Insys 100
University Seminar
COURSE: INSYS-100 University Seminar
INSTRUCTOR: John Hall
SUBJECT: General Information/Syllabus
DATE: Fall 1996
REQUIRED RESOURCES
- Drexel University Student Handbook
- College of Information Science and Technology Academic Planning Handbook
- Your own week or day "at a glance" planning calendar
- Electronic mail
BASIS FOR GRADE:
- Class attendance & participation 20%
- 9 Weekly journal entries 30%
- Time log and management 10%
- Complete Winter Term Pre-registration schedule & turn in by deadline 10%
- Library project 10%
- Report on Convocation 10%
- Report of faculty interview 10%
- Total 100%
- Extra credit:
- Join a Drexel student activity by Thanksgiving recess 10%
- A volunteer activity 10%
Schedule
- Class, September 26
- Introductions: To each other, To the course, What I expect, What you expect, Expectations from college - what's different?
- Guests:
- Richard Lytle, Dean of IST
- Melissa Englund, IST Director of Student Services and Advisor
- Pictures
- Assignments:
- Keep a log of how you spend you time each day of the next week
- Prepare a term master schedule of when your classes meet and when major deliverables (papers, projects, quizzes, exams, etc.) are due.
- First journal entry - no more than one page
- Class October 3
- Time Management
- Study Skills
- Eudora Training (E-Mail), Tuesday, October 1, 8:00AM, Korman Center
- Convocation, Monday, October 7, 11:00AM, Main Auditorium
- Assignments:
- Second journal entry to be submitted by e-mail
- Report on convocation, one page
- Time management plan DUE WEEK 4
- Class October 10
- Guest
- Melissa Englund - Academic Planning
- Assignments:
- Class October 17
- Academic Honesty, Acceptable Computer Use, and Judicial Affairs
- Student Perspective on IST and Drexel
- Time Management Plans presentations and discussion
- Faculty, Who are they and what can they do for you
- Guests
- David Ruth, University Judicial Officer
- Possible student guest
- Assignments:
- Report of an interview of one of your teachers, one page
- Fourth journal entry
- Class October 24
- Melissa Englund - Winter Term Course Scheduling
- Assignments:
- Class October 31
- AIDS - Everybody's problem
- Community Service
- Guests
- Action Aids Representative
- Linda Arendt, Office of Student Community Services & Programs
- Assignments:
- Class October 31
- Field Trip , 2:30-4:30
- Assignments:
- Class November 14 to be held in Hagerty Library
- Information Resources:
- Guest
- Deborah Sheesley, Information Services Librarian
- Assignments:
- Eighth journal entry
- Library Project
- Class November 21
- NO CLASS November 28 - Happy Thanksgiving
- Class December 5
