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ANTHRO 304 Family, Kin and Community

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PREASSIGNMENT: Read The Anthropological Lens by Peacock, James L. (1986): Harsh Light, Soft Focus).

 

BUS ADM 202 Business and Its Environment

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PREASSIGNMENT: None

 

BUS ADM 382 Introductory Management

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PREASSIGNMENT: In preparation for our first class together on February 9, 2008, please read:

Module 1 – Our New Workplace
Module 2 – The Management Process
Module 3 – Management Learning
Module 4 – Ethics and Ethical Behavior
Module 9 – Managers as Decision Makers

The chapters are not lengthy.  When we meet we will focus on the application of the material in these modules.  Throughout the modules you will find self-assessment activities.  Take a few moments and complete them, making note of the results.  Please bring the list of your results to class in February.  One of the things you will do throughout the course is to build a profile of yourself as it relates to your management/leadership style.

Following the class, there will be some discussion questions you will need to complete and submit to D2L.  Watch in early January for your D2L course.  In early January I will be posting the syllabus and assignments to D2L.  The course will be open and available by January 10.

I’m looking forward to meeting with you and having some fun learning about management!

 

COMM 335 Organizational Communication

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PREASSIGNMENT: None

 

COMM SCI 205 Social Science Statistics

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PREASSIGNMENT: None

 

COMN ART 371 World Art

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PREASSIGNMENT: None

 

ENG COMP 105 Expository Writing

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PREASSIGNMENT: The purpose of this pre-assignment is to

--familiarize you with the skills of summarizing, paraphrasing and quoting, skills you will need for all the papers in this class (Chapter 1);
--familiarize you with our text; and
-- introduce you to the issue of obedience to authority, the subject of your first paper. I will give you a detailed assignment for that paper at our first class. At this point I want you to read the articles in the book and think about this important issue.

Read: Lawrence Behrens and Leonard J. Rosen, Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, 10th edition:
“A Note to the Student” (xxix-xxx)
Chapter 1, Summary, Paraphrase, and Quotation (3-49). We will have a worksheet on this in class February 2nd
Chapter 9, “Obedience to Authority” (349-420)

Write: There are two parts to this assignment. Write your responses in narrative form: use complete sentences (rather than lists) and paragraphs; check for grammar, punctuation, and spelling and proofread your paper. Use 12 pt Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins, double-spaced.
 
Part 1. In the table of contents, read through Part II, “An Anthology of Readings” (xi-xx). Which issues do you find especially interesting? Write about a page telling me which issues interest you and why they interest you.

Part 2. Read Jean Anouilh’s “Antigone” (and the editors’ introduction) on pages 414-420. On page 421 are “Discussion and Writing Suggestions”: Write a response of about two pages to any ONE of these suggestions (omit #8)

Please send your responses to parts and 1 and 2 (in the same document) to me in an email or as an attachment no later than January 30. Please email me with questions!  gordond@uwgb.edu

Send me an email!
Sometime before January 30th, please send me an email in which you briefly introduce yourself to me: What is your major? What are your interests? What do like to read—Sports Illustrated? Harry Potter books? People magazine? books on the Civil War? What writing classes have you taken in the last five years? What concerns do you have about this course?
Please send to gordond@uwgb. Looking forward to hearing from you!

 

ENGLISH 333 Literary Themes: Environmental Literature

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PREASSIGNMENT: None

 

ENV SCI 303 Environmental Conservation

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PREASSIGNMENT:  None

 

FNS 226 Introduction to First Nation Studies

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PREASSIGNMENT: None

 

HISTORY 340 Topics in African American History: The Civil Rights Movement

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PREASSIGNMENT: Read the introductory materials (pages 11-26) and Part I (Chapters 1-8) Our America. Write a brief (5-6 pages) paper observing the similarities and differences between yourexperiences of America, and the ones described in Part I of Our America.

 

HUM BIOL 102 Introduction to Human Biology

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PREASSIGNMENT: Read the first 3 (three) chapters.

 

HUM BIOL 206 Fertility, Reproduction and Family Planning

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PREASSIGNMENT: None

 

HUM BIOL 331 Science and Religion: Spirit of Inquiry

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PREASSIGNMENT:

1. Prior to our first class on Jan. 26 please watch (or rewatch if you've already seen it) the 1997 movie Contact starring Jodie Foster. Watch carefully for symbolism and take notes examining the symbolism of the primary characters (Ellie, Palmer, Kent, Drumlin and Hadden) and objects such as the telescope, compass and "machine". What do each of these characters and objects represent? The movie addresses the issue of faith but not in a purely religious context. What are the differences between the faith shown by Palmer and that of Ellie? Please bring your notes with you to class and we will discuss these topics as a group.

2. Please read the first chapter of Polkinghorne Science and Theology and generate a simple 1-2 page typed outline of the material. This type of short outline does not allow you to go into great detail but try to develop simple definitions for the new terminology. I will collect your outlines at the end of class after we discuss this material as a group.

 

HUM DEV 210 Introduction to Human Development

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PREASSIGNMENT: None

 

HUM DEV 332 Middle Childhood and Adolescence

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PREASSIGNMENT: None

 

HUM DEV 343 Adulthood and Aging

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PREASSIGNMENT:

1. Read chapters 1 through 5 of text, The Journey of Adulthood, as well as Units 1 and 2 of the Annual Editions: Aging (i.e., all articles from pages 1 to 51).
2. Compose a Life Review and Preview Essay: Compose and bring to the first class a 3-page descriptive autobiography that describes your development up to your current chronological age. This essay should also include discussion of how long you can expect to live and the factors that may determine your longevity. Information for this aspect of the essay should reference the personal results you receive when calculating your own longevity using the Longevity Quiz found on pages 22-23 of the Annual Editions: Aging.
3. Compose a Critical Reflection Essay: Compose and bring to class a 2-page critical reflection essay about an article of your choosing (one that especially sparks your interest) found in either Unit 1 or Unit 2 of the Annual Editions: Aging. Your essay should summarize the important ideas discussed in the article as well as your thoughts and ideas as they pertain to possible ways of aging and other insights you discovered as you read the article.

Note the following rubric that will be used to score your essays:

Essay	Did not complete (0), or incomplete (1)	Rather general discussion (2-3)	Very in-depth discussion (4-5)
Essay uses examples indicating positive and negative benefits benefits for the person or elderly.	Discussion of positive and negative benefits is absent (0), or incomplete (1)	Rather general discussion of positive and negative benefits (2-3)	Very in-depth discussion of positive and negative benefits (4-5)
Overall, clarity of essay and appropriate use of grammar and spelling	Not clear, or inappropriate use of grammar and spelling (1)	Essay is generally clear and grammar and spelling is used appropriately (2-3)	Essay is exceptionally clear and grammar and spelling is appropriate (4-5)

HUM STUD 101 Foundations of Western Culture I

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PREASSIGNMENT: None

 

HUM STUD 202 Introduction to Humanities II

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PREASSIGNMENT: None

 

IST 400 Capstone: Systhesis and Assessment of Learning

• All required readings are online. There are no books to purchase for this course.

PREASSIGNMENT: When you come to class on February 2nd, I’d like each of you to be ready to answer three questions:

• How has my college education changed me as a person?
• How has my education had an impact on the lives of the people I live and work with?
• How has my education affected the community in which I live?

 

MATH 101 Intermediate Algebra

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PREASSIGNMENT: Carefully read Chapter 1 and try to do some of the exercises

 

PHILOS 102 Contemporary Ethical Issues

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PREASSIGNMENT: None

 

POL SCI 101 American Government and Politics

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PREASSIGNMENT: None

 

PU EN AF 339 Political and Policy Dimentions of Emergency Management

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PREASSIGNMENT: None

 

SOC C D 250 Introduction to Global Studies

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PREASSIGNMENT: Read Part I (Chapters 1-7) The World According to Pimm. Write a brief paper (5-6 pages) outlining the problems discussed in each of these 7 short chapters, as well as any possible solutions proposed.