Employability - Interpersonal Skills Development

Syllabus

 

 

About your instructor

Name

Dr. Pollis Robertson

E-mail Address

robertsonp@kellogg.edu

 

Office

Campus

Kellogg Community College

Office

C-256

Office Phone

269-965-4121 Ext. 2506

Fax

269-565-2033

Office Hours

Posted on Office Window

 

About this class

Title

Employability - Interpersonal Skills Development

Number of Weeks

16

Meeting Times/Location

Online

 

Course Description

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

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

A.

Demonstrate critical thinking skills in gathering, analyzing, interpreting facts, and problem solving using scientific inquiry.

B.

Demonstrate written, verbal, nonverbal, computer, and listening communication skills.

 

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

 

Item

Number of items

Points Value

% of Final Grade

Discussion Forums          

4

200

20  %

Skills Building Exercises

4

200

20 %

Feedback Quizzes (     

10

200

20 %

Midterm Assessment

1

200

20 %

Final Assessment

1

200

20 %

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

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 Opportunity

 

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.

 

 

 

 

ADA Statement:

 

Kellogg Community College does not discriminate in the admission or treatment of students on the basis of disability.  KCC is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the rehabilitation Act.

 

 

 

 

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 Kellogg Community College and any student, nor between the instructor and any student.  The instructor reserves the right, acting within the policies and procedures of Kellogg Community College, to make changes in course content, course policies, or instructional techniques without notice or obligation.