ID96I: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND SOCIAL CHANGE FULL CIRCLE PROJECT CSUS DEPARTMENT OF ETHNIC STUDIES Week 1 Course Introduction

Overview  Introduction  Goals – What are we here to learn?  Organization – How will we learn?  Materials – What texts will we engage?  Assignments – What work will we produce?  Grading – How will our work be evaluated?

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Goals – What are we here to learn?  Last semester: Moving from high school to college. Some highlights:  Legacy of earlier generations  Dualism/Late dualism  Setting your own agenda  Utilizing campus resources  Navigating the university and community  Building community

 This course addresses the following goals:  Explores a topic of interest.  Promotes academic success and career/workforce preparedness.  Builds community among students, faculty, and staff.· Develops student leadership.  Cultivates campus belonging and community engagement.

Organization – How will we learn? The course is organized into 4 phases: (1) Organize– Meet your coalition members, research the topic, develop shared values, articulate a vision, brainstorm projects to address the issue. (2) Plan – explore resources, develop a partnership, prepare your project (3) Act – Enact the coalition vision/Implement your project (4) Present and Reflect – Share your project.

Materials – What texts will we engage?  This is a student-centered course. That means that the activities will be largely driven by your groups.  You will be do researching your topic.  Occasionally, you will have readings to prepare before class. This will be posted to the course website.

Assignments – What work will we produce?  Initial Reflection (Individual)  Weekly coalition progress reports (rotate)  Coalition Vision and Theory of Change  Grant Application  Project  Presentation  Leadership Initiative Components (Individual)  Final Reflection (Individual)

Grading – How will our work be evaluated? Weekly coalition progress reports10% Coalition Vision and Theory of Change10% Attendance10% Leadership Initiative Components 10% Project20% Presentation20% Initial and Final Reflections20%

Coalition Time – Introductions and Schedules  Organize yourself into your coalitions.  Introduce yourself: Name, where you’re from, major/possible majors, something fun from break.  Set up a time and place to meet each week. Plan for up to two hours.

Coalition Tasks for Week 1  Plan a social outing – something fun that will give you a chance to get to know one another. This should take place sometime during Week 1.  Read each other’s bios and CI descriptions on the ETHN21 website: ethn10.weebly.com in preparation for Week 2.  Compose an initial reflection (individual).