-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please print a copy of this syllabus for handy reference Whenever there is a question about what assignments are due, please remember this syllabus is considered to be the ruling document. Syllabus CSS/330 Critical Thinking and Computer Logic Module Code: R1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Required Texts: University of Phoenix (Ed.) (2001). Critical thinking: Strategies in decision making [University of Phoenix Custom Edition e-text]. Needham Heights, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing University of Phoenix Materials located on the rEsource page for CSS/330, Critical Thinking and Computer Logic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instructor: Gregory M. Rush Instructor Availability: I am easiest to reach by e-mail. I generally check messages throughout the day and I try to respond within a few hours. However, depending on the question or issue, it may be the next day before I am able to respond. I respond to all e-mail messages within 24 hours, so if you haven’t heard from me by then, send me a follow up e-mail because it may mean that I didn’t receive your original message or that my response didn’t make it to you. UOP e-mail address: gregoryb00@email.uophx.edu Alternative email address: gmrush@aol.com Voicemail: (480) 221-9274 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Critical Thinking and Computer Logic Welcome to CSS/330, Critical Thinking and Computer Logic. I'm looking forward to spending the next five weeks with you exploring this subject. This syllabus will provide you with a course overview and information relating to assignments, grading, procedures and expectations. After you review the syllabus, please contact me if you have any questions. Please print a copy of the syllabus to keep for future reference. In this posting I will provide you with overview of what is expected of you for the next five weeks, and how the assignments are weighted for evaluations. It is important that you note the next five weeks' schedule of events, assignments, and the lecture that follows this introduction. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Course Description In this course, we will find opportunities for analysis, synthesis, prescription, and application of critical thinking and decision making within organizations. Our emphasis is on dealing clearly, rationally, and creatively with a diverse workforce and dynamic workplace. Over the next five weeks, we will study techniques for critical thinking and decision making and techniques to identify and solve organizational problems. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course Module and Syllabus You will need a Course Module AND a Syllabus for this Online course. The module code on the module must match the module code specified in the syllabus. Download your module from the link in your schedule pages at . You will notice that the module and syllabus contain different instructions about various assignments, please use the instructions for assignments in my syllabus. The syllabus explains guidelines and grading policies specific to my class and supersedes the module in case of any differences. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Days of Week Your seven-day week will begin on Thursday, December 4, 2003 Day 1: Thursday Day 2: Friday Day 3: Saturday Day 4: Sunday Day 5: Monday Day 6: Tuesday Day 7: Wednesday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class Procedures By midnight in the Mountain Time Zone on Wednesdays, I will post the lecture, assignments, discussion questions and related information for the upcoming week to the Course Materials newsgroup. I will also create threads in the Main newsgroup for discussion questions on Wednesdays. Two discussion questions will be included in the lecture posted in Wednesdays; responses to these questions will be due on the following Saturday. Two additional discussion questions relating to the week’s material will be posted by midnight MST on Saturday with responses due on the following Monday. You may check the status of the UOP servers at any time at: http://status.uophx.edu. I will not post to the class newsgroups any notes that are sent to my personal email addresses. Similarly, I will not accept or count toward participation any assignments that are faxed to me. These two policies are necessary because any contact outside the Outlook Express system cannot be verified or archived. Newsgroup Folders BSIT.12-04.BIT229F-CSS330. Also referred to as the "Main Newsgroup” (This is a read/write folder where all classroom discussions will take place. Your participation grade is determined by the volume and quality of notes you post to this folder.) BSIT.12-04.BIT229F-CSS330-Course.Materials (This is a read-only folder where I will post my lectures and other course materials. It is important that you check this folder every day.) BSIT.12-04.BIT229F-CSS330-Chat (This is a read/write folder where you will post your Bio and all of your non-UOP related notes.) BSIT.12-04.BIT229F-CSS330-Assignments (This is a write-only newsgroup, which means you can write messages to it, but you can’t read what is posted here. You may receive a message when you post your assignments that you don’t have access to this group. This just means that you can’t see documents posted here. Go ahead and post even if you receive the message.) BSIT.12-04.BIT229F-CSS330-Learning-Team-A or B or C or D (This is a read/write folder where you will post notes to your learning team members when working on your assigned projects.) You will be assigned to a learning team by Sunday. I will not post to the class newsgroups any notes that are sent to my personal email addresses. Similarly, I will not accept or count toward participation any assignments that are faxed to me. These two policies are necessary because any contact outside the Outlook Express system cannot be verified or archived. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attendance Attendance for UOP online courses is taken electronically. To be in attendance, you must post at least one message to one of the course newsgroups on two separate days during the Online week using your @email.uophx.edu address. If you are out of attendance two or more weeks in this course, you will be automatically withdrawn and will not be eligible to receive credit or earn a letter grade. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Participation In Online classes, attendance and participation are not the same thing. You can meet the attendance requirements, but still not meet the participation requirements of the course. Participation is 10% of your grade. You are not automatically given points each week for participation by occasionally replying to notes. To receive a 100% participation grade, you must meet the following expectations. (1) You are expected to participate a minimum of five days out of seven days per week. As a general rule, you should post at least two substantive messages to the MAIN newsgroup each day on at least five days each week. For week one only, postings related to class biographies may count as participation. After week one, no Chat newsgroup postings will count toward your participation requirement. (2) You are expected to contribute to the class discussions in meaningful ways.