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Revision Date: 08-Jan-24
 

Spring 2024 | INT-1050-VM01 - Dimensions of Self & Society


In Person Class

Standard courses meet in person at CCV centers, typically once each week for the duration of the semester.

Location: Montpelier
Credits: 3 (45 hours)
Day/Times: Friday, 08:30A - 11:15A
Semester Dates: 01-26-2024 to 05-03-2024
Last day to drop without a grade: 02-11-2024 - Refund Policy
Last day to withdraw (W grade): 03-24-2024 - Refund Policy
This course has started, please contact the offering academic center about registration

Faculty

Ava Lafferty
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Hiring Coordinator for this course: Jennifer Gundy

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General Education Requirements


This section meets the following CCV General Education Requirement(s) for the current catalog year:
CCV 1st Semester Seminar
    Note
  1. Many degree programs have specific general education recommendations. In order to avoid taking unnecessary classes, please consult with additional resources like your program evaluation, your academic program catalog year page, and your academic advisor.
  2. Courses may only be used to meet one General Education Requirement.

Course Description

In this interdisciplinary first-semester seminar, students make the transition to college-level academic culture. This seminar is designed to help students develop the learning skills and habits of success that will support them throughout their college experience and as they consider career pathways. Reading, writing, and discussion are central to developing an understanding of academic and societal responsibility. Students critically examine the relationship between societal values, individual beliefs, ways of knowing, and cultural worldviews.


Essential Objectives

1. Interpret, analyze, and evaluate a text and its sources.
2. Demonstrate foundational information literacy, research skills, and academic honesty necessary for academic writing.
3. Demonstrate effective written communication skills, including active engagement in asynchronous online discussion.
4. Apply effective strategies for building new knowledge and skills through reflection on learning preferences, challenges, and goals.
5. Identify possible career goals and educational pathways.
6. Examine social issues through the lens of the individual and society.
7. Examine personal assumptions and biases, and ethical impacts of decision making and participation in society.
8. Consider issues from multiple perspectives and discuss, debate, and defend ideas with clarity and reason as part of a respectful learning community.


Required Technology

More information on general computer and internet recommendations is available on the CCV IT Support page. https://support.ccv.edu/general/computer-recommendations/

Please see CCV's Digital Equity Statement (pg. 45) to learn more about CCV's commitment to supporting all students access the technology they need to successfully finish their courses.


Required Textbooks and Resources

This course uses one or more textbooks/books/simulations.

Spring 2024 textbook details will be available on 2023-11-06. On that date a link will be available below that will take you to eCampus, CCV's bookstore. The information provided there will be specific to this class. Please see this page for more information regarding the purchase of textbooks/books.

INT-1050-VM01 Link to Textbooks for this course in eCampus.

The last day to use a Financial Aid Advance to purchase textbooks/books is the 3rd Tuesday of the semester. See your financial aid counselor at your academic center if you have any questions.


Methods

I am a proponent of the Socratic method of dialogue. That means respectful dialogue that begins with active listening to one another. We will not, for those of a certain age, be engaging in the type of dialogue seen in the film Paper Chase. I did experience that once in law school. It was unpleasant and unproductive as a learning experience, although forty years later it is not without its humorous aspects. With the issues that we will be looking at this semester there are, more often than not, no black and white answers. Let's have some fun living in the Grey Zone!


Evaluation Criteria

Evaluation criteria are set out in the course rubrics for essay writing. What I am not particularly interested in is rote memorization and recall. There is a place for that, but of greater importance is the ability to critically analyze ourselves, the world and events around us. The process of analysis and reasoning is key and will be the central focus of our evaluations. That said, each of us has our own unique voice, talents and gifts to share with our community. One focus of this course will be learningmore about who we are and how we might find our way forward in this very troubled world.


Grading Criteria

CCV Letter Grades as outlined in the Evaluation System Policy are assigned according to the following chart:

 HighLow
A+10098
A Less than 9893
A-Less than 9390
B+Less than 9088
B Less than 8883
B-Less than 8380
C+Less than 8078
C Less than 7873
C-Less than 7370
D+Less than 7068
D Less than 6863
D-Less than 6360
FLess than 60 
P10060
NPLess than 600


Weekly Schedule


Week/ModuleTopic  Readings  Assignments
 

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If you look at the weekly course modules used in my Upper Valley Fall 2023 Dimensions class (link provided below), you will have a good idea of how the course is structured and designed to flow. That said, flexibility is also important. If a module opens interesting lines of discussion, we have the flexibility to linger a bit here and there. As you can see, there is consistent reading each week from LeGuin's The Dispossessed as well as occasional short pieces from the Dimensions Reader and other sources. There is generally one short at home essay each week with plenty of time to think and write. Bring your curiosity to class and please be prepared to have fun. :-)

https://vsc.instructure.com/courses/45765/modules

    
 

Attendance Policy

Regular attendance and participation in classes are essential for success in and are completion requirements for courses at CCV. A student's failure to meet attendance requirements as specified in course descriptions will normally result in a non-satisfactory grade.

  • In general, missing more than 20% of a course due to absences, lateness or early departures may jeopardize a student's ability to earn a satisfactory final grade.
  • Attending an on-ground or synchronous course means a student appeared in the live classroom for at least a meaningful portion of a given class meeting. Attending an online course means a student posted a discussion forum response, completed a quiz or attempted some other academically required activity. Simply viewing a course item or module does not count as attendance.
  • Meeting the minimum attendance requirement for a course does not mean a student has satisfied the academic requirements for participation, which require students to go above and beyond simply attending a portion of the class. Faculty members will individually determine what constitutes participation in each course they teach and explain in their course descriptions how participation factors into a student's final grade.


Participation Expectations

I hope that you will actively participate in class discussions. I do not believe in specifically grading class discussions. To do so is far too subjective. However, I do reserve the right to raise a student's grade by up to one letter grade for active, respectful and insightful class participation.



Missing & Late Work Policy

Please see the welcome module in Canvas for our course for specifics. Generally, there will be one short essay due each week based on materials we are reading or viewing. Fear not! Your thoughts, impressions and beliefs contribute to creating your very individual "voice." Your voice is important. Our task is to develop and refine that voice over the course of the coming semester.


Accessibility Services for Students with Disabilities:


CCV strives to mitigate barriers to course access for students with documented disabilities. To request accommodations, please
  1. Provide disability documentation to the Accessibility Coordinator at your academic center. https://ccv.edu/discover-resources/students-with-disabilities/
  2. Request an appointment to meet with accessibility coordinator to discuss your request and create an accommodation plan.
  3. Once created, students will share the accommodation plan with faculty. Please note, faculty cannot make disability accommodations outside of this process.


Academic Integrity


CCV has a commitment to honesty and excellence in academic work and expects the same from all students. Academic dishonesty, or cheating, can occur whenever you present -as your own work- something that you did not do. You can also be guilty of cheating if you help someone else cheat. Being unaware of what constitutes academic dishonesty (such as knowing what plagiarism is) does not absolve a student of the responsibility to be honest in his/her academic work. Academic dishonesty is taken very seriously and may lead to dismissal from the College.