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Employability - Interpersonal Skills Development Syllabus |
About your
instructor
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Name |
Dr. Pollis
Robertson |
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E-mail
Address |
robertsonp@kellogg.edu |
Office
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Campus |
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|
Office |
C-256 |
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Office
Phone |
269-965-4121
Ext. 2506 |
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Fax |
269-565-2033 |
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Office
Hours |
Posted on
Office Window |
About this
class
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Title |
Employability
- Interpersonal Skills Development |
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Number of
Weeks |
16 |
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Meeting
Times/Location |
Online |
Course
Description
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This
course is designed to help students to enhance their Interpersonal Skills for
career, job, and life success. The main focus of this course is to present
opportunities for students to practice developing job related Emotional
Intelligence skills and job related Impression Management skills. |
Textbooks
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Darwin B.
Nelson & Gary R. Low. Emotional
Intelligence Achieving Academic and Career Excellence, 2003. Publisher: Prentice Hall Travis
Bradberry and Jean Greaves. The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book,
Publisher, 2005, Simon & Schuster. |
Core
abilities this course will help you build
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A. |
Demonstrate
critical thinking skills in gathering, analyzing, interpreting facts, and
problem solving using scientific inquiry. |
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B. |
Demonstrate
written, verbal, nonverbal, computer, and listening communication skills. |
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C. |
Distinguish
between the positive and negative implications of physical, mental, and
community health principles on individual and community wellness. |
Competencies
this course will help you master
1. Exhibit positive work behaviors and personal qualities to
enhance the work environment.
2. Demonstrate self-discipline, self-worth, positive attitude,
and integrity to improve the work place.
3. Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to learn new
knowledge and skills to increase individual and organizational efficiencies.
4. Exhibit commitment to the organization to achieve company
goals.
5. Accept responsibility for developing a personal learning
agenda for future career success.
6. Accept responsibility for taking action to attract career
mentors to help with achieving personal learning agenda.
7. Demonstrate behaviors that are considered by employers as
being desirable for employees.
8. Exhibit teamwork and collaboration behavior to enhance the
work environment.
How your
performance will be graded
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Item |
Number of
items |
Points
Value |
% of Final
Grade |
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Discussion
Forums |
4 |
200 |
20
% |
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|
4 |
200 |
20 % |
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Feedback
Quizzes ( |
10 |
200 |
20 % |
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Midterm
Assessment |
1 |
200 |
20 % |
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Final
Assessment |
1 |
200 |
20 % |
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Totals |
20 |
1000 |
100 % |
Grading
scale
A 94 - 100%
A- 90 - 93%
B+ 87 - 89%
B 83 - 86%
B- 80 - 82%
C+ 77 - 79%
C 73 - 76%
C- 70 - 72%
D+ 67 - 69%
D 63 - 66%
D- 60 - 62%
F Below 60%
How to
succeed in this course
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Missed or
later assignments Make-up Policy. Each
assignment will specify the due date and the penalty for late or missed
assignment. Assessments and Feedback
quizzes must be taken as listed in the weekly schedule of activities for the
course. In the events of emergencies
or documented situations beyond the student or the instructor's control,
Student maybe permitted to take the assessment or quizzes late but not beyond
the final day of the term. If postings
are not made to the discussion forum within the due date and the penalty
phase, no credit will be given since the opportunity for feedback about the
assignment will have past. Extra
Credit Students
will be given the opportunity to earn up 5% extra credit to be added to the
points earned in this course. Plagiarism
or Cheating Policy Plagiarism
or cheating as referenced in the student handbook will be enforced in this
class. Disclaimer: Information
contained in this syllabus was, to the best knowledge of the instructor,
considered correct and complete when distributed for use at the beginning of
the semester. However, this syllabus
should not be considered a contract between |