SOCI 3305-01 Long Summer

Dallas Baptist University
SOCI 3305
Internship in Sociology I
Long Summer 2008

Instructor: Professor Jean Humphreys
Phone: 214-333-5262 Fax: 214-333-6819 E-mail: If you have an emergency use: jean@dbu.edu. Always write your name and Sociology Internship in the subject line so your email will be opened.
Office Hours: TTH 8:30-9:30 AM; 10:45-12 Noon; 1-3:45 PM

Course Description:
A supervised field placement with a Christian or secular social agency. This course provides the student with an opportunity of integrating theory and classroom learning with actual field experience in the light of a Christian worldview, in order to become more effective servant leaders. The placement may be at the individual, family, group, or community levels in diverse setting.

Learner-Centered Outcomes and Objectives:

The student will review representative material in order to acquaint the student with various methods of social work and ministry.

The student will examine some of the ethical issues relating to social work and ministry today.

The student will receive professional training through experiential learning.

The student will be able to participate in intern experiences in order to become more effective servant leaders.

Texts and Readings:
There are no children here by Alex Kotlowitz

Course Outline:
Please refer to Tentative Schedule of Assignments for the Course Outline information..

Requirements for Credit:

The student's final semester grade will be determined as follows, with the exception that not completing the time or having a negative written evaluation of your internship from your supervisor will adversely affect the grade.

Student's introduction and name of agency	5
Written job description	5
Book Review	15
Attendance at evaluation session	10
Written evaluation of site supervisor	40
Summary report	15
Time Sheet	10
Total Points	100

The student's final semester grade will be determined as follows:

A	94-100	C	74-77
A-	90-93	C-	70-73
B+	88-89	D+	68-69
B	84-87	D	64-67
B-	80-83	D-	60-63
C+	78-79	F	<60

Attendance Policy:
According to DBU academic policy, attendance in class is considered a necessary factor in the learning process. Therefore, absences for all reasons must be kept to a minimum and should not exceed 25 percent of the total class time. Students are held responsible for all academic work required or performed during their absence regardless of the reasons for those absences. Students who register late are responsible for work missed. The policy concerning class attendance for individual courses, seminars, or other guided learning experiences will be determined by the faculty members in charge of such course, seminar, or learning experience.

Attendance in this internship will consist of your assignments, time sheet, and participating in the evaluation session.

Learner-Centered Assessment of Outcomes:

1. The student will send an email with the name and address of the organization where they are working as scheduled.

2. Written job description of your position and schedule of the dates and times you will be working is due as scheduled. This description will also include the complete name and address of the agency as well as the name and phone number of your supervisor.

3. The student will complete a review of There are no children here by Alex Kotlowitz. Due as scheduled via email.

4. The student will schedule periodic conferences with the professor as needed to review progress of internship as well as discuss any problem areas and consider further learning experiences. These may be by phone, email, or face-to-face. These may take place at the internship site.

5. The student will spend a total of sixty hours for this three hour class. An accurate written record of duties performed and a time sheet of hours served should be kept. This will be due at the evaluation session in a form designed by the student or provided by the site.

6. The student will prepare a 3-5 page summary report evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of your internship and making recommendations for improving the program in which you participated. Include in this summary an evaluation of how your involvement with social work and ministries has affected the degree in you are a servant leader. Due as scheduled via email.

7. The student will attend an evaluation session with other students participating in the internship program, as well as the professor, at Chili’s on I-20 and Carrier Parkway. We will meet as scheduled. Plan early, this evaluation session is very important and is the only scheduled activity for this class.

8. The student will secure a written evaluation of your semester or term practicum from your supervisor. These may either be the evaluation form available or another form of the supervisor's design.

Grading:
The GPA grading system adopted by DBU for courses is:

A+   4.00
B+   3.33
C+   2.33
D+   1.33

A   4.00
B   3.00
C   2.00
D   1.00

A-   3.67
B-   2.67
C-   1.67
D-   0.67

Method of Instruction:
The student will complete a review of There are no children here by Alex Kotlowitz. The student will spend a minimum of sixty hours in their internship placement. The student will review progress of internship as well as discuss any problem areas and consider further learning experiences, via email, phone, discussion boards, or face-to-face as needed with the professor and classmates. There will be a joint class meeting in order to evaluate your experiences in this internship.

Tentative Schedule of Assignments:

Date

Assignment

June 3

Student’s introduction and name of agency due by 11:00 PM via email.

June 10

Written job description of your position due by 11:00 PM, via email

July 17

Book review due by 11:00 PM, via email.

July 24

Summary report due, via email

July 31

Evaluation session from 11 AM to 1 PM at Chili’s (I-20 and Carrier Parkway) If you are not able to attend this session, in lieu of participation you may turn in a 3-5 page additional research paper with 3 references about service learning. (This paper will also be due, by email attachment in Word.)

	Time sheet due
	Written evaluation of your practicum from your supervisor due
	These may be mailed, faxed (214/333-6819) or sent by email.

Bibliography:
http://www.dbu.edu/library/default.asp

Financial Aid:
Students who are receiving federal, state, or institutional financial aid who withdraw or add hours during the semester may have their financial aid adjusted because of the withdraw or addition. This change in schedule may affect the aid they are receiving during the current semester, and could affect their eligibility for aid in future semesters.

Disabilities:
The student has the responsibility of informing the Dean of Students, at (214) 333-5134, of any disabling condition for which the student will request course modifications. Dallas Baptist University provides academic adjustments and auxiliary aid to individuals with disabilities, as defined under law, who are otherwise qualified to meet the institution's academic requirements. It is the student's choice and responsibility to initiate any request for accommodations. Required documentation must be provided before the university can make accommodations.

University Honor Code/Academic Appeal and Academic Misconduct Procedure:
The faculty member endorses the University Honor Code and abides by the University's Academic Appeal and Academic Misconduct Procedure as stated in the Student Handbook and the Schedule of Classes.

Final Course Grades:
Final course grades provided to a student by a faculty member may not be relied upon as official. Students may access their official final grades online through the WebAdvisor System. The Registrar's Office will only mail grades to a student upon request. The Dallas Baptist University undergraduate and graduate catalogs state that "All accounts must be paid in full before a student can...receive transcripts..." According to FERPA, faculty may not provide final grade information to students via telephone, email, posting or any other source which might compromise student confidentiality.

Children in Classes and Unaccompanied Children:
Minor children of Dallas Baptist University students are not permitted to attend class with their parents. Furthermore, minor children may not be unaccompanied at any location or property where Dallas Baptist University classes are taught. If a minor child is brought to the DBU campus or any location where DBU classes are taught, the child must be accompanied by an adult at all times. For their safety and welfare, unaccompanied children on the DBU campus will be escorted to the Campus Security Office and the parents or guardians will be summoned to pick them up immediately.

Cell Phone Policy:
Classroom disruption by cell phones or other electronic devices is prohibited. All cell phones and similar electronic devices must remain turned off and out of sight for the duration of class. Electronic devices utilized in a learning context, such as laptops and language interpreters, may be permitted at the professor's discretion. A student may face a zero and/or failure in the class if an electronic device is used for cheating during a test. Cheating at Dallas Baptist University is not tolerated and may result in expulsion.

Graduating Students Grades:
It is the responsibility of the student to notify the instructor if graduating this semester. Final exams for graduating students will be given:07/31/08 . Final grades for graduates are due in the Registrar's Office by noon on the Monday before Commencement:08/04/08 . These grades are final. The instructor will not submit late grades for graduates nor change grades once they are submitted.

Other Important Information:
Currently, on the homepage of DBU's Website, we find one of the key verses for our University, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

Today I want you to think about what your future is and reflect on the first portion of this chapter. Jeremiah 29 was written to the exiles who were carried from Jerusalem to Babylon. As Christians in a fallen world, we often feel like exiles in a strange land but what are we to do in this world, how are we to prosper, how is our world to prosper? Jeremiah tells of God's command to the Israelites:

"5 Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. 6 Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease. 7 Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper."

In this internship we will establish this relationship with the world in which we live. We are to live in this world and to "...seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile." What a wonderful opportunity to seek the peace and prosperity of this world as a college student! This is such an encouraging chapter and such a balanced word. We are to seek the peace and prosperity. We are to change the world. Remember "Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper."

For further thought: a challenging classic which addresses some of this balance is An ethic for Christians and other aliens in a strange land by William Stringfellow.