SOC 135 DEATH AND DYING (On-line)
COURSE SYLLABUS
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SOC 135-4
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FALL 2009 |
WEB VERSION |
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INSTRUCTOR: |
OFFICE: Black Hawk 225A |
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PHONE (319) 296-4430 |
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E-MAIL: pashwood@hawkeyecollege.edu |
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This
course is housed in ANGEL. Here is the
link to ANGEL. Students will not be able to access ANGEL
until the first day of class.
If you are
having problems logging into ANGEL or have other problems with ANGEL do the
following:
Call 319
296-2320 ext 1415 or email angel@hawkeyecollege.edu Angel Help Angel Help Videos
(If you are
interested in this class in order to get ADEC
certification click here)
THIS IS AN 8 WEEK CLASS.
IT WILL BE FAST AND FURIOUS. IT WILL BE DONE OCTOBER 15TH. (There is an exam every 2 weeks.)
Please
send me an email with your basic information. (address, phone, college
experience, online experience…)
Assignments
and discussion take place everyday
Monday-Friday. Watch for the due dates.
Send in projects and web activities early or on due date. Discussion must be done within the dates
specified. Exams must be taken within
the dates and times specified. All other work can be done ahead of time.
WEB Course Policies:
This
course is on-line. You must be comfortable with
your computer for this course.
Computer
Skills: I cannot tutor you on e-mail, web site usage, word processing etc. Lack of computer skills cannot be used as
an excuse for late work. For example,
you may need to send me assignments attached to your email. You should know how
to do this. I prefer email assignments
to be in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) or in rich text format (.rtf)
Copies: Be sure to make copies of all of your work
just in case. It is YOUR responsibility
to have back-up copies
Reading
will be heavily emphasized in this course. The entire textbook will be utilized
and well as other readings.
Workload:
You can expect a minimum of 12 hours of work for this class per week. Lecture is replaced with projects and web
activities. You are expected to pace yourself and get your work in on time.
Required
readings and activities are listed in the class schedule and they must be read
by the day indicated on the schedule. Students are responsible for the material
in the textbook for their exams.
Cheating: Plagiarism and other forms of
cheating will be dealt with severely. Do not use others' works without
crediting the source. You will receive a zero for assignments that are
plagiarized. Depending on the circumstances you may receive an F for this
course and have a letter describing your cheating in your permanent student
file. Check the student
handbook for more information on plagiarism and cheating.
To
receive full credit for projects and tests, they must be presented when due. Late work will lose one letter grade per day late.
There are no make-ups. Do your own work.
DEATH
& DYING COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This
course provides a basic background on historical and contemporary perspectives
on death and dying. Attention is given to current American practices regarding
death, as well as cross-cultural interpretation. Emphasis is also placed on the
special situation of the terminally ill and bereaved.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
This
course will:
1. emphasize the importance of and the
process of grief work.
2. take account of how attitudes toward death
develop throughout the life cycle and how variables such as sex, occupation,
religion, social class, and culture affect these attitudes.
3. provide an overview of the stages or
phases of the dying process likely to be experienced by the terminally ill
patient.
4. examine the needs of the terminally ill
patient and how hospice is organized to meet those needs.
5. provide an overview of the history,
purpose, and current practices in funeral rituals.
6. examine the sociological and psychological
models of suicide.
7. delve into
traditional philosophical and theological attitudes toward death.
8. focus on
ethical issues as relates to the area of death and dying in contemporary
society.
For more
information on this course please see its course guide.
REQUIRED TEXTS
Lynne
DeSpelder and Albert Strickland. (2009) The Last Dance (Eighth Edition)
Boston: McGraw Hill.
Mitch
Albom. (1997) Tuesdays With Morrie.
Doubleday. (The paperback is cheaper than the hardback.)
These
books are available in the Hawkeye Bookstore or through almost any book
retailer.
GRADES
AND ASSIGNMENTS
There
will be four major exams over readings.
All exams must be taken during the announced time.
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Exam #1 |
September 4 |
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Exam #2 |
September 17 |
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Exam #3 |
October 1 |
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Exam #4 |
October 14 |
Exams = 30% of total grade |
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Projects |
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30% of total grade |
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Web Activities |
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25% of total grade (These are short assignments based on web
pages. There are about 2 per chapter.) |
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Discussion |
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10% (There are
1-2 class discussion per chapter.) |
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Quizzes |
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5% (There
is one quiz per chapter to help you prepare for the exam.) |
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GRADING
SCALE 90-100% A 80-89.99% B 70-79.99% C 60-69.99% D |
PROJECTS
(The projects in the links below
are not the newest version. You can use
them as a guide to part of what is expected in this class. The final version of the assignment is in
Angel. The obituary assignment is in its
final form if you want to get that done ahead of time.)
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LINKS TO DEATH AND DYING WEBSITES
STUDENT HELP FOR
THIS CLASS (and others)
2.
SQ3R STUDY METHOD
(ANOTHER VERSION OF
SQ3R)
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STUDENT
DEVELOPMENT (Available in Bremer
116, tutors and help)
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A HELP PAGE FOR EXAM TAKING, WRITING PAPERS, STUDYING http://www.studygs.net/index.htm
PARROT & WOOD FUNERAL HOME TOUR 10/28/03
SCENES
FROM KEARNS FUNERAL HOME TOUR 10/31/01
COURSE CALENDAR
DEATH & DYING
(The
projects in the links below are not the newest version. You can use them as a guide to part of what
is expected in this class. The final
version of the assignment is in Angel.
The obituary assignment is in its final form if you want to get that
done ahead of time.)
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WEEK |
TOPIC |
ASSIGNMENT |
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1 |
Introduction Socialized to
Death |
Read
CH 1 & 3 |
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1 |
Historical
and Cross-Cultural Perspectives |
Read
CH 3 Obituary Project Due August 27 |
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2 |
Children and
Death |
Read
CH 2 & 10 Due September 1 |
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2 |
More
Children |
EXAM 1 September 4 |
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3 |
Dying
and Institutions |
Read
CH 4 & 5 Due Sept. 9 |
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4 |
Medical
Ethics and the Law |
Read
CH 6 & 7 EXAM 2 Sept 17th
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5 |
Death
Rituals |
Read
CH 8 |
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5 |
Suicide |
Read
CH 12 Cemetery Project Due Sept 22 |
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6 |
Social
Death |
Read
CH 13 Due Sept 28th
EXAM 3 October 1 |
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7 |
Griefwork |
Read
CH 9 & 11 Due October 6th
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8 |
After
Life |
Read
CH 14 & 15 |
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The
End |
EXAM 4 October 14th
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Disclaimer: All information on calendar
except exam dates is tentative
This
educational offering is recognized by the Association for Death Education and
Counseling to help meet the thanatology-related contact hour requirement to be Certified in Thanatology: Death, Dying, and
Bereavement
(ADEC: If you
are interested in this class in order to get ADEC
certification click here)
The following are rationale and description
for class assignments. Be sure to read this. It is
also on Angel.
PROJECTS
Thirty
percent of your total grade will be based on your six projects, (5%
each). The projects are the longest written assignments for this
class. They are generally 2-3 pages. About half of them are based
on your experiences or plans concerning death and dying. None of these
are research papers. The purpose of these projects is for you to explore
your thoughts and experiences about death and dying and to get some depth on
topics such as cemeteries, movies, and Morrie. Be sure to make backup copies of all
your projects.
I
will enter a 1 in your
gradebook to indicate I received these. (This is not your grade.) I
start grading them the day after the due date. I will enter the grade when I
finish grading.
Be
sure to send these to me in the box at the bottom of the assignment or attached
to that box area (Angel calls these things "drop boxes" but students
do not see that term). Please do not email these to me since it makes
them harder to find and to grade.
Projects
are listed FIRST in each unit to make sure you are aware of these.
WEB ACTIVITIES
Twenty-five
percent of your total grade will be based on web activities. There
are 1-3 web activities per chapter. Some of these activities were created
by the author of your text and some were created (or adapted) by your
instructor. The purpose of these activities is to give you more
depth and application on topics covered in the textbook. They are
worth about 1% each. They are important assignments to help
you learn the chapter content. Be sure to make back up copies of all
your activities. Be sure to send these to me in the box at the bottom of
the assignment or attached to that box area (the drop box again). Please
do not email these to me since it makes them harder to find and to grade.
You can do these activities early but please do not start the next unit until
we are finished with the current unit.
EXAMS
Thirty
percent of your total grade will be based on four unit exams, (7.5%
each). These online multiple choice exams have 50 questions each.
You will get one hour to take the exam. You will get a 2 day period to
take the exam.
Each
unit exam has 3-4 chapters. The purpose of the exams is to check your
knowledge of the material in the textbook. One hour is not enough
to look up the answers. You need to read each chapter and study each one
carefully. I encourage you to look at the glossary for each chapter, take the
quizzes, and use the flashcards. These links provide you with the SQ3R
method for studying your text.
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/lynch/TextbookReading.htm
http://www.studygs.net/texred2.htm
This
link gives you help with taking multiple choice exams.
http://www.studygs.net/tsttak3.htm
DISCUSSION
Ten
percent of your total grade will be based on many class discussions. Each
chapter will have 1-2 discussion topics. You have a 2-3 day window to
address the topic.
DO
NOT post comments before or after the dates listed in the title of the
discussion.
You
should read what I ask and then react to my question and the comments of other
students. Ideally you should make several comments. You should
return to the discussion forum multiple times during the time window to answer
any comments or questions other students ask you. I discourage you from
throwing in your first comment in the last hours the forum is open (that will
get you a C or less). Comments added outside the time window will
not count.
A typical discussion will be graded this way.
Posting one
decent comment will get you a C.
If
you also reply to one person, you will get a B.
If
you also reply to two persons or more, you will get an A.
You
will get a C if all postings are in the same log in period or the same
day. Discussions should be visited multiple times within the posted
days.
QUIZZES
Five
percent of your total grade will be based on 15 chapter quizzes. The main
purpose of these quizzes is to prepare you for the unit exams. You can
take them as many times as you want. Your quiz scores will be
averaged. So be sure to read the chapter first. The quizzes are not worth
a great deal by themselves but you will find them useful. The multiple
choice questions are very similar to the questions in the unit exams.
Go to Patrick Ashwood Homepage
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