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Chris Kacir, Assistant Professor of Psychology Voice: 740.351.3093; fax: 740.351.3153; e-mail: ckacir@shawnee.edu |
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C O U R S E D E S C R I P T I O N |
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These
courses will take students on an intensive 9-day field trip to Britain.
Students will spend time in London, Oxford, the city of Bath, and other
cities. They will visit many famous sites and places of interest including
the world-class British Museum, the monarch's palace and on-going
residence in Windsor,
several historical sites relevant to the field of psychology including
Down House (Darwin’s residence from 1842 to 1882), the Sigmund Freud
Museum (Freud’s last residence following his escape from Vienna during
WWII), the Anna Freud Center (a child psychology clinic founded by Freud’s
daughter, generally considered the first child psychotherapist), St.
Mary’s of Bethlehem (the infamous asylum, known best as “Bedlam”),
Westminster Abbey (containing the grave of Sir Isaac Newton), the
residence and gravesite of Sir Francis Galton. and the archaeological sites of Stonehenge and Avesbury. The field trip will entail traveling about 9,000 air miles, 400
land miles, and across 6 time zones.
Upon completion of the field trip and the Soci 499 S course students will have a better knowledge of the intricacies of international travel and a better appreciation and understanding of Britain's long history, diverse society, intriguing politics, many forms of artistic expression (e.g. theater, architecture, paintings), and entangling international relations. Further, students will become more sensitive to cultural diversity and attain levels of cosmopolitanism attained only through empirical experience.
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P E D A G O G Y |
| The accompanying professors will be lecturing and conducting dialogues with the students throughout the trip. The students will be expected to answer occasional questions on lectures delivered while traveling. Perusal of the cyber page companion site and access to its links and resources is required. There also will be a series of pre-trip group orientation meetings and two post-trip overall evaluation and group reflection meetings. Some of the pre-trip sessions will be organizational and the rest academic in nature. At the latter sessions students will also be provided with a list of book titles and other multimedia references for required perusal prior to the trip in order to familiarize themselves with various aspects of the subject studied. Students may use their own initiative to select books on Britain that reflect their own academic discipline or interest. In this case, the professor’s approval of the book chosen is required. Students shall be expected to share their experience with the rest of the university and the community at large through a variety of interactions such as guest appearances in classrooms or in more formal public forums following their return. | |
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S T U D E N T E V A L U A T I O N |
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| Students will be evaluated by completing and turning in a term paper and a book review (each worth 40% of the total grade) within 60 days from the day the class returns to SSU. The term paper must be a reflection, rather than a descriptive travelogue, of the trip and must include an interpretation of the information gained from lectures and first-hand experience. The book review must include a descriptive and an evaluative part. Click here for general instructions for a successful book review. The remaining 20% of the grade will be allocated on the basis of informal and formal evaluation by the professor during the trip on the basis of participation in discussions, scholarly conduct in general, and by meeting the pre- and post-trip expectations discussed above. |
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