CPCS Instructional Activities for Spring 2006

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Core Skills and Knowledge

Level I Core Skills and Knowledge                Click here for Course Descriptions
CORCTR 120 -1	Reading Life Histories: Africans' Narratives of Migration and Exile | Additional Competency: Exploring Culture	Tues	11:30-2:00	W-1-053	Stefanos
CORCTR 120-2	Reading Life Histories   CANCELLED	Mon	7:00-9:30	W-1-053	Staff
CORCTR 130-1	Media Literacy	Mon	11:30-2:00	Taylor Center	Sullivan
CORCTR 130-2	Media Literacy	Wed	7:00-9:30	W-2-126	Moodliar
CORCTR 140-1	Understanding Arguments	Thur	11:30-2:00	W-1-060	Frankenstein
CORCTR 140-2	Understanding Arguments	Thur	7:00-9:30	W-1-053	Steele
CORCTR 140-3	Understanding Arguments	Tues	8:45-11:15	W-1-030	Leong
CORCTR 140-4	Understanding Arguments	Tues	7:00-9:30	W-1-053	Luke

Level II Core Skills and Knowledge               Click here for Course Descriptions
CORCTR 200-1	Quantitative Reasoning	Tu/Th	11:30-12:45	W-1-030	Harik
CORCTR 200-2	Quantitative Reasoning	Sat	10:00-12:30	W-1-030	Rosado-Torres
CORCTR 200-3	Quantitative Reasoning	M/W	5:30-6:45	W-1-020	Cooper
CORCTR 200-4	Quantitative Reasoning	Tues	7:00-9:30	W-2-126	Frankenstein
CORCTR 210-1	Participation in Government	Thur	11:30-2:00	W-1-040	Paniagua
CORCTR 210-2	Participation in Government | Additional Competency: Methods and Goals of Organizing	Thur	7:00-9:30	W-1-055	Dotterman
CORCTR 210-3	Participation in Government: Legislative Process and the Elderly	Wed	8:45-11:15	W-3-125	Spencer
LAWCTR 210-1	Participation in Government (crosslisted with PHILAW)	Mon	7:00-9:30	W-1-055	Marlin
LATCTR 220	Historical Change: The Latino Experience	Tues	8:45-11:15	W-4-122	Aponte-Pares
CORCTR 220-1	Historical Change in the US: People's History of the United States	Wed	7:00-9:30	W-1-053	O'Brein
CORCTR 351-4	Historical Change in the US: Work, Culture and Society in Modern USA	Tues	11:30-2:00	W-1-060	Green
CORCTR 225-1	Community Portraits	Tues	8:45-11:15	W-1-040	Hung
CORCTR 225-2	Community Portraits	Tues	7:00-9:30	W-2-125	Holmes
CORCTR 225-3	Community Portraits	Thur	7:00-9:30	W-2-123	Hung
CORCTR 225-4	Community Portraits	Fri	11:30-2:00	W-1-052	Maynard
CORCTR 230-1	Making Arguments	Tues	11:30-2:00	W-1-052	Rhodes
CORCTR 230-4	Making Arguments	Wed	7:00-9:30	W-1-052	Paniagua
CORCTR 235-1	Value Conflicts | Additional Competency: Professional Responsibility and Ethics (HUMSER)	Wed	11:30-2:00	W-1-062	Quammie-Alleyne
CORCTR 351-1	Contemporary Poetry by Women | Level II competencies: Reflecting on Art and Crafting Art OR Critical Readings (level III) and Crafting Art	Mon	11:30-2:00	W-1-053	Eisenberg
CORCTR 351-3	History of Boston | Competencies: Exploring Community, Critical Readings I or II	Mon	11:30-2:00	W-1-052	Green
LABCTR 400-1	Values at Work: stories and imagery of shifting ground | Level II or Level III competencies: Value Conflicts or Critical Reading or Crafting Art or Public & Community Action III	Tues	7:00-9:30	W-2-127	Eisenberg

Level III Core Skills and Knowledge               Click here for Course Descriptions
CORCTR 300-1	Social Research: Consumption and Design  CANCELLED	Thur	11:30-2:00	TBA	Hung
CORCTR 300-2	Social Research: Consumption and Design	Tues	7:00-9:30	W-1-062	Arnold
CORCTR 300-3	Social Research: Consumption and Design	Tues	11:30-2:00	W-1-056	Arnold
CORCTR 351-2	Debating Policy Issues | Additional Competency Social Research	Thur	8:45-11:15	W-1-055	Siperstein
CORCTR 310-1	Economic Distribution	Wed	11:30-2:00	W-1-060	Cooper
CORCTR 310-2	Economic Distribution	Mon	7:00-9:30	W-1-062	Cooper
CORCTR 310-3	Economic Distribution	Thur	8:45-11:15	W-1-030	Mattison
CORCTR 320-1	Social Difference in Public and Community Service	Wed	8:45-11:15	W-1-053	Leong
CORCTR 320-2	Social Difference in Public and Community Service	Wed	7:00-9:30	W-1-062	Schnell
CORCTR 351-3	History of Boston | Competencies: Exploring Community, Critical Readings I or II	Mon	11:30-2:00	W-1-052	Green
CORCTR 351-5	Higher Education as a right of citizenship | competencies: Critical Practice and Public & Community Action III	Wed	11:30-2:00	W-1-055	Withorn
CORCTR 351-6	Critical Readings in Adult Education | Competencies: Critical Readings I or II; Public & Community Action III	Tues	7:00-9:30	W-2-124	Stefanos
CORCTR 351-6	Policy Debate: Who has a right to what in the US? | Competencies: Debating Policy; Critical Readings I or II ---- CANCELLED	Wed	7:00-9:30	TBA	Staff
CORCTR 351-2	Debating Policy Issues | Additional Competency Social Research	Thur	8:45-11:15	W-1-055	Siperstein
CORCTR 351-1	Contemporary Poetry by Women | Level II competencies: Reflecting on Art and Crafting Art OR Critical Readings (level III) and Crafting Art	Mon	11:30-2:00	W-1-053	Eisenberg
HUMCTR 365-1	Reality Creation and Practice: Social Construction of Relationships | Competencies: Critical Practice and Social Construction of Relationships	Thur	11:30-2:00	W-1-052	Ferguson
LABCTR 400-1	Values at Work: stories and imagery of shifting ground | Level II or Level III competencies: Value Conflicts or Critical Reading or Crafting Art or Public & Community Action III	Tues	7:00-9:30	W-2-127	Eisenberg
LAWCTR 342-2	Division of Labor | Competencies: (choose one) Concepts of Justice; Assessing Workers Power; Legal Studies I; Legal Studies II; Debating Policy	Thur	7:00-9:30	W-1-044	McLarney
YTHCTR 340-1	HICCUP Project (select up to 2 competencies) | Competencies: Models of Practice or Analysis of a Youth Issue; Working on a Youth Issue; Critical Practice; Public & Community Action III; For Continuing students only: Reflective Social Action; Critical Readings III	Wed	2:30-6:15	W-1-061	Arches
GERCTR 403-2	Assessing a Community Curriculum to Promote the Safety of Older Drivers | Competencies: (you may choose from the following) Reflective Social Action; Working on a Geron Social Issue; Public & Community Action III; Influencing Policy Making; Critical Readings III; Designing & Delivering Training Curr; Evaluating a Training	Tues	8:45-11:15	W-3-125	Silverstein

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Level IV Core Skills and Knowledge: Capstones          Click here for Course Descriptions
capstone advising	Capstone Advising	by arrgmt			Clemens
GERCTR	The Health Care Rights Capstone Project	Wed	11:30-2:00	W-1-053	Clemens
CORCTR 400-3	Capstone Seminar: Applied Social Research	Wed	7:00-9:30	W-2-124	Arnold
YTHCTR 340-1	HICCUP Project (select up to 2 competencies) | Competencies: Models of Practice or Analysis of a Youth Issue; Working on a Youth Issue; Critical Practice; Public & Community Action III; For Continuing students only: Reflective Social Action; Critical Readings III	Wed	2:30-6:15	W-1-051	Arches
GERCTR 403-1	Advanced Practice in Aging and Human Services | Competency: Reflective Social Action	Wed	11:30-2:00	W-1-053	Clemens
GERCTR 403-2	Assessing a Community Curriculum to Promote the Safety of Older Drivers | Competencies: (you may choose from the following) Reflective Social Action; Working on a Geron Social Issue; Public & Community Action III; Influencing Policy Making; Critical Readings III; Designing & Delivering Training Curr; Evaluating a Training	Tues	8:45-11:15	W-3-125	Silverstein

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Majors and Concentrations

Community Media and Technology       Click here for Course Descriptions
CMTCTR 250-1	Analyzing Media --- CANCELLED	Mon	11:30-2:00	TBA	Staff
CMTCTR 220-1	Tactical Media Workshop | Competencies: Media and Community; Video Production; others by arrangement	By Arrangement			Johnson
CMTCTR 300-1	The Art of Multimedia | Competency: Multimedia Authoring	Wed	7:00-9:30	Taylor center	Gaskins

Community Planning                            Click here for Course Descriptions
COMCTR 250-1	Community Needs and Resource Analysis	Thur	7:00-9:30	off campus	Stone
CORCTR 420-1	Approaches to Community Program Evaluation | Competencies: Program Evaluation; Public and Community Action III	Wed	7:00-9:30	W-1-055	Rivera

Gerontology                                          Click here for Course Descriptions
CORCTR 210-3	Participation in Government: Legislative Process and the Elderly	Wed	8:45-11:15	W-3-125	Spencer
GERCTR 320-1	Intervention with Elders Practicum | Competencies: Intervention with Elders I; Intervention with Elders II	Tues	11:30-2:00	TBA	Spencer
GERCTR 330-1	Physical Aspects of Aging and Health | Competency: Health and Physical Aspects of Aging	Mon	4:00-6:30	W-3-125	Spencer
GERCTR 400-1	Assessing Livable Communities in Massachusetts	Wed	12:00-2:30	W-3-125	Silverstein
GERCTR 400-2	Action Research in Gerontology and Human Services | Competencies: Applied Research in Aging and Public & Community Action II OR Case Management and Public Community Action III	Mon	7:00-9:30	W-1-056	Clemens
GERCTR 403-2	Assessing a Community Curriculum to Promote the Safety of Older Drivers | Competencies: (you may choose from the following) Reflective Social Action; Working on a Geron Social Issue; Public & Community Action III; Influencing Policy Making; Critical Readings III; Designing & Delivering Training Curr; Evaluating a Training	Tues	8:45-11:15	W-3-125	Silverstein

Human Services  (see Internships for additional Human Services Competencies)  Click here for Course Descriptions
HUMCTR 200-1	Human Development	Tues	11:30-2:00	W-1-051	Siperstein
CORCTR 235-1	Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Public & Community Service | Additional Competency: Value Conflicts	Wed	11:30-2:00	W-1-062	Quammie-Alleyne
HUMCTR 356-1	Human Service Intervention I or II and Group Dynamics by Evaluation	Sat	10:00-4:00	W-1-053	Ferguson
HUMCTR 360	Development of Human Services	Mon	7:00-9:30	W-1-052	Vehvilainen
HUMCTR 365-1	Reality Creation and Practice: Social Construction of Relationships | Competencies: Critical Practice and Social Construction of Relationships	Thur	11:30-2:00	W-1-052	Ferguson
GERCTR 400-2	Action Research in Gerontology and Human Services | Competencies: Applied Research in Aging and Public & Community Action II OR Case Management and Public Community Action III	Mon	7:00-9:30	W-1-056	Clemens
YTHCTR 340-1	HICCUP Project (select up to 2 competencies) | Competencies: Models of Practice or Analysis of a Youth Issue; Working on a Youth Issue; Critical Practice; Public & Community Action III; For Continuing students only: Reflective Social Action; Critical Readings III	Wed	2:30-6:15	W-1-051	Arches

Labor Studies                                            Click here for Course Descriptions
LABCTR 200-1	The Problems of Workers and their Unions: Labor Studies Tutorial | Competencies: Problems of Wkrs & Unions; Bldg & Strengthening Org	By arrgmt	By arrgmt	By arrgmt	Green
LAWCTR 342-2	Division of Labor | Competencies: (choose one) Concepts of Justice; Assessing Workers Power; Legal Studies I; Legal Studies II; Debating Policy	Thur	7:00-9:30	W-1-044	McLarney
CORCTR 210-2	Participation in Government | Additional Competency: Methods and Goals of Organizing	Thur	7:00-9:30	W-1-055	Dotterman
LAWCTR 210-1	Participation in Government (crosslisted with PHILAW)	Mon	7:00-9:30	W-1-055	Marlin
MGTCTR 340	Union Administration | Competencies: Bldg & Strengthening Org; Management Theories & Practices	Saturdays in Feb, March & April
MGTCTR 360-1	Human Resource Management	Tues	8:45-11:15	M-1-608	Skandalis
CORCTR 351-4	Historical Change in the US: Work, Culture and Society in Modern USA	Tues	11:30-2:00	W-1-060	Green
LAWCTR 265-1	Legal Advocacy	Thur	11:30-2:00	W-1-053	Leong
LABCTR 400-1	Values at Work: stories and imagery of shifting ground | Level II or Level III competencies: Value Conflicts or Critical Reading or Crafting Art or Public & Community Action III	Tues	7:00-9:30	W-2-127	Eisenberg

Training & Development                             Click here for Course Descriptions
TADCTR 200-1	Adult Education: Training & Development | Competencies: Theories of Adult Education; Assessing Training Needs; TADCOM 300-2; TADCOM 320-2	Wed	11:30-2:00	W-1-051	Stefanos
GERCTR 403-2	Assessing a Community Curriculum to Promote the Safety of Older Drivers | Competencies: (you may choose from the following) Reflective Social Action; Working on a Geron Social Issue; Public & Community Action III; Influencing Policy Making; Critical Readings III; Designing & Delivering Training Curr; Evaluating a Training	Tues	8:45-11:15	W-3-125	Silverstein

Youth Work                                                Click here for Course Description
YTHCTR 220-2	Understanding Youth	Mon	7:00-9:30	W-1-051	Barbosa and Wallace
YTHCTR 340-1	HICCUP Project (select up to 2 competencies) | Competencies: Models of Practice or Analysis of a Youth Issue; Working on a Youth Issue; Critical Practice; Public & Community Action III; For Continuing students only: Reflective Social Action; Critical Readings III	Wed	2:30-6:15	W-1-051	Arches

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Writing Portfolio Support Activities

Writing Advising Weeks:

The first two weeks of the Spring 2006 will be Writing Advising Weeks. Writing advisors will be available to meet with students to help them understand the writing support options available and select the best ones for their needs. TImes are from 11-12, 2-3, and 6-7. Location is TBA.

Writing Workshops:

There are now FOUR kinds of workshops. Students are encouraged to take advantage of these FREE workshops to get the support they need to complete the Writing Portfolio.  You do not need to register for workshops. You should attend the first session to get on the class list.

ONE: How to Write an Essay Workshop

Cycle 1 begins: February 2

Cycle 2 begins: March 23

How to Write an Essay is a workshop designed to help students who are beginning their writing journey here at the College. Intended to support beginning writers to generate sound essays, this workshop will be offered using a combined writing instruction and writing workshop model. Students will gather to share their writing questions and issues, brainstorm solutions, “workshop” actual writing assignments, and engage in a facilitated discussion about the elements and practice of producing strong essays. We'll discuss topics such as: how to begin the writing process, how to write a solid introduction with a specific thesis statement, how to organize ideas in the body of the essay, and how to end the essay with a solid conclusion. Students will be expected to participate in each of the seven workshops that make up the cycle.

TWO: Writing Workshop

These workshops will begin the week of January 30th.

These workshops are designed for students who are working at Levels II and higher in the curriculum. They are designed to help you develop and revise papers that you are working on in demonstration of other competencies, and to help you prepare products that will ultimately be suitable for the Writing Portfolio. Students who attend the workshops should bring papers that they are currently preparing or papers that they have received back from faculty that require revision. The focus of the class sessions will be on “workshop-ing” the papers through peer review and one-on-one review with the instructor to strengthen the writing in terms of organization, style, appropriate citation and the different elements of writing.

 

THREE: Ambitious and Dangerous Writing

A four-week workshop for students involved in writing that doesn't fit easily into traditional formats or that carries an explosive emotional charge. We'll discuss ways to experiment with new or hybrid structures, as well as tactics for slipping around landmines. Students are welcome to bring course assignments, work projects, or their own creative writing.

 

FOUR: Portfolio Preparation Workshops

The Portfolio Preparation Workshop is for students who are ready or near ready to submit their Writing Portfolios. The workshop instructor will review the portfolio submission process and portfolio checklist, and will offer guidance in writing the reflective cover letter that accompanies the portfolio. Additionally, the writing instructor can help students select their best products for inclusion in the portfolio. If students need help with writing or revising essays, they should attend one of the essay writing workshops, rather than the Portfolio Preparation Workshop. The Portfolio Preparation Workshop will run in 4-week cycles, with the understanding that students will attend one cycle. If you plan to submit your Writing Portfolio this semester, you should select Portfolio Level III on your learning plan and register for Section 1.

Portfolio Advisors:

The faculty who are on the Portfolio Evaluation team and the faculty who teach writing support workshops are happy to meet with you to advise you in preparation for submitting your portfolios. They can help you assess whether you're ready to submit the portfolio and help you get the portfolio together. The names of Spring 2006 Portfolio Team, along with their contact information, will be posted at the start of the semester.

Peer Advisor/Tutors:

Students who wish to, or are advised to, work one-on-one with a tutor on developing writing skills or writing products should sign up to work with a Peer Advisor / Tutor (PAT). PATs are CPCS students who are trained to tutor writing and to help their fellow CPCS students with basic advising questions.  Peer Advisor / Tutors can assist you with:

*   Answering basic advising questions

*   Explaining guidelines and procedures for the Writing / Communication Portfolios

*   Helping you clarify and understand homework assignments

*   Helping you prepare outlines for assignments, organizing and structuring papers

*   Conducting searches for research materials, selecting, incorporating, and documenting sources

*   Improving grammar, punctuation, and vocabulary skills.

For more information about Portfolio Advisors and Tutors, please see http://www.cpcs.umb.edu/support/studentsupport/academic/writing_portfolio.htm

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Computer / Technology Competency Support Activities