Week Two readings: Term | Definition | Diversity | Diversity is the inclusion of different types of people of different races or cultures in a group or organization. | Ethnocentrism | Ethnocentrism is the tendency to assume that one’s culture and way of life are superior to all others. | Melting pot | Melting pot is diverse racial or ethnic groups or both, forming a new creation, a new cultural entity. | Minority group | Minority group is a subordinate group whose members has significantly less control or powers over their own lives than do the members of a dominant or majority group. | Emigration | Emigration is when a person or group of people who leaves a country to settle in another. | Immigration | Immigration is when a person or group of people who comes into a new country as a permanent resident. | Culture | Culture is the behavior, beliefs, and characteristics of different social, ethnic, and age groups. | Part II Answer each question in 250 to 350 words: 1. What are some of the ways groups of people are identified? Groups of people are identified in four groups’ race, religion, gender, and ethnicity. People who are identified by their race are looked at by the color of their skin, hair, and clothing. These things are looked at by society by ones physical appearance only. The ethnic group is a group of individual that are set apart...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix E Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Racial formation |A method of looking at race as a socially constructed identity where the content and importance of | | |racial categories is determined by social, economical and political forces. | |Segregation |The physical and social separation of categories of people. | |De jure segregation |Segregation that is imposed and mandated by law. Children are assigned to schools specifically to | | |maintain racially separated schools. | |Pluralism |A state in which people of all racial and ethnic categories have the same overall social standing. | |Assimilation |The process by which minorities gradually adopt cultural patterns from the dominant majority | | |population. | Part II Answer the following questions in 150 to 350 words each: • Throughout most of U.S. history in most locations, what race has been the majority? What is the common ancestral background of most...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix A Part I Define the following terms found in Week One and Week Two readings: |Term |Definition | |Diversity |The state of being diverse; variety. | | |A range of different things. | |Ethnocentrism |the tendency to assume that one’s culture and way of life are superior to | | |all others. | |Melting pot |Diverse racial or ethnic groups or both, forming a new creation, a new cultural entity. | |Minority group |a subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or | | |power over their own lives than do the members of a dominant or majority group. | |Emigration |Leaving a country to settle in another. | |Immigration |Coming into a new country as a permanent resident. | |Culture ...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix A Part I Define the following terms found in Week One and Week Two readings: |Term |Definition | |Diversity | Having different types of people from different types of races and cultures. | |Ethnocentrism |Having the attitude that one’s race or group is superior. | |Melting pot |Diverse racial or ethnic groups or both, forming new creation, a new culture entity. | |Minority group |A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own | | |lives than do the members of dominant or majority group. | |Emigration | Leaving a country to settle in another. | |Immigration |Coming into a new country as a permanent resident. | |Culture |The customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of racial, religious or social | | |groups. | Part II Answer each question...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix A Part I Define the following terms found in Week One and Week Two readings: |Term |Definition | |Diversity |Is the state or quality of being different or varied. | |Ethnocentrism |The tendency to assume that one’s culture and way of life are superior to all others. | |Melting pot |Is when diverse racial or ethnic groups or both form a new creation and or a new cultural | | |entity. | |Minority group |A subordinate group whose members have significantly have less control or power over their| | |own lives than do the members of a dominant or majority group. | |Emigration |Is when one leaves a country to settle and live in another country. | |Immigration |Is when one is coming into a new country to reside as a permanent resident. | |Culture |The behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group. | Part II Answer each question...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix A Part I Define the following terms found in Week One and Week Two readings: |Term |Definition | |Diversity |This is defined as having different elements, variety, and unlikeness. Being diverse or | | |different than another. | |Ethnocentrism |This is the belief of superiority of ones own ethnic group or culture. | |Melting pot |Diverse racial or ethnic groups, or both, forming a new cultural entity. | |Minority group |A subordinate group, whos members have significantly less control or power over their own | | |lives than do members of a dominate or majority group. | |Emigration |Describes leaving a country to enter another. | |Immigration |Coming into a new country as a permanent resident. | |Culture |Characteristics of a particular group of people, defined by language, religion, music, to | | ...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix A Part I Define the following terms found in Week One and Week Two readings: |Term |Definition | |Diversity |The inclusion of different types of people of different races or cultures in a group or | | |organization | |Ethnocentrism |Belief in the superiority of one’s own ethnic group | |Melting pot |Diverse racial or ethnic groups or both, forming a new creation, a new cultural entity | |Minority group | A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own| | |lives than do the members of a dominant or majority group | |Emigration |Leaving a country to settle in another | |Immigration |Coming into a new country as a permanent resident | |Culture |The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively | Part II Answer each question...
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