Peh Ng - First Year Seminar - What Makes a Family?

First Year Seminar on Human Diversity - Sections 22 & 30
Fall 2000

What Makes a Family?

Families throughout the world or even within the U.S. may look different, and interact in ways which are different, from what we deem as ``families". Does it mean that we have very different values, thus constructing a scale of measure, or do our values have more commonalities than we care to explore or dare to accept? We will discuss multicultural, multiracial, and multireligious issues related to various perceived types of families.

Section 22 MW 1:00-1:50 p.m. (room: SS 238)
Section 30 MW 2:15-3:05 p.m. (room: SS 238)

Syllabus
Assignments

Reading Assignments
written assignment 8 - deadline Nov 20
email assignment 7 - deadline Friday November 3 at 6pm.
written assignment 6 - Library Information Literacy
written assignment 5
written assignment 4
written assignment 3 - in an online discussion bulletin form , deadline is October 2, 2000
written assignment 2
written assignment 1

Updates
On Mon, Wed, & Mon, Dec 4, 6 & 11,

you will be giving your course project's presentations. This is the schedule of your presentations.
we will also be doing the course evaluations during one of those days.

Push Pin Discussion board for our sections
Jamboree for sections 22 & 30
Links and resources related to FYS or Diversity in Families

BIG PICTURE OF
First Year Seminar on Human Diversity:
a common experience for first year students
1. Description

Goals: To help students to:

think critically,
assess sources of information, and
become aware of the lenses through which they perceive and to recognize that their perceptions are not universal.

Theme: The current theme is human diversity -- racial, ethnic, cultural, social, economic, class, gender, and sexual orientation.

Methods: This course is intellectually rigorous, including a variety of materials such as readings, convocations, presentations, and performances. Students will respond to these through discussion, writing assignments, and other projects designed by instructors and/or students.
2. Scheduling and Structure

Schedule: The first class will be scheduled during orientation (Friday, August 25) to give students a chance to get to know each other. After orientation, classes will meet for two one-hour sessions each week for the rest of the semester. Convocations will be scheduled outside class time; accommodations ( for convocations only ) will be made for students with scheduling constraints because of jobs, family, and other obligations.

Structure:
Weeks 1-3: Common readings form the FYS Reader 2000.
Weeks 4-13: Our sections will focus on "What Makes A Family".
Around Mid-semester: Information Literacy Workshop by the Library Staff.
Week 13-14: Common activities eg Jamboree, exchange among sections.
Week 15: Course project presentations.

For more information about this course or these sections, contact
Peh Ng,
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Division of Science & Mathematics
University of Minnesota - Morris
Morris, MN 56267
phone: (320) 589-6318
email: pehng@morris.umn.edu
© 2000 by Peh Ng
Last Modified Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Page URL: http://www.morris.umn.edu/~pehng/Is1001/index.shtml

First Year Seminar on Human Diversity - Sections 22 & 30 Fall 2000

BIG PICTURE OF First Year Seminar on Human Diversity: a common experience for first year students

First Year Seminar on Human Diversity - Sections 22 & 30
Fall 2000

BIG PICTURE OF
First Year Seminar on Human Diversity:
a common experience for first year students