...development of racial slavery as a labor source, and European cultural influences on the various colonial regions. American Literature (0.5) Throughout the course of American Literature, students will be able to encounter and experience the full span of America’s rich literary history. The course begins with the literary contributions of America’s first settlers, and explores how their faith and difficult circumstances shaped their lives and the literature through which they captured these early moments of America. The course then moves through the Age of Faith, during which the core of American Literature was shaped by a strong and foundational faith, and then into the Age of Reason, during which the world of science and modern thinking started to shape the literature of the times. The study of literature then moves into the Romantic period, and then the Realist period, both of which shaped American Literature at its core and brought about significant changes to the style, structure, and purpose of literature. The introduction of Modern literature includes the literature of the early 1900s, including the Harlem Renaissance, and then Post-Modern literature brings students into the study of current day texts. Overall, the course includes literature spanning from the 1500’s to current day, and introduces students to some of the greatest authors and works in American Literature. Genres that are included are: nonfiction essays, diaries, sermons, letters, and...
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...decades, the two areas of knowledge have been facing varying fortunes. Interest and student enrollment for liberal arts education has declined sharply while on the other hand interest and enrollment for business education programmes has seen a tremendous increase. This literature review examines works of several scholars and academic authorities on issues relating to liberal arts and business. The paper recommends an interdisciplinary approach in promoting and enhancing the study of liberal arts and business at the tertiary level. In concluding, both liberal arts and business programs remain essential to academic and social development. Moreover an integrated liberal arts and business education certainly develops thoughtful, flexible and well informed leaders 1.0 Introduction The past few decades have witnessed a massive shift from the study of liberal arts toward more “practical” and job focused programs such as engineering, business and medicine. This significant change stems from the desire of students and industry for university programs that are more relevant to job and industry requirements. As reported by Delucchi (1997) “the curricular trend in higher education since about 1970 has been toward studies related to work… Enrollment concerns in recent years have compelled many liberal arts colleges to abandon or sharply scale back their arts and sciences curriculum in order to accommodate student preoccupation with the immediate job market.” This is to say tertiary education...
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...Cultural and gender norms are ever present in the modern world, which creates social constructs for women. This determines the way people perceive them and the way they perceive themselves. Media today tends to judge women based on the way they dress or their physical appearance (Breger 39). Furthermore, mainstream media portrays women as sexual objects, or entities, specifically when they are required to bring sexual pleasure to their male counterparts through the way they look or act. Such media, therefore, is implying that women’s sole purpose is to bring men sexual gratification (Wright and Tokunaga 956). This increases the sexual objectification of women, specifically in magazines, television, and social media platforms, demonstrating...
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...Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction: With the development and transformation of Central Luzon College of Science and Technology (CELTECH COLLEGE) simultaneously the increasing number of students enrolling from different courses specially to Maritime Education that make the school became popular at the same time the expectations of students its radical changes in terms of facilities .At the end of the life cycle of an item of technology, the issue arises as to whether it is more economical to use or dispose of obsolete equipment. As improvement on CELTECH COLLEGE accelerates, this issue can arise within a year or two of purchase. In some cases, particularly where the technology will continue to perform satisfactorily to their students notwithstanding that it is obsolete, it may be worth retaining. In other cases, it may be desirable to upgrade technology quickly in order to gain some benefit from reselling the old equipment while it retains some value. The issue of when to upgrade obsolete equipment must be taking action, as it will impact on the likely cost of the school and increasing number of students will going to enroll. On the other hand, if the life of a piece of transformation can be extended so that it can be used over several times, the cost of those changes can be amortized over that time. This will serve to reduce the longer-term cost of implementing Navigational Equipments. This approach necessitates a deliberate decision to reuse equipments...
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...designed to promote friendship, to encourage sociability, and allow the expression of ones’ self. Today the obsessive presence of the media has twisted the original positive outlook people had on Greek life. Modern fraternities provide a chance for self-improvement, reinforcement of leadership skills, and philanthropy. Public criticism is deserved when it comes to excessive drinking. But do these organizations advocate misogyny? A fraternity is a holistic institution; to say that all brothers are misogynistic is absurd. Charging fraternities for being misogynistic rape houses is completely illogical. Misogyny is defined as the dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women. If male Greek’s are misogynistic,...
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...care for college students the comparison between these two countries would be quite different at this time. In the United States there are pros and cons to debate on whether a college student should be forced to carry health insurance. In Japan they have no choice but to carry health insurance. In the United States the whole mandatory health insurance issue for college students can be argued with “the United States is a free country and students have the right to choose.” Looking at it from this standpoint one has to think that every student that is a United States citizen at the age of 18 should have the right to decide if they want to carry health insurance or not. In Japan college students are enrolled in the Japanese National Health Insurance plan, also known as NHI. This plan is part of a Universal Japanese health care plan and all students are automatically enrolled in it as well as other individuals whose employers do not offer insurance. With this plan 70 percent of their health care is paid for. Japanese college students do not have the option to argue whether they want to carry health insurance or not. These same students are required to go for an annual checkup while attending college unlike the students in the United States. The annual insurance fee for Japanese students under the NHI is $110.00 a year compared to some universities in the United States which average $371 a semester. An even bigger bonus to the Japanese students is for students attending...
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... |Course Syllabus | | |Axia College/College of Humanities | | |HUM/176 Version 3 | | |Media and American Culture | Copyright © 2011, 2010, 2009 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description The course provides an introduction to the most prominent forms of media that influence and impact social, business, political, and popular culture in contemporary America. It explores the unique aspects of each medium as well as interactions across various media that combine to create rich environments for information sharing, entertainment, business, and social interaction in the U.S. and around the world. Policies Students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning...
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...research to develop listening skills to the Engineering college students and teachers in Salem district is discussed. Key words : ICT, Listening skill, English language Teaching, Learning, Language lab quality Education. Introduction In ancient period Indian education system was followed by grurugula system students acquired knowledge from the guru (Teacher) residence stayed there and did needful service to guru. The rules were same for kings, prince, and normal laymen to stay in the guru residence to serve remittances to acquired valuable life skills. They also learnt the languages...
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...Many say Shakespeare had his own language. People nowadays do not even notice that the words they use daily might have been originated because of Shakespeare. “Shakespeare's Non-Standard English, begins with the general prefatory aim to provide the student of Shakespeare with a series of authoritative guides to the principal subject-areas covered by the plays and poems. While demonstrating authority and command.” Says article writer, Curren-Aquino, Deborah T. Curren-Aquino explains that Shakespeare had his own way with words when it came to talking about women, music, food, etc. Curren-Aquino gives us an example of a word people use in today’s time that was created by Shakespeare himself, swagger. Swagger was used in Hamlet as a verb to describe...
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...SENECA COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF APPLIED ARTS AND HEALTH SCIENCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIAL SERVICE WORKER PROGRAM SUBJECT OUTLINE SUBJECT TITLE: Community studies – families in change Professor: Linda Sciberas linda.sciberas@senecacollege.ca SUBJECT CODE: SWL 227 SEMESTER: Winter 2015 ____________________________________________________________________________ SUBJECT DESCRIPTION This course will examine the multiple variations in the structure of families as well as the changing role of the family in today's society. Students will learn about healthy and less healthy characteristics of family functioning. Various styles and problems of modern family living are explored. In addition, gender,ethnicity, culture and the family will be studied. The implications of all the aforementioned factors for both service delivery and social policy and planning will be considered. LEARNING OUTCOMES Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to: 1. Trace the evolution of the family over the last century 2. Identify the different family structures operating in Canadian society today 3. Consider his/her own life experience in the context of patterns and trends in their family over at least two generations 4. Identify the role of culture in family structure and functioning 5. Identify the stages of the family life cycle 6. Identify the theoretical frameworks used to understand and assess...
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..."U.S students are mediocre academically. That's not pleasant to acknowledge, but it's been documented in international competitions for years. To cite but one example, thirty-four nations participated in the 1999 Trends in International Math and Science study(TIMSS) competitions. U.S students scored nineteenth in math, behind Singapore, Korea, Japan, Canada, and even behind Slovenia, Bulgaria, and Latvia. And they did only slightly better in science, scoring eighteenth. The problem is not confined to math and science. The deficiencies of U.S students in Geography and English-- their native language!--are legendary. What could cause such embarrassing deficiencies?"(P.147 Ruggiero). During this globalization era keep our successive in the position of competence and strengthen stage to the environment of competitive worldwide is emerged. High school dropout rate and high school student entering college with inadequate skills, both issues have its sub-issues. Many questions has been asked and inclined to blame on the regime of education, school administrators and teachers. To compensate the situation, government and school administrators, parent- teacher, and students are the vital components. Government enhanced common core and invest enormous amount of funding into education to suite the need of educational success either in official or tutor programs(GED/Tasc). Forty percent of American public high school graduates student from high school student entering colleges with inadequate...
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...Library By thr StudentUse of Library by the Students of Foundation University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Rawalpindi Muhammad Tayyab Alam Bukhari* Muhammad Maqsood Alam Bukhari** Najma Ranjha*** Khurshid Ahmad**** Fouzia Naz***** Abstract This study investigated the use of library by the students of Foundation University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Rawalpindi. The importance of library as an institution has been realized. The Objectives of this study were (a) to investigate the present use of library by the students of Foundation University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (b) to analyze the organizational set up of library for the purpose of effective learning (c) to identify the problems faced by the students in the use of library and (d) to give recommendations for effective use of library. The nature of this study was descriptive. The population of this study consisted of all the MA /M.Sc. level students. One hundred and eighty students of various programs were selected randomly as sample. A self developed questionnaire consisting of 10 items was used as instrument for data collection. It was concluded that the majority of the students hesitated to use the library because of the problems they faced during its use. Lack of books, lack of organizational set up and lack of space and other physical facilities were the major factors associated with the less use of library. Keywords: Library use; Students; Academic libraries; Pakistan ...
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...In modern society, majority of individuals have faced a sensitive subject that has provoked a bad memory that has occurred in the past or present. In fact, everyone has prone to having at least on trigger such as – religion, education, personal experiences, family arguments, politics and much more. Therefore, the process of triggering can occur when someone unintentionally says or does something to cause a person to feel uncomfortable. Additionally, trigger warnings in universities have created a massive debate on whether or not to implement in class syllabi. Various professors find trigger warnings unnecessary due to the decrease of the student’s intellectual growth and emotional development. According to Jon Overton the author of Beware...
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...David Holmes Sim Barhoum English 101 Effective College English II February 09, 2013 Argument Essay “Adult Education” Modern day America has the ability to provide a basic education to anyone. What does it mean to be educated? An idea of education is someone who has all the answers. It could be a person who has been through the hardship of school and has come out on top, or someone who makes a living with what they have learned. In “Adult Education” by Mortimer J. Adler, he describes how society’s education system is flawed and does not provide the best education for people. Alder speaks of how education starts at childhood and ends when they become an adult and receive their degree. To him this idea is wrong because youth have not developed the patience or the experience to be educated. Therefore, education only truly comes when a person goes through life and has become a mature adult. The value of education will never be understood by youth, but by people who have gone through the hardships of life and have gained wisdom through life experience. In order to fully understand what Mortimer Adler is talking about in his essay, “Adult Education,” we must understand the historical and cultural context from which he is speaking. Modern readers who misunderstand this context are likely to misinterpret his intentions and thereby fail to see the logic behind his recommendations, which are still relevant to educational reform issues today. Adler was a philosopher enamored with...
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...companionship dedicated for a certain goal that will benefit its members (Buttermilch, 2014). Fraternities typically have some professional development and service opportunities. It offers support network for college students. Its core elements are brotherhood and social interaction. But the social demands and time commitments of fraternities may be destruction to academic studies and other personal goals of students in school (Kokemuller, 2014). Fraternities and sororities exist outside North America, most notably in the Philippines and in some European countries, but for the most part they are a decidedly American institution. Some types of fraternities emphasize service to the community, professional advancement, or scholastic achievement. Fraternities or sororities often have a so-called hazing. According to graceful1 (2008) in her article “Hazing Issue in Fraternities”, hazing has been around for more than a century, one cannot expect the practice of hazing to stop all together. Possible solutions that may decrease, and eventually put a stop to hazing, include better education about fraternity hazing, and more intervention from college administrators. Through this, fraternities can be restored to their intended purpose: providing moral and social support for college students. According to Melanie Gueco (2010), the Philippines’ very first brotherhood was the Kataastaasan Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan or KKK, a group formed to defend the country from the Spanish...
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