Course Syllabus
Contact Information
Course Details
For a list of course activities, scroll to the bottom of this page.
Course Prerequisites
You must have successfully completed all other Human Relations Diversity, Equity, and Strategic Impact (DESI) track courses.
Course Materials
You are not required to buy any course materials for this class. All required materials will be provided for you in Canvas.
Course Caveat
This course emphasizes collaborative learning. All students are expected (not required) to work in pairs. If a student goes unpaired-whether due to absence, scheduling conflicts, or personal choice-adjustment will be made at the instructor's discretion.
Grades
Breakdown
| Activity | Description | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Participation | Live Session Attendance | 15% |
| Peer Review Discussions | Weekly Peer Review Feedback on Capstone drafts in the Discussion Forum | 25% |
| Capstone Project | Includes Literature Review, Research Analysis, Project Proposal, Impact and Project Pitch | 50% |
| Final Webpage & Reflection | A webpage that showcases your project to the public and an essay relating your learning experience in the program relates to your field/ or area of interest | 10% |
| Total | 100% |
Scale
| Percentage | Letter Grade |
|---|---|
| 90–100% | A |
| 80–89% | B |
| 70–79% | C |
| 60–69% | D |
| Below 60% | F |
Course Components
Participation
The Live Sessions count towards participation points.
Live Sessions
Each week, we will meet for Live Sessions online. Attendance/participation in the Live Session is highly encouraged and will be graded. There are two ways in which you can earn points for the Live Session:
- Participate Live: This option should be your preferred choice. When possible, you should attend and participate in the Live Sessions in real-time. To get credit for your attendance, type in the date and time of the session you attended by clicking on the red "Start Assignment" button at the top of the Live Session page. Your self-reported attendance log will be cross-checked against the attendance tracker in Zoom.
- Make-Up (Watch Recording-Submit Written Summary): If your time zone, work or personal schedule makes it impossible for you to attend, you will need to review the recording of the Live Session and write a paragraph summarizing the Live Session from your perspective. Click on the "Start Assignment" button to type (or copy/paste) your paragraph into the text field. Don't worry if the system indicates your submission is late. You will have until Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Central to submit your paragraph summary.
Note: Be sure to utilize option 1 or 2 for each of the Live Sessions to receive full points. Regardless of when the session occurred, you must post your response based on option 1 or 2.
Peer Reviews in Discussions
You will provide constructive written feedback to other teams' projects in a Discussion Forum.
Each team will post the week's capstone component draft in the discussion forum. Then, each team member will review classmate's work and provide feedback to two other team's posts.
You will benefit as you apply the assignment rubric and internalize the evaluative criteria. This can help you revise your own work.
Capstone Project
Components are:
- Bio Sketch
- Provide personal and professional details of yourself.
- Introduction
- Explain why you are interested in this topic and describe the significance as well as the purpose of the project.
- Literature Review
- Identify the research that exists to support your topic.
- Research Analysis
- Identify 3 qualitative and 3 quantitative studies related to your topic and discuss their findings.
- Project Development
- Identify the steps needed to address the issue and list 5 potential sources of funding.
- Implementation: Strategies, Policy, & Law
- Identify strategies and policies that will help achieve the goals of the proposed project.
- Evaluation and Assessment
- Identify the assessment and tools needed to evaluate the project.
- Project Pitch
- You will create a 3–5-minute video to pitch your project digitally.
- This video will present an overview of the project and should speak to all stakeholders.
- It should capture the components above within 5 minutes maximum. Use PowerPoint, video and graphs that will help convince the audience.
- Includes a call to action- for example, soliciting donations, encouraging reviews, or inviting participation, getting involved, etc.
- Contact Me
- Include contact information.
Final Webpage
Students will post their final drafted work on a webpage as evidence of learning.
Each group will submit all 9 components of the Capstone Project.
Reflection
You will individually reflect upon your learning experience in the program. This will include a narrative about how your learning can positively impact your personal and career goals, as well as your community engagement.
Course Policies
Communication
Please address me as Dr./ or Professor Pulley.
Email is always the best way to reach me. You should expect a response within 48 hours (excluding weekends and holidays). If 48 hours or more have passed without a response, a follow-up email may be sent. Weekends and holidays, you can expect a response the following business day.
Any urgent questions or concerns that require more immediate attention should be flagged as such in the subject line (simply write “urgent”). During the week, you can expect a response to an urgent request within a few hours. However, on weekends the response time remains the following business day.
I will communicate with you via the “announcements” section of your Canvas page as well as through Canvas messages. No email will be sent to non-OU email addresses. It is essential that you check the “announcements” regularly as well as that you read and use your OU email.
Feedback
Students can expect a one- week turn around for feedback and grades on their activities and assignments. However, there are times that reviewing assignments can extend beyond this window where extenuating circumstances occur. In this case, I will notify students via announcements/or email in Canvas.
Late Policy
All late work will receive a one letter grade deduction (e.g., A drops to a B) after the first 24-hours it is late. Any work handed in more than 7 days after the deadline will NOT be accepted. A grade of 'zero' will be entered.
Late work will only be accepted for full credit if an acceptable excuse is provided. An acceptable excuse takes the form of a documented personal illness or emergency (e.g., a doctor’s note) or documentation of required participation in a work or government-sponsored activity that precludes the completion of the required coursework (e.g., a notice of jury duty). However, it is the responsibility of the student to contact the professor in the event that they experience difficulties completing their work in a timely manner. Each case will be considered on its own merits. If your instructor does not know that you are struggling, they cannot help you!
Holiday Policy
Beginning Summer 2021 Zoom LIVE sessions that occur on Monday holidays will be held as usual. Students who are unable to attend can view the recorded session in Canvas that is available the next day.
Note: While we require/offer classes on holidays, if a faculty member cannot teach on the holiday, the expectation is that the class content for that week will be taped and made available to students. As for students, our existing policy applies: if a student cannot attend class on a holiday, they will have access to the taped class lesson/session and be required to complete class assignment(s) as instructed.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the most common form of academic misconduct at OU. There is basically no college-level assignment that can be satisfactorily completed by copying. OU's basic assumption about writing is that all written assignments show the student's own understanding in the student's own words. That means all writing assignments, in class or out, are assumed to be composed entirely of words generated (not simply found) by the student, except where words written by someone else are specifically marked as such with proper citation. Including other people's words in your paper is helpful when you do it honestly and correctly. When you don't, it's plagiarism.
For more information about plagiarism, watch this video and then take this short course offered by University Libraries.
University Academic Policies and Student Support
Access the University Academic Policies Document.