Richard BeansPSY 300 Group Dynamics SyllabusMWF 8:30 a.m. Dr. Richard O. Beans Text: Forsyth (1999). Group Dynamics, 3rd edition. Institutional Mission Greenville College is a Christian community committed to excellence in higher education, and grounded in both the liberal arts and a rich Wesleyan heritage. We seek to equip students for lives of effective leadership and redemptive servanthood through an education characterized by open inquiry into all creation and guided by the authority of Scripture, reason, tradition, and experience. Institutional Objectives addressed by this course A. Learn to think critically and creatively. Course objectives By the end of the course, the student will be able to: 1. Analyze and identify group processes in a variety of group settings. Assignment: Group Analysis Papers
Assignment: Research Report 3. Demonstrate integration and application of course content, in written and verbal expression, by articulating thoughts and feelings, forming hypotheses, and generating problem solving techniques appropriate to one's position as leader or member of a group. Assignments: Journal of Personal Reflections, classroom discussions
Study and Writing Standards Plan to spend at least two hours of study outside of class for
each hour spent in class. Attendance Each student will begin the semester with 50 attendance points. Two absences are allowed. These include illness or other reasons. Each absence after the second will incur a deduction of 10 points. Absences due to official Greenville College activities such as class trips, athletic events, etc. are excused, and are not counted against the student, but s/he is still responsible for the work due on those days. If a quiz is given on the day of the official absence, the student should make arrangements to take the quiz at another time. Portfolios at Greenville College Academic departments within the College are required to assess the impact of their programs upon the lives of students who graduate in each major. One of the ways this is done is through a student-owned portfolio containing a collection of "best works" which the student considers to be evidence of personal growth toward what the GC mission describes as "transformed lives of character and service." The portfolio contains the StrengthFinder, papers, projects, videotapes of performances or presentations, audio tapes of radio/music class works, and a summary of a student's co-curricular experiences in music, athletics, ministry, newspaper or yearbook articles/photos, and volunteer service to the community. Assignments that are evidence of student excellence are drawn from courses contributing to general education, the major, the minor, leadership experiences, and service. Students are encouraged to talk with their professors and advisor regarding the collection of best works to be included in the portfolio. Assignments and projects from any course may be included in the portfolio. Students may select the way in which their portfolio is compiled: 1) as a collection of papers within a three-ring binder or other professional folio/folder; 2) as a collection of files on a floppy disc; 3) as a collection of works on a CD; or 4) as a periodically updated personal web page. Norm Hall, Dean of Student Development is coordinating a pilot project for students interested in developing web-based portfolios. If you are interested in this method, contact him at extension 7117. Before the close of the semester, talk with your advisor and the professor teaching this course regarding those assignments, tests, or papers you consider to be "best works" and worthy of inclusion in your portfolio. Grading Group Analysis Papers (4 @ 50pts. ea.) 200
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