| 3 Semester Hours Credit | Faith Integration Module |
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Lecture Instructor: Mark Lassiter, PhD Phone:669-8012 x3303 (Office) 669-1833 (Home) |
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Office Hours & Complete Calander: MWF-10-11, MF-11-1:45, Tu-9:30-11,WF-1-2 |
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EV 405. Environmental Issues and Management Spring 2001 Back
Pulling It All Together: Your Faith, Your Gifts, Your Training ..i.e. our Lord has given you a "talent" !
Instructor: Mark Lassiter
Class Meetings:
Wednesday, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. - Program Meetings (Training / Presentations)
Tuesday 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Help / Project Session
Morgan Science Building: Room 209
The class will meet on the scheduled Wednesdays for the training / presentation
meetings. On Tuesdays, the class will meet to provide a help session to
assist the students in preparing for the components of the projects that
are due on Wednesdays.
Course Description:
The investigation of current environmental issues and management practices that will include application of ethics, economics, cultural values, and conflict resolution as a platform in which to apply Christian values and thought. Principles of Christian theology and stewardship will be utilized in the exploration of conflict resolution. The student will be required to make an independent presentation of a current world / regional issue using a substantiated argument and supporting paper for their issues stance and resolution. Prerequisite: Environmental Studies 206, 302, Chemistry 201, 202 or permission of professor.
Class Structure:
The course will be initiated through a large group meeting on the first day of class. Large group meetings serve to provide faculty instruction in order to introduce critical topics of the course for training the class as a whole. The class will also include small groups / individual meetings with the professor through the semester to work on projects selected by each individual. Large group meetings will serve as times where the individuals will present some components of their work with the whole class. The large group meetings also serve as deadlines for components of the projects. Students will be able to interactively share the dynamics of the investigative process with each other so that the whole class can benefit form the training experience.
Course Goals: Back
1. To integrate the complete training of the environmental studies major through an experience that brings application to current environmental conflicts and integrates with professional organizations.
Projects require the student to draw on many components of their earlier training. The student prepares a project with the assistance of the class through group editorial feedback. Faith integration is a key component of directed encouragement provided through the course structure and becomes an integral part of the project.
Educational Objective (Montreat College academics: http://www.montreat.edu) - 1, 2, 3, 5, 6,7
2. To encourage, and nurture the developing self initiative of the individual student through small group student teams.
The training of the course should prompt self initiative and begin providing links between the student's academic training and potential careers. As a result, students may present projects to the large class for consideration that may serve as components of their preparation for employment. Additional projects will be presented to the large class for consideration by the instruction team. A faculty member will serve as the supervisor of each student project.
Educational Objective (Montreat College academics: http://www.montreat.edu) - 2, 3, 5, 6,7
3. Pre-professional responsibilities and training.
The groups will be trained by their faculty supervisor in group dynamics and task management. Goals and tasks are structured with established time lines. Integration with professional organizations is required. Each individual will prepare a professionally structured document and presentation.
Educational Objective (Montreat College academics: http://www.montreat.edu) -3,4, 5, 6,7
4. To enable proficient training and experience in professional presentation skills.
The student is required to utilize and become proficient with various computer presentation skills. Students will additionally become trained in computer development skills applicable to career training.
Educational Objective (Montreat College academics: http://www.montreat.edu) - 3,4,7
The more you invest in this project, the more rewarding it will be. The more you make it your own, the more satisfaction you will achieve. -Jim Shores.
Class Policies: Back
Attendance:
Two large / class meetings may be missed (but assignments must be turned in on time and any due at a class meeting are due at that time) before a letter grade reduction is taken for each absence. There is no make-up for an absence from a large group session. Working in small groups is encouraged and each group must establish that equal contributions are being made towards the planning and project work. Evaluations will determine if any grade reductions should be addressed with individual students.
Participation:
Each individual is responsible for their project. They may seek out assistance from the class and their resources. No other individuals in the class can share the same project, but individuals may be responsible for a complete project that complements other projects, thus small groups may develop to assist common material development. Participation in small group is encouraged but joint assistance must be pursued. Each individual participates in the peer review of class projects. This peer participation will be included in each student's grade evaluation. If the individual is not able to respond to the faculty concerns or participate with their group in a responsible way, the student can be withdrawn from the course.
Respect for each other:
If a student shows a lack of respect for fellow classmates or faculty, the student will be approached first by their peers, small group, or by the faculty supervisor. If the behavior continues, the student may be removed from the course or receive a drastic reduction in their final grade for the course.
Commitment to the Task of the Small Group:
If pursued, a student selecting a small collaborating group makes a commitment to stay with that group until the completion of the project. The contributions of each member will be encouraged, but each student must be committed to working with the group if the group is to succeed. The group should have the freedom to address their concerns as a student team, but the faculty is available to be included as needed in the group's development of a joint commitment.
Academic Honor:
You will be working on a project individually, but you can pursue assistance. Your work must be yours and the assistance can refine or sharpen your skills, but you are to be the one developing your work. You must be extremely careful to document and credit components of your project. If copying or plagiarism is found, the work on that assignment is given a zero, but the next event results in a failure in the class. An exception would be the application of this concern to the final document, which would result in failure in the class even if this is the first event for an individual.
Class Meetings: Back
[Classes will meet formally at the below times. Some Tuesdays will be available for students to arrange additional assistance from the instructor.]
January 9th - First Class - "Your Talent"
·Devotion: Your Talent, God's Spiritual Gift
(Focus and starting point: This class will provide an opportunity to determine how God has gifted you and how this can be integrated into the whole project as well as how you "fit" into the body of Christ and your responsibility to respond to God. This class pulls together faith and knowledge integration to prepare you for the step to post-college training on your "talent-road". Includes a short reading based upon creation stewardship.)
·Class History and the Value of Small Group Instruction / Accountability / Project Development
-Individual / Small Group Dynamics
-Structured Grading with Individual Deadlines and Objectives
·Class Structure and Project Based Instruction
·Brief Presentation of Currently Proposed Projects and Call for other Proposals
·Clearly Communicated Expectations
·Presentation of project components, paper components, and data anaylsis.
·Discussion of its role and how to prepare an abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, outline, bibliography, and presentations (both preparatory and final).
·Data Collection (presentation of research strategy and how data will be collected and evaluated).
·Arrangements are set for individual tutorials if necessary for preparing html presentations.
·Closing and a review of projects of students in the past and how these added to these student's preparation for their career.
January 10th -Second Class - Resources
·Topic due- Presented in an html site (Make sure that it works as we will present it at the beginning of the class.).
·Course Library- five sourced located for your topic
·Writing Center : All students are encouraged to take advantage of the resources available in the Writing Center, located adjacent to the Bell Library Computer lab. See http://www.montreat.edu/writing
·Internet Search Techniques and Strategies
Due at the end of class:
·15 sources located for the student's topic prepared in html or powerpoint.
·A plan for how their data will be collected. This submission (including your e-mail) must be in html and will be posted for class review and feedback to the student.
Additional note: Plan to attempt some data collection since it will be included in the next class.
January 16 - Available for Assistance
January 17th -Third Class - Project Development - "Submit the Plan":
The class will work through each of the below phases to develop the preliminary components of their project. A hardcopy report and html site including the abstract, outline with a page development of each point, bibliography, and a presentation are due at the beginning of class. We will work through these during the class to revise these project components during the class and these will be turned in again at the end of class. A second presentation is also given at the end of class. The student will maintain a web site posting the components of their project development.
Phase One:
The student brings this to class to be presented at the beginning of class. The presentation (Phase five below) is in PowerPoint or HTML.
·Project Abstract
·Project Outline
·Bibliography of resources - at least fifteen sources
Phase Two:
·Class Review, Feedback, and Revision
Phase Three:
·One page development of each component listed in the project outline
Phase Four:
·A page discription of how the data is to be collected.
Include a sample of some preliminary data!
Phase Five:
Presentation of Project Summary (10 minutes) with a Computer Presentation (PP or html)
· Presentations should include the following:
-Description of the project
-Overview / goals
Be sure to Include:
-Formal outline
-Prepare visuals
-Organizational links that have been determined
-Evaluate the project progress / appraise the presentation
-Feedback sheet-to be distributed to the large group for summary of comments
· Return Feedback Sheets (The whole class fills out these evaluation sheets for the student.)
To be turned in at the end of class with class feedback addressed in changes of the below:
·Project Abstract
·Project Outline and a page of each component
·Bibliography of resources - at least fifteen sources
·A digital copy of the Presentation with changes presented through student feedback
·An appointment for reviewing your data collected up to this point. This should include your preliminary data collected for the above report but should indicate that you have advanced past that point to gather more data.
If the above is not turned in at the end of class, a reduced grade by a letter will be assigned immediately and if the above is not submitted by three days after the class, the student is not permitted to continue in the class.
January 23/24 - "Using Observations"-Data Collection & Anaylsis
Students are to bring to class their data collected up to this point.
Faculty Presentation -
1. Data Collection, a look at what you have done so far and planning for the completion of your data collection.
2. Data Analysis, general ways that data can be analysized and some specifics about the data anaysis that could be used with the data submitted by the class.
Class activity - Data analysis with spreadsheats and graphing results.
Assignment (due Jan. 31st): Describe the professional links of your project in a one page paper due at the beginning of the next class. Include a log of your efforts and contacts with professional organizations, providing how you plan to include a professional orgainization in your project.
January 30th -"The main thing - the Issues"
Faculty Presentation - Major Course Topic - Specific Management Issues
Faculty Presentation - Major Course Topic - Environmental Economics
*January 30 available for additional assistance.
In Class Activity:
An html site is to be prepared which addresses the Management Issues of your project. It is reviewed in class.
Assignment: Complete all your data analysis and write the Methods and Results section of your paper. The methods and results are to be presented in html or Powerpoint at the next meeting.
Students not prepared for the next class will be automatically given an incomplete grade for the class.
January 31st -"How did you get all of this good stuff"
·Presentation and Report - Methods / Data / Applications
[Each individual presents and compiles, in a formal report, the data that they have accumulated. The methods of how the material was compiled or gathered in the field is also presented and related to the way this information is applicable to their project.]
A PowerPoint or Computer Presentation is to be given to the large group that illustrates the methods used to collect their data and present a summary of their data that includes tables, graphs and other graphics as needed. The individual must also make application of their data in describing the significance that this data as it related to their project.
A report is turned in by the end of class to give time for the student to make changes if needed.
Assignment: Complete a rough draft of your paper to be turned in at the next class. This paper is to include the following: abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion / conclusion (including the conclusions that you make about your work drawn from your data anaylsis but also the integration of your management issues).
February 6th - "You are almost there; Reflections on Ethics"
Faculty Presentation - Major Course Topic - Ethics
Due at the beginning of class:
·Rough Final Draft in its complete form A presentation is not made at this class.
·A one page reflection of the components of the course that you could include on a resume and a rough resume is brought to class by each student.
February 7th -"Evaluation of Professional Links"
Faculty Presentation - Major Course Topic - What is Professionalism? What does Politics have to do with it? What does my Faith have to say about it?
·Preparation of a Resume [A final resume that integrates the experiences of this course is brought to class by each student.].
·A one page description of an evaluation of your professional integration is due at the beginnig of class.
Class activity: Review of first draft and preparation of the second draft and presentation.
February 13th - Available for assistance
February 14th -"Let's Bring it all together"
Trial presentations by each individual, feedback, and Submission of 2nd Draft. The presentation must be in html or powerpoint.
February 20 - available for assistance
Febuary 21st -Wrap-Up (Closure) / Debriefing
A second trial presentation is given by each student for feedback from the class.
Any required revisions to document are also due at this class.
Feb. 27/28 Presentations of the Final Project (Exam)
The final project consists of the hardcopy document and a final computer presentation made to the large group. A formal presentation and a dinner can be planned if the class is interested. This exam presentation and submission of the final document can be completed on the final date or earlier but only with permission of the group and the Academic Dean.
Grades: Back
Please keep records of your grades in the materials presented below.
Graded Course Items % Allocations Your records
1.Topic/Sources/Data Plan 2% _______
2. *Project Components [6%]
Report 3% _______
Presentation 1% _______
3. Data brought to class 2% _______
4. Major Management Issues [6%]
Report 4% _______
Presentation 2% _______
5. Ý Data and Application Materials [6%]
Report 4% _______
Presentation 2%
Resume 1% _______
6. 1st Rough Draft 9% _______
7. 2nd Rough Draft and Trail Presentation 10% _______
8. Second Trial Presentation
Final Document (Exam) [60%]
Document 40% _______
Presentation 20% _______
*Conditional drop from the course [see meeting descriptions]
ÝConditional incomplete grade at this point [see meeting descriptions]
Grade Reductions [See Class Policies] _______
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Final Grade: _______
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