CORE 310
– International/Intercultural Experience, CRN:
1645
For Syllabus and Class Info Online,
see www.trickster.org/basilica/core310.htm
Fall Semester 2004 Instructor:
Laura Ammon
One (1) semester hour Contact
Info: LauraAmmon@linkline.com;
909-931-9405
No Incompletes or In Progress Given Class Meeting dates: 9/13, 9/20, 10/11, 11/15, 11/29, 12/6.
Mondays 5-6:50
Required Text:
This course is designed to provide you with an
international/intercultural experience by immersing you in a national, ethnic,
religious or cultural group different from your own. You will design your immersion experience by
researching cultural background information, attending class sessions and
cultural events outside of class, writing journals on your experiences,
creating a final project and giving an oral presentation in which you share
your new insights with the rest of the class.
You will learn to identify and
reflect on issues in your own and other cultures and gain perspective on
cultural differences.
This is a credit/no credit OR letter-grade option
course. Due to the nature of this course, grades will be given based on work
completed at the end of the semester.
There are no exams in this course.
Your grade will be based on attendance, 15 hours of immersion
experience, participation in class, readings, journal entries, a final product,
and an oral presentation. Because the
class meets only six times, attendance
in this course is mandatory. [If you
know in advance you have to miss a class, and believe that you warrant special
consideration, please contact your instructor.
The missed class must be made up during that same week. Otherwise, your unexcused absence will cause
your grade to be lowered.] Under no
circumstances can the first two or last two sessions of this class be missed.
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Attend six seminar sessions. (Dates listed above.) You must be in class on time. If you are not in class when roll is taken at
the beginning of class, you will be counted late. Two late attendances will cause you to
receive no credit or an F for this course.
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Have 15 contact hours of immersion experience. Home visits may constitute up to 5 contact
hours only and an event, celebration, etc. must be part of those 5 contact
hours, with the proper artifacts attached to your SIX-PAGE journal entry.
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Be prepared for each class, have read the assigned
readings ahead of time, and participate in class discussions.
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Post reflections on your events, readings and
progress on the blackboard discussion board for this class.
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Select and read at least one
reference text on your chosen culture from which you will compose a journal
entry and which will be used in your final presentation.
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Write journal entries about your cultural experiences
which identify issues and values in your own and the target culture. Entries
must be at least THREE-typed pages long.
This is a change from what is written in your required text: Passport to Exploring Intercultural
Perspectives.
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Bring back artifacts (ticket stubs, programs, photographs,
etc.) from each cultural event and attach them to your journal entry.
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Know that the quality of your journal entries will be
assessed for both content (observations) and form (correct spelling,
punctuation, grammar, etc.). Your
journal entries should be proofread and an accurate representation of your
work. Plagiarism will not be tolerated
and can result in failure of the class.
See the statement on academic honesty in the ULV Catalog.
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Arrange your own travel to and from chosen cultural
events.
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Create a final original product that represents some
significant aspect of the culture you experienced in a way that shows
deliberate and thoughtful effort, organization, and an analysis of what is
important in the selected culture.
·
Make
an oral presentation around a central theme, which represents the culmination
of the knowledge and insight you have gained about your target culture over the
semester.
Your grade will reflect how well you fulfill the seven (7)
Student Learning Outcomes in your Student Handbook. They are:
Attendance, Immersion, Class Participation,
COURSE OUTLINE—WEEKLY
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1 |
2/7 |
Introduction to CORE 310 ·
Handout waiver form — ASSIGNMENT: Students sign and return before leaving ·
Hand out and review syllabus ·
Hand out Student Handbook – review in class ·
Review Guidelines for Journal Documentation ·
Discuss how to select target culture (e.g., it
should be a culture that can be “experienced” here in ·
ASSIGNMENT: Return Contract Form to Instructor
during the second class session ·
Class members sign Student Info form for Instructor ·
ASSIGNMENT: Complete the Wilson Library on-line tutorial
before next class; access at http://www.ulv.edu/library/tutorial/; (see
also http://www.ulv.edu/library/courses/core310.htm) ·
ASSIGNMENT for next class: Orientalism by Edward Said — on web ·
http://trickster.org/basilica/said1.htm ·
ASSIGNMENT for next class: read Two-Part Invention by Eliza |
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2 |
2/21 |
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Completed contract with chosen target culture must
be returned TODAY. ·
Review Cultural Interview questions (handout) ·
Have read and be prepared to discuss “Orientalism”
by Edward Said — on web ·
Have read and be prepared to discuss Two-Part Invention by Eliza ·
ASSIGNMENT
for next class: Body Ritual Among
the Nacirema — on web http://www.msu.edu/~jdowell/miner.html
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3 |
3/14 |
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Must bring to class, the title and author of
source text chosen – add to contract ·
Be prepared to discuss progress on cultural
activities, journal entries and source readings, and turn in at least two journal entries ·
Have read and be prepared to discuss “Body Ritual
Among the Nacirema” – on web ·
ASSIGNMENT for next class: Select one current article on your culture
to present and discuss in next class meeting ·
ASSIGNMENT for next class: “Eating Christmas in the Kalahari” — on web
http://www.dushkin.com/olc/genarticle.mhtml?article=155 |
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4 |
4/11 |
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Be prepared to discuss progress on cultural
activities, journal entries and source readings, and turn in at least two journal entries ·
Bring to class one current article from
the newspaper or reliable internet source on your selected culture or
religion. Be prepared to present and
share this article with the class. ·
Report on progress of your project ·
Sign-up for Presentation Day |
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5 |
5/2 |
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1st Presentation Day ·
Final Product must be submitted with presentation ·
Journals due ·
Discuss Online Evaluations |
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6 |
5/9 |
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2nd Presentation Day ·
Final Product must be submitted — NO EXTENSIONS
GIVEN ·
ALL JOURNALS DUE!
IMMERSION HOURS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY TODAY |