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| Professor: | Kenneth Mentor J.D., Ph.D. | |
E-mail: |
mentor@uncp.edu | |
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(910) 521-6541 | |
Office: |
BA 214 | |
Office Hours: |
Monday 2:20-3:30, Friday 12:20-1:30
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| Course Structure This is a hybrid course with class activities taking place in class and online. Class will include lecture and discussions. All graded activities (other than some class participation) will occur online. We will rely on this course outline, e-mail, and other web-based tools to complete this course. In addition to this site, much of the content in this course is included in the cjcampus site designed for this course. We wil NOT be using Blackboard for this course. Course Description Theories of deviant behavior are examined, with selected examples of deviance reviewed in detail. Course Objectives:
Readings Goode, E. (2005). Deviant Behavior, 7th ed., Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall Rubington, E. and Weinberg, M. S. (2004). Deviance, 9th ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon Evaluation Criteria
Assignments Online Exams: (40%) Online exams will be included each week, covering the chapter discussed in class during that week. Each of these 13 exams will be completed in the cjcampus online classroom. These will be short exams, typically 10 questions selected from a set of questions. Each student has three opportunities to complete the exam. Each of the three exams will be slightly different but will draw from the same set of questions. Online exams will include multiple choice questions, are open book/notes, and can be completed in collaboration with other students. The highest score earned for each exam will be included in the computation of final grades. Online Essays: (30%) Four online essays will be posted in the cjcampus online classroom. Each essay will focus on a section of the Rubington and Weinberg text. Essays should have sufficient breadth and depth to indicate more than a passing awareness of the issues raised in the questions (3-5 double spaced pages). Grading will be determined based on the thoroughness of response and the ability to properly apply knowledge gained through reading the text. Essays should be "term paper quality." Pay attention to spelling, sentence and paragraph structure, organization, and citations. Your papers should use APA style. Questions typically contain multiple parts. This is not done to make questions more difficult. Multiple parts are recommended to provide guidance that will lead to a high quality answer. Remember to address each section but do not assume that the ideas raised in each section are the only issues to be addressed in your response. eCommunication Project: (20%) This assignment includes a series of online discussions with students enrolled in universities in the United States and Great Britain. Grade will be earned through active participation and the submission of a brief essay at the conclusion of the project. More information will be provided in class. cjencyclopedia Entry: (10%) This class will participate in the design of the "Online Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice." Each student is expected to prepare one essay to be included in the encyclopedia. One essay will be an original contributions while the second will include the editing of a previously submitted essay. Plagiarism rules apply. For the original contribution each student is expected to submit a 750 word essay on a topic agreed upon in advance. These articles must be written in a formal style, similar to that used in research papers, including citations (in APA format) and links to related online material. More information is provided at the cjencyclopedia site. Active Attendance: (up to 10 points will be added) Students are expected to attend each class fully prepared to discuss the reading material required for that day. The instructor will call upon different students to share what they have learned from the readings with the rest of the class. Each student is expected to come to class with notes on the themes and main points of each of the readings. This course will be better if you talk more and I talk less. I prefer not to dominate the discussion so each of you will need to remain active throughout the semester. You all have interesting ideas and viewpoints and we learn more by sharing and trying to understand various views. Notice that the score for this item causes the total number of points to rise to 110%. A certain level of participation is assumed. That level of participation is expected and not included in the grade. Those that fail to reach that level will not gain any extra points. Course Policies Deadlines Deadlines are not suggestions. All written material will rapidly lose points in the days following the due date. Zero points will be awarded for missed assignments. ADA Any student with a documented disability needing academic adjustments is requested to speak directly to Disability Support Services and the instructor, as early in the semester (preferably within the first week) as possible. All discussions will remain confidential. Please contact Disability Support Services, DF Lowry Building, 910-521-6695. Please see http://www.uncp.edu/dss/ for more information. Class Withdrawal
Class withdrawal is your responsibility. If you disappear, we will wonder where you are. However, we will not drop you from the class. Withdrawals should follow University procedure. The student is responsible for obtaining all necessary signatures on drop slips. Academic Misconduct
A very high price can be paid when you are caught cheating. Too high to risk. All written material must be your own composition. Appropriate credit must be given for sources used in developing your ideas and arguments. Provide appropriate citations. It is easy to see when large sections of text have been lifted from other Web pages. This is quite easy to verify as well. It is not appropriate to submit work that was originally completed for another course. NOTE: The penalties for engaging in any of these acts of academic misconduct will be determined on a case-by-case basis, but will follow general university guidelines as to severity. Classroom Climate
Classroom climate is not solely the Professor's responsibility. We encourage each of you to engage in conversation on any issue. The University is a place for free speech, limited through individual choice. These choices may be altered with awareness of the real or potential reaction of others. However, you should not be intimidated into keeping quiet. We do not condone racist, sexist, homophobic, or other hateful speech. You are all adults, capable of understanding generally accepted rules of conduct and modifying your behavior in an effort to comply with these social or legal expectations. You are responsible for your behavior. Final Grades
If grades are made available online, be advised that if there is any error the grade you receive from the registrar is your official grade. Grade changes will be made only in cases of data or computation error. Please do not ask, beg, or otherwise attempt to change a properly computed grade. Course Outline and Schedule
Click the "Calendar," and "Web Content" buttons at the top of this page to review class expectations. Assignments and due dates are listed in the calendar page. Be sure you review the entire Outline and Calendar within the first few days of the semester. This course outline is intended to define much of what will happen throughout this course. Changes are possible. Any changes will be clearly presented to the class and will often include class discussion. Changes will apply to all students enrolled in this course, without regard to whether they were involved in the discussion.
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January 2006 - Kenneth Mentor |
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