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3.00 Credits
Introduces and raises the civic consciousness of students about issues that impact the Hampton Roads community. Fostering an attitude of engaged citizenship is its goal. Students gain an understanding of issues from social, environmental, economic and civic perspectives. Students are introduced to an issue-based project and investigate the issue in depth through a week of research, lecture and presentation by local experts. This is followed by a week of direct service experience working with a local agency which deals with that issue. Reflection, assessment, consideration of broader contexts and construction of a follow-up plan to continue efforts addressing this issue cap the course. Identical to INST 124. Prerequisite: consent of program director. Offered each Winter Session.
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3.00 Credits
A course for sophomores participating in PORTfolio. It develops problem-solving skills in students by having them work out solutions, individually and collaboratively, to "real-life" situations. Various strategies are examined andemployed culminating in "Guided Design." Prerequisite:PORT 122. Offered each fall.
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3.00 Credits
Designed to provide an in-depth introduction to a career field of choice, an externship experience within that career field, and subsequent reporting and processing. Students spend the first week researching the career choice made in previous PORTfolio courses and the site at which they will extern. The second week consists of the on-site externship. The final week is used to document, process and present the lessons learned. Final reflection and summary are included in an updated electronic portfolio. Offered each Winter Session and upon request during a three-week summer session.
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1.00 Credits
Provides a venue for PORTfolio students to investigate in depth some topic of relevance as well as have an opportunity to stay abreast of current developments in career and graduate school planning. The class meets once a week over dinner with visiting speakers and presentations by Career Services staff. Prerequisite: sophomore status in the PORTfolio program or consent of the program director. Offered each fall or on demand.
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1.00 Credits
Provides the capstone to the PORTfolio experience. This seminar, taught by the President of Virginia Wesleyan College, focuses on ethical values, commitment to community and ways in which students can put their liberal learning to work for the "good," personally andcollectively. Prerequisite: senior status in PORTfolio. Corequisite: PORT 421. Offered each spring.
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2.00 Credits
Provides the capstone to the PORTfolio experience. Students reflect, synthesize and write about their four years of learning experiences. A focus on ethical values allows students to discover ways in which they can put their liberal learning "to work" for the common good. Emphasizingresponsibilities to oneself, to each other, and to the community, the transition from college to "the rest of their lives" is explored and prepared. The student's electronicportfolio is finalized through the addition of their reflections, synthesis, explorations, and preparations. Prerequisite: senior status in PORTfolio. Corequisite: PORT 420. Offered each spring.
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3.00 Credits
Explores representative topics in child development from a cross-cultural perspective. The goal of this exploration is to uncover universal as well as culture-specific developmental phenomena. Students who enroll in this course leave with an appreciation of the challenges faced by those who are born into one culture but mature and are schooled in another. No prerequisites, but intended primarily for freshmen and sophomores; upperclassmen by consent only. Offered fall of even-numbered years.
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3.00 Credits
Presents an overview of individual, environmental, and organizational factors that affect job-related behavior. Topics considered include the selection, testing, and motivation of personnel, job analysis, performance evaluation, and leadership. No prerequisites, but intended primarily for freshmen and sophomores; upperclassmen by consent only. Offered when circumstances permit.
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3.00 Credits
Describes how various psychological theories and principles are applied in the domain of athletics. Topics covered include leadership development, team building, motivation, training, and the management of anxiety. Prerequisite: PSY 201. Offered when circumstances permit.
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3.00 Credits
The highly influential and controversial perspective known as behaviorism is explored, first by helping students understand the logical basis for its characteristic insistence that only objectively measurable behavior can be subject to genuinely scientific investigation, and then by demonstrating how its principles have guided much of psychology's inquiry about the form of learning known as conditioning. Applications in the areas of therapy, selfmanagement, and behavior modification in organizations are described. Also considered are the ethical issues that have been raised concerning the use of this approach. No prerequisites, but intended primarily for freshmen and sophomores; upperclassmen by consent only. Offered fall of even-numbered years.
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