University/World
101
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Section 0110
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Fall Term
2002
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Thurs. 3:00-5:00pm
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PLS 1146
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Description | Organization | Requirements | Readings | Grading | Academic Integrity | Schedule
Instructor |
Teaching Assistant |
Dr. Daryle Williams Department of History 2135 Francis Scott Key Hall University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-7315 (301) 405-0061 daryle@umd.edu http://www.history.umd.edu/Faculty/DWilliams |
Makeba
Smith-Cook
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Office Hours: Thursdays 1:00-3:00pm and by appointment | Office Hours: By appointment |
UNIV 101 introduces first-year students to the University of Maryland, and in a broader sense, life as a university student. Working closely with a full-time faculty member and an advanced undergraduate teaching assistant, UNIV 101 students will explore our large and diverse University community and their place in it.
The UNIV 101 curriculum is designed to introduce students to a range of campus resources, including academic support services, student activities, diversity networks, residence life, academic integrity councils, physical and mental health care facilities, recreation, and crisis referral. The course will also introduce incoming students to the formidable computing technologies available on campus, as well as strategies to navigate through informational technologies and databases housed on campus, in the local area, and on the World Wide Web.
The Department of History, in collaboration
with the Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, is especially eager to
welcome first-year students to the intellectual and social communities of historians,
history majors, and the historically-inclined. Our section has been set aside
exclusively for incoming students who have declared History as their major.
The course content has been tailored to the anticipated needs of the first-year
history major on the hope that the course will build a strong and enduring relationship
between the Department and our majors from their first semester at the University.
The course meets weekly for two hours throughout the semester. Some weeks will be devoted to group discussions about assigned activities, campus resources, and campus climate. Other weeks we will hear from guest speakers. A group outing will be scheduled in the second half of the semester. Depending on the venue/event chosen, the cost of admission, transportation, and meals will be either be paid-in-full or heavily subsidized.
Most sessions will be held in Plant Sciences 1146, but a handful of sessions will be held in other locations, including the AT&T Teaching Theatre located on the first floor of Jiménez Hall. Consult the syllabus prior to coming to class to make sure where and when we will be meeting.
Each student will be required to develop a PERSONAL WEBSITE that contains, at a minimum, a valid web address, your name and contact information, ten captioned images related to your first semester at the University, and a link to the Department of History's website. You are, of course, encouraged to develop a more sophisticated site. All websites will be linked to the main course page.
Each enrolled student will be required to submit a BIWEEKLY JOURNAL that documents his/her first semester at the University of Maryland. Certain weeks, the professor or the teaching assistant will indicate a theme for your journal entry. Other weeks, you will be free to write about whatever you like. In either case, it is important to keep in mind that your journal entries will be treated as confidential.
All students will be required to contribute to the GROUP PROJECT, a website on the first-year student's experience in the Department of History.
There is one required reading, available for purchase at the University Book Center, is: Dancer, Thomas. Introduction to the University and its Computer Resources: A Student Manual. Second Edition, 2001.
All UNIV 101 sections in the College of Arts and the Humanities will join the Terrapin Reading Society in reading The Laramie Project.
Your final grade will be determined
using the following formula:
Personal Website | 10% |
Journal | 25% |
Group Project | 25% |
Participation | 40% |
It is impossible to participate if you do not attend class. Contact Dr. Williams
or Makeba if you anticipate missing a class.
Over the course of the semester,
you will be called upon to demonstrate skills needed to succeed in your academic
career (e.g. regular attendance, academic integrity, critical thinking, clear
writing, turning in assigned work by the due date, active participation in group
discussions, familiarity with information technology, etc.). When appropriate,
you may be asked to consider a few basic concepts in historical thinking (that
is, how we think, talk, and write about the past).
UNIV 101 is not, however, an explicitly academic course. The course content, organizations, and goals are different from any other course that you will take in the department.
The key principle to keep in mind
is that UNIV 101 is designed to introduce the importance of skills needed to
succeed as a university student and history major. Thus, your grade will be
determined by your ability to demonstrate a growing familiarity with these skills
and their related campus resources. A secondary consideration to be used in
determining your final grade will be your ability to document the challenges
faced during your first semester at the University.
The Code of Academic Integrity guides this and all other courses taught at the University of Maryland. Violations of the Code may result in a failing grade and/or referral to a University disciplinary committee.
Should you have ANY questions or doubts about Academic Integrity, including questions of citation and attribution, you should consult your professor, the Student Honor Council, and/or a full-text version of the Code of Academic Integrity.
Week |
Date |
Theme |
Location |
Week I | Sept. 5 | Introduction to the Course | PLS 1146 |
Week II | Sept. 12 | Campus Scavenger Hunt and Welcome Reception with Dr. Robyn Muncy | PLS 1146 |
Week III | Sept. 19 | Intrduction to Campus Computing | AT&T Teaching
Theater Jiménez Hall |
Week IV | Sept. 26 | Visit to the Farm and the Dairy | |
Week V | Oct. 3 | Peer Counseling | PLS 1146 |
Week VI | Oct. 10 | Outdoor Recreation Center | Behind the CRC |
Week VII | Oct. 17 | More Campus
Computing |
AT&T Teaching
Theater Jiménez Hall |
Week VIII | Oct. 24 | Academic Success Barbara Goldberg, Learning Assistance Center |
PLS 1146 |
Week IX | Oct. 31 | Career/Internships [To be confirmed] | PLS 1146 |
Week X | Nov. 7 | Library Safari | 6107 McKeldin Library |
Week XI | Nov. 14 | Advising |
AT&T Teaching
Theater Jiménez Hall |
Week XII | Nov. 21 | The Laramie Project | Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center |
Week XIII | Nov. 28 | Happy Thanksgiving! | No Class |
Week XIV | Dec. 5 | Field Trip | PLS 1146 |
Week XV | Dec. 12 | Wrap Up | PLS 1146 |