GLST 102 - Alpha Seminar
SPRING 2010- SCHUR
Contact Info: 336 Burnham, 873-6834, rschur@drury.edu
Office hours: TR 2-4 & WF 9-11
Required Texts:
Mark Rank, One Nation, Underprivileged
Nick Reding, Methland
Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Alpha Reader
Course Material
This semester, we will be complete our discussion of poverty and then move into a discussion of
racial and ethnic difference in American culture. We will continue to develop writing, critical
thinking, research, and oral presentation skills.
Evaluation
(Number and weighting of assignments may be modified as semester proceeds)
Professionalism
100
Project Proposal
100
Paper One
150
Project Final Report
150
Project Presentation
150
Convo Papers
100
Project Reflection
100
Final Paper
150
Total
1000
Grading Scale
92% or higher A
90 - 91.99% A88 - 89.99% B+
82 - 86.99% B
80 - 81.99% B78 - 79.99% C+
72 - 76.99% C
70 - 71.99% C68 - 69.99% D+
62 - 66.99% D
60 - 61.99% D-
Class Requirements (I reserve the right to modify these requirements throughout the semester)
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Professionalism (100 points): Demonstrating professional behavior is a key skill for success in
college and beyond. Over the course of the semester, students will need to demonstrate their
professionalism (punctuality, engagement, self-motivation, organization/prioritizing), critical
thinking (creativity, openness to new ideas, logic), and networking/personal skills (asking for
help, being a productive group member, developing appropriate contacts). A key element of
professionalism is being prepared to participate in class conversation on a regular basis.
Being prepared means (but is not limited to) completing the reading, identifying its key
points, and making connections between it and other issues, topics, and research. At the
conclusion of the semester, both the student and the instructor will evaluate the student's
performance. See the last page of the syllabus for the rubric.
Project Proposal (100 points)
Paper One- Poverty & Drug Use (150points, 5-7 pages)
Project Final Report (150 points) Students will prepare a form and official draft of their
findings/project
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Project Presentation (150 points) Students will present an overview of their research and
identify their main findings.
Convo Papers (100 points): Students must attend four convocation lectures and submit a
response paper (which includes both a summary and a critical response or reflection) on the
convocation by the following Monday. Each convocation paper will be worth 25 pts.
Project Reflection Paper (100 points, 4-5 pages)
Final Paper - Diversity & Health Care (150 Points, 8-10 pages).
Students with Disabilities
Drury University is committed to making reasonable efforts to assist individuals with a disability in
their efforts to avail themselves of services and programs offered by the University. Drury University
will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with documented qualifying disabilities. It is the
student’s responsibility to request accommodations.
To receive accommodations please contact Ed Derr in the Disability Support Services Office, Findlay
Student Center, room 1116, 417-873-7457, ederr@drury.edu.
Intellectual Integrity
Because the Drury community places a high value on academic integrity, plagiarism in any form is
prohibited. Examples of plagiarism include (but are not limited to): quoting without providing
indication that the words are from another source, paraphrasing the ideas of others without attributing
the ideas to their creators, cutting and pasting text from the internet, submitting work completed by
another—whether purchased or not, and submitting a paper completed for another class. Plagiarism, in
any form, may be grounds for failing an assignment (or lowering a grade) and, if repeated, failing the
course. All instances of plagiarism will be documented and forwarded to the Dean's Office. The Dean
can dismiss students who commit plagiarism. Dismissal due to plagiarism can make it difficult to
get student loans, gain admittance at another institution, and become licensed as a professional in
numerous fields.
COURSE CALENDAR
(I reserve the right to make modifications)
Life, Work, and Poverty (cont.)
Jan 20
Jan 22
Jan 25
Jan 27
Jan 29
Feb 1
Feb 3
One Nation 16-48
One Nation 49-82
Work on Project (Identify main planning tasks/ set up appointment to talk with Janet Dankert)
One Nation 169-191
One Nation 193-240
Work on Project (Work on Rough Draft of Proposal/Plan)
Methland 1-57
Feb 5
Feb 8
Feb 10
Feb 12
Feb 15
Feb 17
Feb 19
Feb 22
Feb 24
Feb 26
Mar 1
Mar 3
Methland 58-103
Work on Project - Proposal/Plan Due & Overview about interviewing people
Methland 107-180
Methland 183-246
Work on Project/Paper One
Oral Updates on Projects in Class & Citation seminar
Paper One Due (Link between Poverty and Drug Use)
Work on Project/Paper One
Oral Updates on Projects in Class
Work on Project/Paper One
Work on Project/Paper One
Oral Updates on Projects in Class
Mar 5 Rough draft of documents & Power Points due
Mar 8 Feedback about Documents/Power-Point & Citation Seminar Part II
Mar 10 Mini-Workshop- How to Present Your Power-Point
Mar 10-12
Go to Oral Communications Center & Get Your Presentation Video-taped and reviewed
Mar 15-19 Official Presentations about your projects
Mar 22-28 Spring Break!!!!
Mar 29 Class Reflections about the Project
Mar 31 No Class- Writing Day
Apr 2 Reflections on Brigade Project Due
Diversity and Multiculturalism: Race and Gender
Apr 5 "White Being, Black Being, Metaphysics of Race" Alpha 107-113
Apr 7 "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack?" Alpha 183-188
Apr 9 “What is the Slave the Fourth of July?” Alpha 116-136
Apr 12"Of Our Spiritual Strivings" Alpha 138-144
Apr 14 “You Just Don’t Understand” Alpha189-205
Apr 16 "Rape and the Modern Sex War" Alpha 218-221
Apr 19 Spirit Catches You 1-37
Apr 21 Spirit Catches You 38-77
Apr 23 Spirit Catches You 78-118
Apr 26 Spirit Catches You 119-153
Apr 28 Spirit Catches You 154-209
Apr 30 Spirit Catches You 210-249
May 3 Spirit Catches You 250-288
May 5 Conference/Research Days
May 7 Conference/Research Days
Final Paper
Professionalism Rubric
Rating from 1-10 with 10 being the best rating.
Professionalism
Rating
Attendance
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Class Preparation
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Engagement
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Self Motivation
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Organization/Prioritizing
Comments/Suggestions
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Critical Thinking
creativity
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open to new ideas
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use of logic
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Networking/ Business success strategies
asking for help
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group working skills
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