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Notes for an Online Course are at the end.
Catalog Description: An
introduction to methods and materials of thaumaturgical interventions.
Special emphasis is placed on lab work. Field work may be necessary.
Course Content Discipline:
Thaumaturgy Credit
Hours: 3
Why take this course?
This course satisfies the W requirement for general education and Category
C for the major. Or this course is an elective of interest to students pursuing
applied work. Or this course provides the application skill to the theory
and history covered in THAU 250 and 350.
Course Prequisites: Admission to Upper Division Standing, THAU 100 Introduction to thaumaturgy.
Course Objectives: Upon completion of this course, the student shall:
1. be able to perform beginning level miracles
2. be able to list major miracle performers throughout
history
3. understand the basic theories of miracle working
4. be comfortable in using fundamental tools of miracle
working
5. demonstrate understanding and application of thaumaturgical
ethics
The syllabus for the General Education course must
contain:
1) an explicit statement of General Education goals and objectives that the
course helps to fulfill;
(In courses with multiple sections, there must be a shared identifcal statement
of goals and objectives.)
2) an explicit statement of specific course goals and objectives that are
linked to the General Education goals.
The General Education Program is a set of requirements
for all students seeking the baccalaureate degree at Western Kentucky University.
It is designed to help students develop understanding, appreciation and acceptance
of multiple bodies of knowledge and cultures, aesthetics and appreciative
faculties, and diversity. It promotes intellectual growth, lifelong learning
and informed global citizenship for all Western graduates. The ten specific
goals identified as essential to the general education program are listed
online at http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Support/AcadAffairs/gened.htm
Text: (Required) Moses.(600
BCE). Principles of miracles. Jerusalem: Anker Publishing. ISBN
01-001-0003
(Suggested) Post, E. (1940). Preparing a dinner party
for 12. Boston: Harvard Press. ISNB 123-456-789
These textbooks may be purchased at the University bookstore.
Special Instructional Materials: In addition to the text, students will need Miracle 2.2 software, graphing paper, and a calculator. There is a $10.00 lab fee. You will need to have a Turning Point clicker for classroom activities and quizzes. These can be purchased in the bookstore.
Grading/Evaluation:
Students will be evaluated in the following areas:
1. class participation (see policy below)
2. exams - 3 exams will combine objective and essay
items
3. course project
4. extra credit options
5. meeting deadlines
6. make-up exams? see policy
7. those registered for 400G: Specific description of
additional requirements for students taking this course at the graduate level.
Point Assignment
3 exams (100 points each)
300
project 100
participation
50
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Total
450
Plagiarism Policy: Expanded explanation of the University plagiarism policy, if appropriate. Call their attention to the policy on Day one and discuss it. Visit our Honesty in the Academy booklet for more ideas.
Participation Policy:
Statement of the Instructor's participation policy
In the event that the university cancels classes,
such as for severe weather, students will be expected to continue with readings
as originally scheduled. Any assignments scheduled during those missed
classes, such as an exam or paper, are due at the next class meeting unless
other instructions are posted at the course website.
[For your consideration: Student Attendance
& Grading
If in determining a student’s grade you intend to ascribe any weight to attendance,
you should consider linking attendance requirements to classroom participation.
For example, if in your syllabus, you assign 15% of the final grade to student
participation in class discussions, classroom group work, etc., you could
reasonably assign a lower grade to a student who was not present to participate
in discussions or other participatory work compared with a student who was
present. ]
Students
with Disabilities Who Require Accommodations
Syllabus Statement
The Office of Civil Rights recommends that the following statement be added
to all syllabi: "Students with disabilities who require
accommodations (academic adjustments and/or auxiliary aids or services) for
this course must contact the Office for Student Disability Services, DUC A200.
The OFSDS telephone number is (270)745-5004; TTY is 745-3030.
Please DO NOT request accommodations directly from the
professor or instructor without a letter of accommodation from the Office
for Student Disability Services."
Exams: Exams will be a mixture of multiple choice and essay. The final will be given at the assigned time as per the schedule bulletin.
Course Project: Grading will be for
content, style, grammar, and accuracy.
This project may involve traveling
to an off-campus site.
It may involve working with children;
in which case the student must have a TB test and undergo
a background check for child abuse
conviction.
etc.
Course Calendar
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Get Your Course Calendar for Your Syllabus from TopNet
Rather than calculating the days of your classes for a schedule for activities or course calendar, visit TopNet.
Under Faculty Services choose Course Calendar.
Select the term for the course. You'll see a list of the courses you are teaching.
Click on Course Calendar and a window will appear giving
the course dates. You can download an Excel file that you can place in your
syllabus.
Web Syllabus created 01/03/00. Last modified 06/05/07.
Caution on Office Hours: You may wish to consider whether or not to post office hours on your on-line syllabus. Unscrupulous individuals could easily learn from them the times that your home is unguarded. On the other hand, they could get the same information by calling the department, although that does take a bit more effort. You will have to judge for yourself whether this is a problem.
For those teaching partially or fully on-line, consider
the following.
Announced times are in the Central Time Zone.
When e-mailing the instructor put THAU
400 in the subject line.
E-mail labeled in this manner receives higher priority.
Official Course Language: English
Special Materials Needed for the on-line student.
Regular Internet access and e-mail. Latest browser version
is recommended. The student does not need multi-media capacity or a CD-Rom.
Electronic submissions must be submitted as ".txt" files and in PC format.
Graduate Students need access to SPSS, version 7, software.
Location/Synchronicity Requirements
There will be three chat room synchronous meetings in
a semester, see calendar. No face-to-face meetings are required although students
are welcome to schedule a face-to-face or telephone contact with the instructor.
Students are required to identify a testing center for exam taking by the
third week of the semester.
Participation
Twenty percent of the grade will be for active and appropriate
participation in on-line discussion as follows . . .
It would be wise to arrange a backup plan for internet
access in case the primary computer fails. Libraries may offer such
a resource.
Privacy Policy [note to instructors: courses using extensive on-line activities should include a privacy statement indicating the following]
1. Privacy: The Internet may change or challenge
notions of what is private and what isn't. Although the course
is protected by a password, such tools are not perfect as human beings are
using them. The student is relatively protected by the password but
no one can guarantee privacy on-line.
a. Course software
enables the instructor to know which students have logged in, where in the
course site they have visited, and how long they have stayed. The technology
support people have access to information posted at the site.
b. Course Security: In the event the student uses
a public terminal (for example, at a hotel or library) the student needs to
completely close the browser software when finished. This will prevent another
person from accessing the course using the student's identification, doing
mischief in the student's name, and violating the privacy of other students.
The student is not to allow access to the course to those not registered in
the course. Passwords should be guarded.
c. Students sometimes want to discuss their grade
via e-mail. E-mail is NOT secure or private. If an individual student
requests his/her grade, the instructor can not legally send to that student
his/her grade through e-mail without a legal signature from that student on
a permission form. The instructor may e-mail the typical group listing
with obscured names that are NOT in alphabetical order if they have 20-25
students in the class. [To instructors: For more
information about student rights, see FERPA:
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act]
d. Participants are expected to represent
their identities in a truthful manner. Falsifying your identity is grounds
for disciplinary action of all parties involved.
2. On-line discussion is generally looser and more free-flowing than face-to-face. It is expected that everyone exercise a basic respect for one another, which is expected to be defined more explicitly by the group. Spelling and grammar are not important concerns when posting to discussion boards; spelling and grammar do, however, carry weight in formal papers.
3. Intellectual Property. It is a common misconception that material on the Internet is free. That is false. All intellectual property laws apply. Students are expected to post only material that is theirs by right of creation. Proper credit must be given for any material used which the student does not personally create. This includes images. For example, professionally done photos belong to the photographer and not the subject who only buys copies.
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