FRESHMAN EXPERIENCE

The Honors College at FIU

Fall 2007 - SLS 1501 Section UOL

T 14:00 – 15:15

GC 272

The Honors College at FIU
John Bailly, Fellow
e: baillyj@fiu.edu
FIU University Park Campus, DM 233
11200 SW 8TH ST
Miami, FL 33199
t: 305-348-0297
f: 305-348-2118
w: http://www.johnbailly.com/

“One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.”

Andre Gide

Course Description

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the university and provide information that will promote and support academic success.  The course includes a review of basic skills and competencies necessary to college success, including, but not limited to, time management, study skills, and an orientation to university policies and procedures.  In addition, important topics such as alcohol and drugs, AIDS, and acquaintance rape are also included.

Course Objectives

1. developing skills which will support academic achievement,
2. developing an understanding of the complex issues and chooses confronting a college student,
3. managing the university environment in ways that support completion of an academic degree,
4. understanding the resources and services available on campus, and\understanding basic academic requirements, policies and procedures.
5. Provide an introduction to the fundamentals of research.
6. Develop a sense of connection with The Honors College by exposing students to the Honors College community.

Required Readings

On The Road by Jack Kerouac - Book: Paperback | 5.11 x 7.75in | 352 pages | ISBN 9780142437254 | 31 Dec 2002 | Penguin Classics | Adult

The First Year, Making the Most of College. 1st Ed ., Jeffrey Knapp, Glenda A. Belote and Larry W. Lunsford | Hayden/McNeil | ISBN 978-0-7380-2331-1, 2007.

Course Requirements

            1. Class Participation – Please be prepared for each class section with having completed assigned readings. Also, you will be welcome and expected to participate in class discussions.

            2. Class Schedule and Email – The class schedule is subject to change at the instructor’s discretion. All changes will either be announced in class or posted on WebCT. It is the student’s responsibility to regularly monitor WebCT to actively check their FIU email account.

            3. Attendance\Off-Campus Research – Aside from attending class at FIU, some of our meetings may be off-campus during our class time (no long trips - promise). It is imperative you attend these. We will visit multiple institutions to see the art and to learn about the missions of the organizations.

            4. The Chrsitine Fitzgerald Paper- We will write one paper in this course. The subject of the paper will be a reflection on the university experience. Certain research methods will be required (such as interviews with experts, multiple references, library research…). Papers must be turned in on their due date; no late work will be accepted. Papers must be typed, double-spaced, and stapled. Please refer to the “paper guidelines” on WebCT.

5. Visual Thinking Project: Box Portrait – We will complete one project that will require the creation of an object (painting, sculpture, installation,).  These will not be graded according to technical skills, but rather according to concept and effort.

6. Attendance – Class Attendance is mandatory.

            • One absence is forgiven. Thereafter, the second absence lowers one’s final grade by one half grade (2 absences makes an A become an A-). Three absences lowers one's grade a full letter grade. Four absences result in a failing grade for the semester.

            • Students are responsible for everything assigned and for everything discussed in class. If absent, it is your responsibility to get that day’s notes from another student.

            • Academic integrity is embracive to this policy. That means not being honest in written excuses, or in signing in (others sign you in, you leave before class ends, etc. ad nauseum) are considered violations of academic integrity and handled as such.

            • Absences will consequentially adversely affect your final grade as follows.

Grading Legend

10 pts – Honors Citizenship

20 pts - Class Participation

20 pts - On The Road Quiz

30 pts - Box Portrait Project

20 pts - Christine Fitzgerald Paper

Letter grades correspond to the following point scale:

Class Schedule
Please note that the class schedule is subject to change. All such changes, will be announced in class.
 

FALL 2007

Week 1

T 28 Aug: Introduction of Course, Students, and Professor

Project: Build and print your curriculum vitae for next class

Week 2

T 4 Sep: Curriculum Vitae exchange & critique

Week 3

T 11 Sep: Bailly out | All student must meet with Prof. Ruben Garrote's class in GC 274

Week 4

T 18 Sep: Guest Speaker: Vicky Silvera | Visit to Green Library Department of Special Collections & University Archives with | Using Primary Sources

Week 5

T 25 Sep: Guest Speaker: Cindy Dottin | Library Introduction | Reasearch Methods | Plagiarism

Week 6

T 2 Oct: Cornell, Rauschenberg, & Eldon Lecture | Introduction of Box Portrait Project

Week 7

T 9 Oct: On the Road Lecture

Quiz: On the Road

Week 8

T 16 Oct:  Guest Speakers: Gitta Montoto, Chief of Staff Office of the Provost & Khaleel Seecharan, Director of Operation of the School of Medicine
Meet in PC 526

Week 9

T 23 Oct: No Class: Bailly Lecture at West Kendall Regional Library

Week 10

T 30 Oct: Guest Speaker: Sachin Gursahani

Bailly out: Lecture at Coral Reef Public Library

Week 11

T 6 Nov: Guest Speaker: Gren Draper

Week 12

T 13 Nov: 

Week 13

T 20 Nov: 

Week 14

T 27 Nov: Installation of Box Portraits Exhibition

Visual Thinking Project; Due T 27 Nov

Week 15

T 4 Dec: Semester Review
 

Th 6 Dec: Classes End

W 19 Dec: Deadline (by 11:59 pm) for faculty to submit grades

FIU Academic Misconduct Statement
Florida International University is a community dedicated to generating and imparting knowledge through excellent teaching and research, the rigorous and respectful exchange of ideas and community service. All students should respect the right of others to have an equitable opportunity to learn and honestly to demonstrate the quality of their learning. Therefore, all students are expected to adhere to a standard of academic conduct, which demonstrates respect for themselves, their fellow students, and the educational mission of the University. All students are deemed by the University to understand that if they are found responsible for academic misconduct, they will be subject to the Academic Misconduct procedures and sanctions, as outlined in the Student Handbook.

Misconduct includes: Cheating – The unauthorized use of books, notes, aids, electronic sources; or assistance from another person with respect to examinations, course assignments, field service reports, class recitations; or the unauthorized possession of examination papers or course materials, whether originally authorized or not. Plagiarism – The use and appropriation of another’s work without any indication of the source and the representation of such work as the student’s own. Any student who fails to give credit for ideas, expressions or materials taken from another source, including internet sources, is responsible for plagiarism.

Academic Integrity
Please read all information on the following link. Registration in this course requires an acceptance of The Honors College Policies for students

http://honors.fiu.edu/current_policy_standing.html.

In this learning community, we are expected to act as moral beings governed by a sense of ethics. These ethics are outlined in the University Code of Academic Integrity.(www.fiu.edu/~dwyere/academicintegrity.html) and the Honors College policy on plagiarism (http://honors.fiu.edu/current_policy_plagiarism.html).  In simple language, in this course you will not cheat, misrepresent others' work as your own (plagiarism), or lie to the instructor or others in this learning community. One act crossing that boundary and you will be recommended for expulsion from the Honors College.

The Honors College at FIU Plagiarism Policy

Honor in Honors
In The Honors College, the term “honor” refers both to academic accomplishment and character. Students in Honors should therefore adhere to and be held to the highest standards of personal academic accountability. Academic dishonesty in any form, including plagiarism, is antithetical to the very definition of being an Honors student at FIU. Consequently, an Honors College student found responsible for academic misconduct will be dismissed from the College.

The faculty member will decide whether to pursue informal resolution, file formal resolution charges, or take no further action, and will follow the procedures outlined in the Academic Misconduct Procedures, available at http://www.fiu.edu/~oabp/misconductweb/1acmisconductproc.htm.

The student will have the right to appeal the outcome of the meeting with the instructor within one week of the faculty’s decision, when the decision is to pursue informal resolution or file formal resolution charges. The appeal will take the form of a letter to the Dean outlining the circumstances of the case and the reason for the objection to the professor’s recommendation. The Dean or his designee will examine the case and make a final determination about the pursuit of Informal Resolution or the filing of formal resolution charges.

Penalties
An Honors College student found responsible for plagiarism or other academic misconduct by informal resolution or formal resolution will receive an F in the relevant Honors course, and will be dismissed from Honors by the Dean, effective from the end of the semester in which the infraction occurs. Dismissal will be in writing and will entail the loss of all privileges and benefits of being in The Honors College, and the student will not be readmitted to The Honors College. The decision of the Dean will be final. This decision relates solely to the student’s status in The Honors College and does not affect the student’s right to appeal the original faculty decision.

The penalty of dismissal from The Honors College may apply to academic misconduct in any course within Florida International University and not only to courses offered by The Honors College. In the case of courses outside The Honors College, the Dean of The Honors College will rely on the Office of the Provost for notification about the infraction(s). More stringent penalties, such as dismissal from the university, may be pursued through the university’s established academic misconduct process.

This Policy follows the University Academic Misconduct Procedures of the Code of Academic Integrity, with modification to provide for appeal within The Honors College.

Religious observances
Every effort, where feasible and practical, will be made to accommodate students whose religious practices coincide with class requirements or scheduling. Please make sure to notify your instructor at the beginning of the semester of which dates you will be out.

Physical, mental and sensory challenges
Every effort, where feasible and practical will be made to accommodate students who are so challenged. Should you require accommodations contact your instructor or the Disability Resource Center if not done so already.

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