Syllabus




 * THE ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF ART ****CHICAGO **
 * Course Syllabus: General Education **
 * ** Course Name: ** || ** GEN347 Topics in Human Relations ** || ** Instructor: ** Mrs. Mucha || ||
 * ** Department: ** || General Education || ** Office Phone: ** ||  ||
 * ** Length: ** || 11 weeks || ** E-Mail: ** lmucha@aii.edu ||  ||
 * ** Credits: ** || 4 || ** Time & Place **** : ** T/R 10:00-11:50 ||  ||
 * ** Term & Year: ** || Summer 2011 || ** Section(s): ** A ||  ||

Topics in Human Relations examines social interactions in human relationships focusing on the application of theory and research. Students explore and analyze social relationships and apply theoretical concepts to analyze in various contexts, including but not limited to culture, gender, religion and media.
 * COURSE DESCRIPTION **

PREREQUISITES GEN102, and one course from GEN240-GEN248

PROGRAM MISSION The General Education department, in accord with the overall mission of The Illinois Institute of Art–Chicago, provides students the skills, knowledge and critical thinking ability needed for personal and professional success within a learner-centered, competency-based curriculum that fosters academic and intellectual excellence. The General Education requirements are designed to develop and increase students' ability to understand people, cultures, scientific, philosophical and artistic discoveries with the goal of developing intellectually rich and ethically sound graduates ready for personal and career challenges. GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM COMPETENCIES Reasoning: To understand forms of logic or ways of thinking. Representation: To formulate a message through the use of alternative mediums to express or present facts, thoughts, ideas, concepts arguments, values, perspectives, or opinions. Research: To investigate a subject thoroughly and systematically in order to present results in a detailed, accurate manner.
 * Problem Solving: ** To use reason in a specific context in order to answer a specific question. Problem solving may include one or more of the following: defining terms and tasks, organizing and verifying solutions, explaining or justifying a position.
 * Communication ** : To construct/exchange messages through verbal/non-verbal symbolic systems, such as reading, writing, speaking, listening, or gesture.
 * Connections ** : To identify or recognize relationships within or across discipline-specific forms of thought.

Upon completion of this course, a student should be able to
 * COURSE COMPETENCIES **
 * Demonstrate how communicative behaviors can help identify and solve social problems.
 * Evaluate specific skills, strategies, & theories to enhance social interaction.
 * Practice utilizing and evaluating appropriate verbal and nonverbal symbols, which govern human behavior to enhance his/her own interactions between individuals and societal groups.
 * Compare and contrast basic theories governing human relations.
 * Explore the nature and role of perception of self and others in human interactions.

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**I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot ****. **   ** Jack London **

Johnson, C.E. & Hackman, M.Z. (1995). __Creative Communication: Principles & Applications__. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland. ISBN#0-881330828-1
 * Required Textbook(s): **

Gelb, M. J. (1998). __How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day__. NY: Dell Trade Paperback. ISNB #0-440-50827-4.
 * Optional Books: **


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">References: **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;"> MLA style of documentation


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Other Materials: ** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Email address Small Pocket Notebook Highlighter Money for Field Trips


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Attendance: **
 * // IN-CLASS //**// : //<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Attendance in a class such as this is **essential** and attendance is expected at every in-class meeting. Our experiential encounters will take place in the field. Your absences jeopardize not only your learning, but also the opportunity of others learning as well. Arriving late may mean you’ll be excluded from a class activity and therefore you’ll have missed an opportunity for personal growth. If there is a reason why you must be absent, please notify me as early as possible. **BRING YOUR TEXTBOOK TO ALL CLASSES.** Attendance will be taken every day at the beginning of class.


 * // IN THE FIELD //**<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">You are required to participate in field trips or experiential encounters during the assigned meeting time for the course or at another time within 72 hours. You need to provide documentation for our FT or EE to get attendance credit.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Per ILIC, if you miss 14 or more hours of classes you will receive a failing grade, with tardiness accruing toward that total. //It is your responsibility to inform me of your tardiness at the end of class.//



<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Our goal is to increase our understanding of creativity as it applies to our personal and professional lives. We want to move past the idea of creativity as it applies to the "artist" in each of us and apply it to our <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">critical thinking and problem solving skills as well as our oral communication skills. The goal of this class is to define creativity, examine the theories of creativity, and identify your own creative process including your strengths and weaknesses. We should then be able to apply creativity in all aspects of your life including employing more effective language choices, becoming a stronger creative problem solver and recognizing effective and ethical creative communication in persuasion and in organizations.
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Topics: **

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">There is a lot going on! This course is an experiential, skills-based study of the realm of creativity as it applies to communication. There will be many activities in and out of class designed to stretch your creative thinking and provide you with the opportunity to apply the concepts discussed in the book and in lecture. To that end, you will need to take notes in class and attendance will be vital in order to pass the class. As it stands today I have no intention of having a traditional midterm or final test, nor any quizzes. A variety of experiences designed to develop basic concepts of the creative communication process will be employed. Textbook reading, field trips, exercises, small group, self-assessment tools, student presentations, projects, papers and classroom discussions will be utilized as tools to achieve student success.
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Teaching Approach: **

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">This course will require you to plan carefully as many assignments are on-going and will overlap. So please, don’t wait until the last moment. I can’t stress enough the importance of attendance, checking emails and wikispace.
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Student Approach: ** **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">ORGANIZE! **


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">General Class Requirements: **

Written Work
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">All papers are to be typed, double-spaced, the equivalent of 12 point Times New Roman font, with 1” margins at the top, bottom and sides on white letter size paper. Standard grammar and punctuation rules are to be followed. Your name is to appear in the __upper right hand corner__, the date on the line below, GEN227 on the line below that and Mucha on the line below that. All documentation is to adhere to the MLA style sheet.

Classroom Conduct
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Respect for self, others and the group are vital in a class such as this. There are basic standards of classroom civility that should be adhered to.

§ <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Actively participate in discussions. § <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Actively listen to lectures and presentations. § <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Participate in group activities, workshops and other classroom exercises. § <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Do not do work for other classes and do not snooze. § <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Display respect for all members of the class, including your classmates and instructor. Respect diverse ideas, experiences, values, and communication styles. § <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Avoid racist, sexist, homophobic, or other negative language that may unnecessarily exclude members of our class and school community.

Grading System & Evaluation
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">10% Assignments & Participation <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">25% Adopt a Genius Presentation <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">10% Creativity Essay <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">25% Persuasive Communication <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">15% Problem Solving Project <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">15% Book of Lists Essay

93%-100% A 77%-79.9 C +59% & Below F 90%-92.9 A- 73%-76.9% C  87%-89.9 B+ 70%-72.9 C-  83%-86.9% B 67%-69.9 D+  80%-82.9 B- 60%-66.9% D


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Assignments: **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Following is a brief description of major assignments.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Leonardo DaVinci jotted down ideas or interesting observations wherever he was. They didn't need to be related to anything obvious. Carry a small journal or sketchbook to hold your observations, ideas, writings, drawings, ephemera(What does that word mean?) that are accumulated through your field trips and daily living. You will receive points for entries with an analysis paper to be completed at the end of the quarter.
 * // A Book of Lists //**

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Either research a historical creative figure or interview a creative individual and prepare a presentation highlighting his/her "creative" process, thoughts, and activities. Be sure to analyze his/her biographical data in terms of the theorists discussed in chapter 2 & 3.
 * // Adopt a Genius //**

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Most weeks we will take a field trip or you will have an experiential encounter(EE). These experiences can be done with your classmates, friends or by yourself. I’ve compiled a list of all kinds of activities in the city that will provide you with the opportunities you’ll need to complete these assignments. Feel free to add your finds too! Write a **200 to 300** word response. The response is due by the following Tuesday of that week and will count towards your attendance. Without a response you will accrue an absence.
 * // Experiential Encounters Responses / Field Trips //**

Creative Problem Solving Project
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Using techniques discussed in class, we will apply them to a project. Select a prescriptive problem–solving approach described in Chapter 5 and use it.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">We will analyze the persuasive elements used in a print advertising campaign that has been used over several decades. What is involved in the creative process of developing a persuasive message.
 * Persuasive Communication **

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Take a breakaway trip once a week. Make a date with only yourself for a one or two hour date once a week. Do or go somewhere that will allow you to relax, explore and expand your horizons. See Julia Cameron's book for more detail. Write a <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">2-3 page paper describing this experience. Reflect on the benefits/drawbacks of this activity.
 * EXTRA CREDIT: ****// Weekly Break Away //**


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Class Policies and Regulations: **
 * // Assignments //** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">All assignments are due at the beginning of class and must be typed and spell checked. There must be hard copies attached of all Internet research. Wikispace entries are due on Monday by the latest.


 * Grades ** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Be sure to keep all returned work until you have received your final grade for the course. Without documentation, a grade can’t be changed.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Oral presentations may not be made up and a “0” will be received.
 * // Late/Make-Up Work //** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Students who must miss class when written work is due may submit their work to me before class, or they may have one of their classmates turn it in during class.


 * // Communications //** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">We have a Wikispace. Visit in the next two days, post your photo and provide some feedback.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">It is important to notify me as soon as possible with any questions or problems you may be having. I encourage all of you to utilize email. There will be assignments as well as important updates and messages sent regularly via email. Our new student handbook link is: http://srv331.aisites.com. Our school website is: www.ilic.artinstitutes.edu


 * Cheating and Plagiarism **
 * Cheating is the act of obtaining or attempting to obtain credit for work by the use of dishonest, deceptive, or fraudulent means.


 * Plagiarism is the act of taking ideas, words or specific substance of another and offering them as one’s own.

Cheating, plagiarism, and falsification of student work, including documents submitted to the College for other than academic work, are serious matters and may result in one or all of the following actions:
 * 1)  Warning: The student may receive a warning that any future misconduct may result in suspension.
 * 2)  Forfeiture: The student may suffer the loss of all or part of the credit for work conducted in association with academic dishonesty.
 * 3)  Academic Failure: The student may receive an “F” grade for the assignment or for the course
 * 4)  Suspension or Dismissal: The student may be suspended or dismissed from the College.

Charges of academic dishonesty brought against a student must be made in writing by a faculty member and submitted to the Academic Director. The Academic Director will forward the charges to the Dean of Academic Affairs who will review cases of alleged academic dishonesty with an ad hoc committee and make a written recommendation on action to be taken. Both the faculty member and the student will be advised of the actions to be taken.

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** IMPORTANT STUDENT INFORMATION REGARDING GRADES, ATTENDANCE, AND REGISTRATION **

The last day to change your schedule is July 18th, 2011. If you drop a class after this deadline you will receive a “W” and there will be no refund in tuition.

If you withdraw from a course after September 9th, 2011, you will receive a “WF”and the “F” will be calculated in your GPA.

Instructors can Attendance Withdraw you from a course by Friday of week 9; if they do so, you will receive a “W” for the course and will receive no refund in tuition.

Attendance Withdraw:
 * 14 hours for a 4 hour course
 * 17 1/2 hours for a 5 hour course
 * 21 hours for a 6 hour course

Absenteeism includes accumulated time marked as tardy as well as total absence from a class, or classes missed during the add/drop date.

Instructors reserve the right to enforce a stricter policy and will notify you of this in their syllabus-the instructor policy will supersede the policy in the Student Handbook.

If you receive an Incomplete “I” for a course, you must complete the work by the end of week 2 of the Fall 2011 Quarter (October 14th). After that date, all “I” grades will become “F” grades and the course will have to be completed.

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Contact your Program Director or Advisor for any questions regarding registration.

<span style="color: #006600; font-family: 'Browallia New','sans-serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">TOPICS IN HUMAN RELATIONS- SYLLABUS - SCHEDULE OF ASSIGNMENTS GEN 347 Tuesday-Thursday 10:00-11:50 p.m. – Sec. A  <span style="color: #006600; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">TENTATIVE! TENTATIVE! **//<span style="color: #c34d05; font-family: 'Tunga','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, //** **//<span style="color: #c34d05; font-family: 'Tunga','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">for there you have been and there you will long to return. //** <span style="color: #365f91; font-family: 'Tunga','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Leonardo daVinci
 * CREATIVE ** **COMMUNICATION**

Date Week 7/12/11 1 TOPIC: Introduction & Overview Write 100 questions ( **<span style="color: #006600; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Curiosita ** )

7/14 1 TOPIC : Communication Overview Exploratory Day Chapter 1 Defining Communication & Creativity pp 3-24 DUE: //Chapter 1 questions/comments//

7/19 2 TOPIC: Chapter 2, Theoretical Approaches to Creativity, pp. 31-58 DUE: //Chapter 2 questions/comments//

7/21 2 <span style="color: #006600; font-family: 'Arrus Blk BT','serif';">FIELD TRIP : Meet at Peggy Notebaert Museum @ 2430 Cannon Drive

7/26 3 TOPIC: Chapter 3, The Creative Process, pp. 61-88 Due//: Chapter 3 questions/comments// //Peggy Notebaert Museum Field Trip notes//

7/28 3 TOPIC: Chapter 7, Creative Written Communication, pp. 177-198

8/2 4 DUE: Outline for Adopt a Genius due

8/4 4 PRESENTATION: Adopt a Genius

8/9 5 TOPIC: Chapter 8, Persuasive Communication, pp. 203-227 Persuasive Assignment: Advertising Analysis //Due: Chapter 8 questions/comments// Activity: Larson’s Language worksheet

8/11 5 Field Trip persuasion/perception

8/16 6 TOPIC: Chapter 4, Creativity & Language, pp.91-113 Arte/Scienza DUE: //Chapter 4 questions/comments//

8/18 6 TOPIC: Chapter 5, Creative Problem Solving, pp. 119-149 Appreciative Inquiry DUE: //Chapter 5 questions/comments//

8/23 7 Discussion of the Creative Problem Solving Assignment – create ad for your goal Due: Persuasive Assignment: Advertising Analysis

8/25 7 TOPIC: Chapter 6, Creative Organizational Communication, pp. 153-168 DUE: //Chapter 6 questions/comments//

8/30 8 <span style="color: #006600; font-family: 'Arrus Blk BT','serif';">Experiential Encounter: CURIOSITA Creative Problem Solving exercises

9/1 8 <span style="color: #006600; font-family: 'Arrus Blk BT','serif';">Experiential Encounter: Theme for a day: Sensazione

9/6 9 Curiosita: <span style="color: #006600; font-family: 'Arrus Blk BT','serif';"> theme for a day from 100 questions

9/8 9 <span style="color: #006600; font-family: 'Arrus Blk BT','serif';">Experiential Encounter: Corporalita

9/13 10 Work on Creative Problem Solving project

9/15 10 DUE: Creative Problem Solving Assignment

9/20 11 DUE: Book of Lists Paper /Final Connessione

9/22 11 activity

<span style="color: #006600; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Buddy's Phone Number: __________________________ Buddy’s email___________________
 * This syllabus is subject to changes ** . Be sure to note any modifications. Though absences are strongly frowned upon, an occasion may arise which necessitates you missing a class. I recommend the use of the buddy system to ensure that you keep up with the "latest news." Be sure to exchange phone numbers today.

<span style="color: #006600; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Buddy's Phone Number: __________________________ Buddy’s email___________________