PLA Portfolio Assessment Course Subjects

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Women and Social Action   (SOC-376)   3 credits  

Course Description
Women and Social Action examines the ways women are challenging traditional gender stereotypes and the social structures within which men and women live, including the areas of education, the media, religious organizations, the criminal justice system, and the economy. Women and Social Action focuses on ordinary women who are working collectively in diverse settings to empower themselves and others. The course explores the barriers that women face, goals and strategies for social change, and the rewards and challenges of social action.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

• Identify the impact that gender stereotypes and barriers have on women's lives.
• Explain how gender stereotypes and barriers intersect with other social systems such as age, class, disability, ethnicity, race, religion, and sexual orientation.
• Analyze and evaluate whether the goals of methods of particular social actions are consistent with an empowerment model of social change.

 

Men's Health   (HEA-306)   3 credits  

Course Description
This course explores the societal, economic, cultural, and gender influences that shape men's health beliefs and practices. Common health problems and strategies effective in promoting men's health and wellbeing are explored. Reflection on the positive outcomes of healthy men at home, work, and in society is threaded throughout this course.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

• Discuss health problems and issues as they relate to the male population.
• Explore social, economic, cultural, gender, environmental, and work place factors influencing men's health practices.
• Examine the impact of men's health beliefs on wellness and illness behavior.
• Identify strategies that promote healthy lifestyles in the male population.

 

Communication in Families   (COM-438)   3 credits  

Course Description
Emphasis on the role of communication in families; theoretical perspective of family interaction, current family issues, intercultural aspects of family interaction, effects of changing career/ family roles and intergenerational interaction.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

• Explain verbal and non-verbal communication and the importance of each in relation to various family members
• Explain communication problems in the family unit
• Discuss your understanding of gender differences in communication and the effects of these communication patterns in various family units
• Compare and contrast theoretical perspectives of family interaction
• Demonstrate understanding of communication patterns in relation to the traditional and contemporary family
• Compare and contrast cultural difference of communication in families

 

American Literature I   (LIT-205)   3 credits  

Course Description
American literature blossomed in the early nineteenth century into what historians have called "the Romantic Period of American Literature." With the United States firmly established as a nation by 1800, this proliferation of literature caused the young country to be recognized internationally as a literary force. American Literature I offers an introduction to the major works of key writers of the early nineteenth century from the following points of view their cultural context, historical context, and literary characteristics.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

• Discuss and analyze the works read to demonstrate understanding of the significance of these works in their own time period and to extrapolate from that their significance to readers in the twenty-first century.
• Discuss and analyze attitudes towards issues of gender, race, and economic class as they are expressed by the selected authors and trace the development of contemporary attitudes from then to now.
• Discuss and analyze the literary techniques available to writers--and the reading strategies available to readers--that foster an understanding and enjoyment of literature.

Available by CLEP exam.  

American Literature II   (LIT-206)   3 credits  

Course Description
American Literature II offers an introduction to the major works of the major writers of the United States from the late nineteenth century through the twentieth century. The emphasis is on the literary movement called Realism and the societal factors that contributed to that movement--such as the Civil War and the Reconstruction Period, increased industrialization, and the influences of Freud and Darwin. In addition, there will be a discussion of the literary techniques that writers employ and the reading strategies necessary to understand and enjoy literature.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

• Discuss and analyze the works read to demonstrate understanding of their significance in their own time period and to extrapolate from that their significance to readers in the twenty-first century.
• Discuss and analyze attitudes towards issues of gender, race, and economic class as they are expressed by the selected authors and trace the development of contemporary attitudes from then to now.
• Discuss and analyze the literary techniques available to writers--and the reading strategies available to readers--that foster an understanding and enjoyment of literature.

Available by CLEP exam.  

Leadership Communication   (MAN-376)   3 credits  

Course Description
Leadership Communication is an introduction to the study and practice of leadership from a communication perspective. The course focuses particularly on understanding leading as a symbolic process. Students will examine communication concepts and skills that will increase their effectiveness as leaders in a variety of leadership contexts: small group, organization, community, and society. Students will also learn how to deal with issues of culture, gender, and ethics, as well as how to handle crises and participate in leader development. The course provides the opportunity for students to assess their leadership communication styles, behavior, and skills as well as apply course concepts to real world settings.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

• Explain leadership communication theories and concepts.
• Differentiate between leadership communication demands in group, organizational, and public communication contexts.
• Analyze the role of communication in promoting diversity, encouraging ethical behavior among both leaders and followers, managing crises, and developing leaders.
• Assess your own leadership (and followership) styles and behaviors.
• Devise strategies for improving your leadership and followership skills.
• Demonstrate written communication competency.
• Apply course concepts to real world settings.

 

Social Psychology I   (PSY-370)   3 credits  

Course Description
Introduction to Social Psychology explores how humans think and behave in social situations. The course examines concepts such as perception, cognition, and attitudes as they relate to understanding, thinking, and evaluating the social world.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

• Identify major historical developments in social psychology.
• Discuss the role of personality, particularly perception, cognition, and attitudes, in social functioning.
• Explain the dynamics of social influence and persuasion.
• Analyze theories about understanding of the self and self-esteem, and identify how trait theory can shed light on culturally defined gender differences.

 

Sociology of Work   (SOC-362)   3 credits  

Course Description
Sociology of Work analyzes the many forces that shape today's workplace and the lives of workers. This course begins by examining the historical and conceptual foundations of the sociological study of work. It then moves on to discuss changes in the workplace in the last century. In addition, the course analyzes workplace issues such as global, social, economic, and cultural trends; gender and racial inequality; varied types of work; and the interplay between work and personal life.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

• Analyze the relevance of historical sociological concepts to the twenty-first century workplace.
• Discuss how the workplace has evolved over time.
• Analyze ways that global, economic, social, and cultural trends have influenced the workplace.
• Discuss various types of inequality in the workplace and movements toward equality.
• Evaluate the long-range effects of jobless poverty and welfare on sense of self and family life.
• Discuss the impact of the workplace in workers and personal/family life.

 

Gangs   (SOC-384)   3 credits  

Course Description
Gangs examines the most salient and contemporary issues in the study of gangs in American Society that include the prevalence, structures, norms, and behaviors exhibited by gang members. It explores why and how gangs form, conditions of membership, and effects on members and society. Gang proliferation, race and gender issues, the relationship between gangs and violence and drugs are also examined. The design and effectiveness of prevention, intervention and suppression policies and programs developed in response to this phenomenon are assessed.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

• Explain the current status, historical growth, and projected trends of gang membership in the US and locally.
• Describe current research on gang formation and the implications for society and community, local and national.
• Identify and classify the types of gangs common in various geographical or societal communities and their effect on social, educational, and criminal justice systems, including social service and health providers, police, courts, and schools.
• Assess various approaches, programs, and policies for responding to gang formation and activities.
• Synthesize relevant issues in gang formation and functioning and create recommendations for community response.

 

Introduction to the Humanities II: Drama, Poetry and Narrative   (HUM-102)   3 credits  

Course Description
Introduction to the Humanities II: Drama, Poetry, and Narrative surveys classics of Western literature in their cultural context. The course is divided into three parts, each focused on one of the genres featured in the course title. The first section of the course considers the sweep of drama from its earliest religious and ritual context (Oedipus the King) to works that reflect a culture adrift from its moorings (Waiting for Godot). The second section presents poetry as a "rediscovering of common experience," beginning with Shakespeare's sonnets and moving through Blake, Whitman, Dickinson, Frost, and Rich. In the third part of the course, surveys of narrative literature, students read and discuss authors such as Dickens, Bront, Melville, Kafka, and Walker. Course content consists of a series of half-hour video lectures that discuss authors and works. Works of literature will be sampled or read in entirety from both online sources and hard-copy texts. This course is based on the course "Understanding Literature and Life" from the Teaching Company.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

• Discuss the cultural context of a broad selection of Western literary works.
• Compare and contrast works of literature.
• Discuss issues of race, class, and gender presented in Western literature.
• Explain the use of dramatic devices such as irony, plot, conflict, setting, and theme.
• Describe the use of poetic devices such as rhythm, meter, metaphor, and point of view.
• Discuss the evolution over time of literary topics such as the tragic hero, views of love, the crisis of death, and the search for human meaning.
• Discuss the use of narrative devices such as character, plot, setting, language, and point of view.
• Differentiate between the literary forms of drama, poetry, and narrative.

 

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