Professional Orientation

Course Details

Course Number: 5103  Section Number: X1

Spring 2011

Classroom Number: NA - Webct.

Days & Times:

Webct

Course Attachments

Textbooks
MSU Faculty Member
Dr. Michaelle Kitchen   
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Course Objectives

Objectives:

  • To further understand the components of an employee assistance program.
  • To further understand current practice and legal guidelines for workplace wellness programs.
  • To further understand laws and regulations which impact provision of these programs.
  • To further understand how strategic service integration can increase recruitment, retention and engagement of employees.

Course Expectations

Assessment: Students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of course objectives through completion of a research paper, analysis of current issues by a review of current articles, and satisfactory completion of a final exam. Assignments and point values are:

 

Weekly Discussion of 15 articles:       20%

Paper and presentation :                      40%

Pre-internship                                      40%

Total                                        100%

           

 

Calendar: Class will have weekly article discussions that are to be posted on the bulletin board.    All assignments will be due on April 29th.

 

 

  • Articles

During this course, read news magazines and journals, specifically looking for items relating to employee assistance issues. The goal is to find 15 articles that relate to your future niche or specialty. These articles may relate to the topic for your research paper.  Provide a copy of the article for me and write a 1-page summary for each one of the articles and post the review on the bulletin board for the class.

 

 

 

  • Research Paper
    • Choose a topic related to your niche or specialty and research the topic in greater depth than presented in the text.
    • Provide an introduction, review of literature, a case scenario to solve and the solution to your case scenario based on the review of literature.
    • Deliverables:
      • Written paper using 15-25 articles, 30 pages in length, minimum. Include a cover page and reference page (not part of the page count).
      • The paper will be in APA form, double spaced and 1 in margins.
      • The paper should be edited by someone prior to turning it in to the professor.
      • The paper should have an introduction, review of literature, case study to solve, solution and conclusion.  This paper can build on the paper submitted for COUN 5333 Employee Assistance Issues.  The articles selected should add to your solution.  Or it can be a different paper.

 

 

 

  • Presentation of Paper

 

Students will present their papers and portfolios to the class on May 6th   at 5:30 p.m.  Each paper presentation will be presented in a power point format and the  paper presentation will be on campus.  Dr. Kitchen will provide the class the rubric that will be used to grade the presentations.

 

 

 

            Pre-internship

 

Students will be required to complete a pre-internship.  The pre-internship will allow students to bring up to 50 hours from the spring semester into the course EDUC 5583 – Internship.  A copy of the syllabus for the EDUC 5583 will be provided to students so that they will know what is required for this course as well as the pre-internship section of this course. 0- 25 hours will count for developing of the presentations and 0-25 hours will count for presenting the information.  Keep in mind that your presentations can be for your place of employment, church, service groups ( i.e. boys and girls clubs), and or other groups.  Students must come by Dr. Kitchen’s office to review examples of EDUC 5583 internship portfolios.

 

 

 

 

 

 


Grading Standards

 

Grading Procedures:

 

Grading criteria for exams are:

            90% - 100%:   A

            80% - 89%:     B

            70% - 79%:     C

 

 

 

 

 

Grading criteria for assignments are:

             A        =          0 errors

 

            B          =          1-4

 

C          =          5-8

 

            D         =          9-12

 

            F          =          over 12

 

 

 

 

 


Submission Format Policy

Class will have weekly article discussions that are to be posted on the bulletin board.  All assignments will be due on April 29th.



Note: You may not submit a paper for a grade in this class that already has been (or will be) submitted for a grade in another course, unless you obtain the explicit written permission of me and the other instructor involved in advance.

Late Paper Policy

Plagiarism Statement:“By enrolling in this course, the student expressly grants MSU a ‘limited right’ in all intellectual property created by the student for the purpose of this course. The ‘limited right’ shall include by not be limited to the right to reproduce the student’s work product in order to verify originality, authenticity, and educational purposes.” From Student Handbook


Plagiarism Policy Plagiarism is the use of someone else's thoughts, words, ideas, or lines of argument in your own work without appropriate documentation (a parenthetical citation at the end and a listing in "Works Cited")-whether you use that material in a quote, paraphrase, or summary. It is a theft of intellectual property and will not be tolerated, whether intentional or not.

Student Honor Creed

As an MSU Student, I pledge not to lie, cheat, steal, or help anyone else do so."

As students at MSU, we recognize that any great society must be composed of empowered, responsible citizens. We also recognize universities play an important role in helping mold these responsible citizens. We believe students themselves play an important part in developing responsible citizenship by maintaining a community where integrity and honorable character are the norm, not the exception. Thus, We, the Students of Midwestern State University, resolve to uphold the honor of the University by affirming our commitment to complete academic honesty. We resolve not only to be honest but also to hold our peers accountable for complete honesty in all university matters. We consider it dishonest to ask for, give, or receive help in examinations or quizzes, to use any unauthorized material in examinations, or to present, as one's own, work or ideas which are not entirely one's own. We recognize that any instructor has the right to expect that all student work is honest, original work. We accept and acknowledge that responsibility for lying, cheating, stealing, plagiarism, and other forms of academic dishonesty fundamentally rests within each individual student. We expect of ourselves academic integrity, personal professionalism, and ethical character. We appreciate steps taken by University officials to protect the honor of the University against any who would disgrace the MSU student body by violating the spirit of this creed. Written and adopted by the 2002-2003 MSU Student Senate.

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