STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this course, students will:

1.  Demonstrate knowledge of common terms and concepts associated with the study of world cultures.
2. Articulate an informed personal response and critically analyze works in the arts and humanities from various world cultures.
3. Demonstrate awareness of multiple cultural perspectives by comparing and contrasting the cultural expressions of diverse world communities.
4. Analyze various cultures to navigate diverse cultural spaces and recognize different world views.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of geography and the location of different cultural groups in the world.

Students Rights and Responsibilities

Log in using the AC Connect Portal

In order to receive your AC Connect Email, you must log in through AC Connect at https://acconnect.actx.edu .

If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".

Expected Student Behavior

Academic Honesty: All matters of academic dishonesty including plagiarism (the act of copying and pasting information from one source and inserting into a paper without proper citation, rewriting information from another source and inserting into a paper without proper citation, copying and rewriting from another student’s work and using as your own), collusion, fabrication, cheating etc. will result in a failing grade for the assignment in question.

• All violations will be forwarded to the proper college authorities for review. Any form of disruptive behavior will not be tolerated.

Any material that is copied and pasted from a web source into assignments, analyses, and essays without proper citations or documentation will be considered plagiarism or stealing and will receive a failing grade.

Classroom Rules and Expectations: All students are required to practice courteous, respectful, cooperative behavior at all times. To avoid distractions in the classroom, students will arrive on time and stay until class is dismissed.  Be prepared to stay on task. 

Cell Phone/ Personal Computer Policy:   In order to not interrupt the class session, students are asked to turn off all cell phones and pagers prior to the beginning of class.   Inform the instructor before class if you are on emergency call or of any special circumstance that may require your communication.   Personal computers are to be used strictly for notes and accessing course material.  Improper use of cell phones and personal computers during class time including checking personal e-mail, personal web pages, texting and other course work not pertaining to the World Cultures class will not be tolerated, students will be asked to leave the class. 

Accessing AC Connect: It is the responsibility of the student to check email messages, announcements and the course information using AC Connect. Student will submit all assignments and analyses using AC Connect unless noted on the assignment or by the instructor.

Email and Online Etiquette and Behavior: All students are expected to be polite, considerate and professional when posting opinions and thoughts in an email or in the Discussion Forum. Students posting or emailing aggressive, insulting, or inappropriate use of language or opinions will not be tolerated and will be considered a violation of Student Behavior as state in the AC Student Handbook. Violations will result in a failing grade for the course and will be forwarded to the proper college authorities for review.

Grading Criteria

Grading Criteria: It is the student’s responsibility to complete all assigned tasks by the specified due date. Individual assignments are evaluated by the instructor. Students are expected to complete all requirements with no less than 75% accuracy. Incomplete assignments, analyses, participation attendance concerns will be reported to specific department chairs, division chairs, and Associate Vice President of Instruction.

Assignments and Analyses will be written in the MLA format with proper college level writing and skills Text messaging or shorthand text will not be accepted. All research will be properly cited within papers as well as a bibliography or work cited page. Assignments will be attached as saved documents in docx, rtf, or pdf formats, all other formats including wps, odt, or .pages are not allowed as they cannot be opened by college computers for grading. Written or copied information for assignments posted in the “Comment” box will not be accepted and will receive a zero for the assignment.

All assignments and online discussions will be submitted before 11:00 pm; late submissions for assignments will not be allowed due to the short semester.

GRADING:

Weekly Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes and Final Exam: 50%

Students will complete weekly readings, memorize terms, participate in discussions in-class and Ã¢â‚¬â€¹online forums, and complete quizzes and short written assignment in-class based on films (in-class and content folders) and media

Students will complete weekly readings, memorize terms, participate in discussions in-class and Ã¢â‚¬â€¹online forums, and complete quizzes and short written assignment in-class based on films (in-class and content folders) and media

Research Essay and Power-point Presentation, In-Class Group Presentations: 50%

Students will research specific information on topic and write a 1,000 – 1,500 word essay, MLA and rtf format

Students will create a 5 slide power-point presentation for class outlining the key points on the topic based on the research for the essay

Students will participate in a group discussion on their specific topic and present results to class

Grading Schema:

89.50 – 100 A
79.50 – 89.49 B
69.50 – 79.49 C
59.50 – 69.49 D
00.00 – 59.49 F 

Attendance

It is the student’s responsibility to attend class during the scheduled times, access the course online and complete all Assignments, Analyses, Discussion Forums, Presentations and Final Exam according to the course calendar. 

Final Date to Withdraw from the Course without a Failing Grade: 6/24/2015

Calendar

Additional Information

The above calendar is subject to change due to unexpected situations. It is the student’s responsibility to check online email and announcements for all forms of communication issued by the instructor. All assignments and discussions that are submitted through Blackboard are due before 11:00 pm on the respective due date.