{"id":17,"date":"2020-01-20T17:36:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T17:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/SSI-2020\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2020-01-20T23:32:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T23:32:12","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/SSI-2020\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"background-color:#cedbe0\" class=\"has-background has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This blog was created by students in the Honors Social Science Inquiry course at Ramapo College of New Jersey in the Spring of 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This course, an introduction to the social science sequence of \ngeneral education, familiarizes students to the wide spectrum of social \nscience approaches, methodologies (quantitative, qualitative and \ncombinations between the two) and subject matter.&nbsp; It will use social \nscience methods to examine major problems facing modern society on the \nlocal, national, and global levels. Using historical antecedents, it \nwill focus on contemporary issues of inequality and the search for \nsocial justice that center on the various forms of social identities and\n structures of power and domination in society, including, but not \nlimited to racism, ethnocentrism, classism, ableism, sexism, \nheterosexism, and transphobia. Finally, with attention to \u201cwelcoming the\n other,\u201d this course facilitates understanding the experiences of \nmarginalized peoples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Course Goals and Objectives<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This honors section of the course is for highly motivated students. It fulfills the following goals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Critically interprets history and society<\/li><li>Apply mathematical concepts effectively<\/li><li>Analyze ethical implications of the global distribution of power and resources.<\/li><li>Question assumptions about individual and group identity.<\/li><li>Participate in an engaged, experiential activity that connects course material to real world settings.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Measurable Student Learning Outcomes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each assignment in the table below will address one of more of the course objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td>\nGeneral Education Objectives\n<\/td><td>\n&nbsp;\n&nbsp;\n&nbsp;\nWeekly Blogs\n<\/td><td>\n&nbsp;\n&nbsp;\nQuizzes and Exams\n<\/td><td>\n&nbsp;\n&nbsp;\nReadings and class discussions\n<\/td><td>\n&nbsp;\n&nbsp;\n&nbsp;\nWebsite project\n<\/td><td>\n&nbsp;\n&nbsp;\n&nbsp;\nIn-class labs\n<\/td><td>\n&nbsp;\n&nbsp;\n&nbsp;\nExperiential Activity\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\nCritically interpret history and society\n<\/td><td>\n\u221a\n<\/td><td>\n\u221a\n<\/td><td>\n\u221a\n<\/td><td>\n\u221a\n<\/td><td>\n\u221a\n<\/td><td>\n\u221a\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\nApply mathematical concepts effectively\n<\/td><td>\n&nbsp;\n<\/td><td>\n\u221a\n<\/td><td>\n&nbsp;\n<\/td><td>\n\u221a\n<\/td><td>\n\u221a\n<\/td><td>\n&nbsp;\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\nAnalyze ethical implications of the global distribution of power and resources\n<\/td><td>\n\u221a\n<\/td><td>\n\u221a\n<\/td><td>\n\u221a\n<\/td><td>\n\u221a\n<\/td><td>\n&nbsp;\n<\/td><td>\n&nbsp;\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\nQuestion assumptions about individual and group identity\n<\/td><td>\n\u221a\n<\/td><td>\n\u221a\n<\/td><td>\n\u221a\n<\/td><td>\n\u221a\n<\/td><td>\n\u221a\n<\/td><td>\n&nbsp;\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\nParticipate in an engaged, experiential activity that connects course material to real world settings.\n<\/td><td>\n\u221a\n<\/td><td>\n&nbsp;\n<\/td><td>\n\u221a\n<\/td><td>\n&nbsp;\n<\/td><td>\n&nbsp;\n<\/td><td>\n\u221a<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog was created by students in the Honors Social Science Inquiry course at Ramapo College of New Jersey in the Spring of 2020. 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