MDS 109:

Multiculturalism in Higher Education

Syllabus

GRADED ITEMS:

FIRST CREDIT:  Attendance/Participation:

• sign the Attendance Sheet during class time.

• Complete and print the results of the Noel-Levitz Retention Management System inventory online early in the semester, then

• complete the Final Paper Assignment, which is based on the Noel-Levitz RMS inventory (extra assignment guidelines available from Yahya). 

SECOND CREDIT:  Response Notes and Worksheets:  Think of a Response Notes assignment as a list of the ten most important ideas presented, how you can make use of the information, how you respond to the information, and why).  Notes and worksheets should be handed in one week following the presentation.

• Monday multicultural presentation in King Auditorium:

  • Dr. Tim Decker's lecture (9/10/07): "Critical Thinking"

  • Dr. Yahya Frederickson's video (9/17/2007):  "The House We Live In" (Episode Three of Race: The Power of an Illusion)

  • Dr. Liz Rowse's lecture (9/24/07): "Language: Inclusion and Exclusion"

  • Dr. Carol Okigbo and Darci Asche of Lutheran Social Services (10/1/07): "Refugees in the Fargo-Moorhead Area"

  • Dr. Margaret Klindworth's presentation (10/10/07):  "Biodiversity and Human Cultural Diversity"

  • Dr. Yahya Frederickson's lecture (10/22/07):  "Educational Experiences Far Away from Home"r

  • Dr. Tim Decker's lecture (10/29/07):  "Institutional Racism" (response notes will not be collected).

  • Dr. Liz Rowse's lecture (11/5/07):  "Logical Fallacies"

  • Dr. Margaret Klindworth's lecture (11/12/2007):  "Critical Thinking in Science and Math"

  • Prof. Kevin Zepper's presentation (11/19/2007): TBA

• Additional Sessions:

• Lynn Peterson (9/12/2007): "Hendrix Health Center"

• EITHER Linda Tegtmaier (9/25/07) "Financial Aid" OR "Corrick Center's "Celebration of Excellence"

• Worksheets:

  • Time Management (two pages)

  • Four-Year Plan of Study

THIRD CREDIT:  Academic Service Learning (ASL) Assignments:

• ASL#1: Academic Service Learning Contact Information sheet (also available in class textbook)

• ASL#2: Time sheet, signed (available in class textbook)

• ASL#3: Journal entries (word-processed, organized chronologically)

• ASL#4: Reflection Paper (3 pages)

• ASL#5: In-class presentation

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