For each unit of credit, a minimum of three hours per week with one of the hours for class and two hours for studying/preparation outside of class is expected.
The mission of the Humanities and Social Sciences is to foster an appreciation of the role that the humanities and social sciences has played in the evolution of civilized society and to explore the ways that an understanding of theory and practice in philosophy, the social and behavioral sciences, the fine arts, and written and oral expression will enable students to participate thoughtfully in a global society.
Outcome #1: Read with comprehension, be critical of what they read, and apply knowledge gained from their reading to broader issues of the day.
Outcome #2: Communicate ideas clearly and proficiently in writing, appropriately adjusting content and arrangement for varying audiences, purposes, and situations.
Outcome #5: Demonstrate the ability to think critically by gathering facts, generating insights, analyzing data, and evaluating information.
In their essays, students will demonstrate their competence in these reading and writing skills and strategies:
- Demonstrate appropriate use of pre-reading, reading, and post-reading strategies, to identify main and supporting ideas, understand vocabulary, context clues, connotative and denotative language, inferences, and distinguish fact from opinion.
- Demonstrate use of the writing process (such as prewriting, writing, revising, editing, and proofreading) to develop student writer'�s proficiency in composing college-level writing assignments.
- Recognize, analyze, and produce writing considering audience, purpose, as well as use effective rhetorical strategies for varying reading and writing assignments.
- Demonstrate control of the grammatical and mechanical conventions of Standard American Edited English in writings.
As part their post-assessment, an in-class essay (classification/division) will be included.
- Students will complete a pre-assessment (such as reading comprehension assessment, an in-class essay, and/or editing quiz) to demonstrate their skills upon entering Reading and Writing Strategies.
- Students will complete outlines and/or journals from at least 4 reading selections.
- Students will write 4 essays using different patterns of development (narrative/memoir, Scholarship application, illustration/summary-response, and compare/contrast).
- Students will work on grammar and mechanics exercises and will demonstrate command of sentence completeness, punctuation, and grammatical conventions.
- Students will complete a post-assessment (such as reading comprehension assessment, an in-class essay, and/or editing quiz).
- An English Writing Rubric score of 3, 2, 3 will be the benchmark for writing that meets the expectations of the department.
- Lectures
- Discussions
- Textbook exercises
- Reading assignments
- Writing assignments
- Computer activities
- Textbook
- Dictionary
- Handouts
- Audio/visual aids
- Computer software.
Outcome 1
Outcome 2 & 5
- Outcome 1 will be achieved by requiring students to read various selections from the textbook or supplemental reading assignments (such as from Smithsonian magazine). Students' ability to read and comprehend these assignments will be measured by classroom discussion, outlines, and journals.
- Students' essays will measure SCCC Outcomes 2 and 5. These assignments require students to apply what they have learned to their own circumstances and the world around them.
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Seward County Community College will make reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities. If you need support or assistance because of a disability, you may be eligible for academic accommodations. Students should identify themselves to the Mental Health Counselor at 620-417-1106 or go to the Student Success Center in the Hobble Academic building, room A149.