Readings include texts from Martin Luther King, Jr., Thomas Jefferson, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler and others examining the individual leader as a primary influence within the community. Other sources offer an alternative view of the leader as merely reflecting larger forces within the community. Course lasts six weeks. Students will learn computer writing and communicating skills including basic word processing, e-mail, network utilization and presentation software. Effective and efficient use of library and community resources will be explored.
Course lasts six weeks.
The course will provide a review of standard grammar, mechanics, and usage required to write and speak effectively, using students' own backgrounds and experiences as topics for their classroom work. Emphasis will be placed on peer collaboration and editing, as well as projects for presentations. Course lasts six weeks. An examination of the social and cultural dynamics of selected ethnic groups, races and social classes in the U.S., with a view toward social problems and problem resolution. The course will extensively use case studies and epochal readings.