Welcome to USD!

Welcome to USD! Preceptor: Dr. Casey Dominguez

What are we doing today? • Introductions • What is a liberal arts education and why might it benefit you? • What are the requirements for your liberal arts education here at USD? • Tools for fulfilling requirements • Rules about academic honesty

Introductions: Me Dr. Casey Dominguez caseydominguez@sandiego.edu Office: 285 KIPJ

You! Full name, hometown, and one interesting thing about you!

“The College of Arts and Sciences is a Liberal Arts College” • What does that mean???

What is a liberal arts education? • A truly liberal education is one that prepares us to live responsible, productive, and creative lives in a dramatically changing world. It is an education that fosters a well-grounded intellectual resilience, a disposition toward lifelong learning, and an acceptance of responsibility for the ethical consequences of our ideas and actions. Liberal education requires that we understand the foundations of knowledge and inquiry about nature, culture and society; that we master core skills of perception, analysis, and expression; that we cultivate a respect for truth; that we recognize the importance of historical and cultural context; and that we explore connections among formal learning, citizenship, and service to our communities. -American Association of Colleges and Universities

From How Should Colleges Assess And Improve Student Learning? Employers’ Views On The Accountability Challenge A Survey Of Employers Conducted On Behalf Of: The Association Of American Colleges And Universities By Peter D. Hart Research Associates, Inc. January 9, 2008

Employers conclude that: • High school-style regurgitation on multiple choice and other simple exams is virtually worthless in the workplace • Good news! That’s the kind of education you would get at many larger colleges/universities, but not (mostly) at USD (and certainly not in Political Science!) • Today’s college graduates lack Global knowledge, critical thinking skills, and the ability to work and meet deadlines independently • Good news! AT USD you will be held to these higher standards that are more valuable in the real world! • Bad news! You have to work harder!

Why you benefit from a challenging liberal arts education • Studying a broad range of subjects will give you • Skills and cultural competencies to thrive in a global economy • Exposure to subjects beyond your comfort zone will • Help you identify interests you didn’t know you had • Develop self knowledge about your own strengths • Help you develop critical thinking skills • Projects that require research and writing will help you develop the abilities • to work independently • to find and organize information • to communicate clearly

The requirements for your liberal arts education at USD • The Core Curriculum • Indispensable competencies • Traditions • Horizons • Diversity • Courses that qualify (NOT ALL DO!): http://www.sandiego.edu/core/courselist.php • Completion of requirements in a specific major field of study

Indispensable Competencies: Course Requirements • Written literacy • one lower division English class (121/122) • one upper division “W” class in any subject • Math competency* • Math 112, 114, 115, 130, 150 or higher • Business majors must complete Math 130 (Survey of Calculus). • Math/Science/Computer Science/Engineering students must complete Math 150 (Calculus). • Critical reasoning (Logic) • Philosophy 101 or 102 • Math or CS majors should take Math 160 (Logic for Math) rather than Phil 101 or 102. • Language* • Complete 201 or higher level class in any foreign language ***Get those math and language requirements done early before you forget everything you’ve learned!

Option 2: Competency Exams • Pay fees at the Cashier’s Office (Hughes 207) and take receipt to the department running the exam. • Department will give you location/time of the exam • Do not get academic units for exam, just get out of requirement • August 31: Competency exams in Foreign Languages and Logic • October 15: Deadline to pay competency exam fee • October 30: Competency exam in math • November 6: Competency exam, lower and upper division English

Help! • Tutoring centers: • Logic Center; FH 160 • Mathematics Center; Serra Hall 310 • Writing Center; FH 190B

The requirements for your liberal arts education at USD • The Core Curriculum • Indispensable competencies • Traditions • Horizons • Diversity • Courses that qualify (NOT ALL DO!): http://www.sandiego.edu/core/courselist.php • Completion of requirements in a specific major field of study

Traditions • Religious studies—three classes • One lower division, one upper division, one either • Philosophy (besides Logic) • One class (check listings for qualifying courses) • Ethics (Philosophy dept) • One class (check listings for qualifying courses)

Horizons • History (one class) • Literature (one class, any language) • Fine Arts (one class) • Physical science (one class) • Life science (one class) • Either physical science or life science class must have a LAB section with it • Social science (two classes from two different departments) • PS 125 counts as one of these!

Diversity • PS 125 counts as your diversity requirement

Your course schedule • Should be assigned to 12-15 units. • 12 is minimum for full time status • Most students take 15 or 18 units per semester (5-6 classes) • 6 classes is A VERY HEAVY LOAD. • To take more than 18 units you need the approval of the Dean • You can make changes to your schedule online for the first eight days of class

What if I’m in enrolled the wrong math/ language class? • You can go to “webreg” and try to enroll in the correct level class • If it is full, you can go to the class meeting, introduce yourself to the professor and ask to be let into the class. They can do this online.

What if I took the AP/IB exam? • AP credit transfers • IB exam transfers • CLEP exam transfers

Important dates • Last day to add classes: Monday, Sept. 13 • Last day to drop a class without a W on your transcript: Monday, Sept. 13 • Intersession Registration begins: Oct 11 • Deadline to choose Grade/P-F option: Oct. 25. REQUIRES my signature on an add-drop form. • Spring 2010 registration begins: Nov. 2 (for seniors) • Last day to withdraw from classes: Nov. 9 • Where is this info? www.sandiego.edu/academiccalendar

DARS • (MySanDiego, One Stop, My Registration channel, DARS link). • How it works

Transferring courses from other colleges • GET ADVANCE PERMISSION by filling out a Petition to Transfer of Credit form • Online at www.sandiego.edu/registrar . • Needs advisor signature and signatures of the department chair in the comparable department in which the course is being taken, and the transfer analyst or the dean.

Plagiarism and Academic Honesty

Rule 1: Always enclose an author’s actual words within quotation marks and include a full and accurate citation Copying entire or partial texts without adding both quotation marks and full citation is plagiarism.

Source Text • The sudden wild passion for private property in the realm of knowledge creation has given rise to a rather paradoxical situation (Foray 1999). The technological conditions (codification and low-cost transmission) may be right for individuals to be able to enjoy instant and unfettered access to new knowledge, but a proliferation of intellectual property rights prevent access to such knowledge in hitherto protected areas (basic research in general, life science, software). (18-19) • David, Paul A., and Dominique Foray. “An Introduction to the Economy of the Knowledge Society.” International Social Science Journal 171 (2002): 9-37.

Plagiarism: no quotation marks • Although, on the one hand, current technological conditions seem to be right for individuals to gain immediate and free access to new knowledge, claims of intellectual property rights impede that access (David and Foray 18-19). • (Full, accurate citation added at the end of the paper.)

Source Text • The sudden wild passion for private property in the realm of knowledge creation has given rise to a rather paradoxical situation (Foray 1999). The technological conditions (codification and low-cost transmission) may be right for individuals tobe able to enjoyinstant and unfetteredaccess to new knowledge, but a proliferation of intellectual property rights preventaccess to such knowledge in hitherto protected areas (basic research in general, life science, software). (18-19) • The previous passage used words that were not the author’s and did not put them in quotation marks.

Rule 2: Always paraphrase by thoroughly reshaping the original in accordance with your own vocabulary, syntax, and sentence rhythm. Paraphrases require full and accurate citations. To paraphrase means to restate a text in your own words; this requires that you rewrite the original text in a significantly new way. Inadequate paraphrases may include sentence patterns close to those of the source and/or synonyms of words found in the original.

Plagiarism: Inadequate paraphrase • Example C • Although on the one hand, current “technological conditions” seem to “be right for individuals” to gain immediate and free“access to new knowledge,” claims of “intellectual property rights” impedethat “access” (David and Foray 18-19). • Uses quotation marks, but just substitutes synonyms for the original wording

Source Text • The sudden wild passion for private property in the realm of knowledge creation has given rise to a rather paradoxical situation (Foray 1999). The technological conditions (codification and low-cost transmission) may be right for individuals tobe able to enjoyinstant and unfetteredaccess to new knowledge, but a proliferation of intellectual property rights prevent access to such knowledge in hitherto protected areas (basic research in general, life science, software). (18-19) • The previous passage used words that were not the author’s and did not put them in quotation marks.

A much better paraphrase • Example E • David and Foray suggest that legal claims regarding the ownership of ideas conflict with expectations of “instant and unfettered access” to information (18-19).

RULE 3: Work to preserve the intent and context of a source.

Example F: May be plagiarized • David and Foray note a contradiction between the “sudden wild passion” for the ownership of ideas and the simultaneous explosion of publicly available information (18-19). • In the original, the section quoted here is followed by “(Foray 1999)”; this citation indicates that David and Foray are referring to an earlier article written by Foray (maybe the same Foray, maybe not). The Foray 1999 article is the “primary” or “direct” source. The David and Foray 2002 article is the “secondary” or “indirect” source. Without studying the earlier article, it is difficult to know whether example F preserves the context and intent of the primary source.

Better • Example G • David and Foray, referring to a 1999 article by Foray, note contradiction between the “sudden wild passion” for the ownership of ideas and the simultaneous explosion publicly available information (18-19).

Ask your professors! • May I write in first person? • Do I need to use a specific font or margin? • Do I need to use outside sources in my writing? • How many sources do I need to include? • How recent must my sources be? • May I use internet sources? • Is there a limit to the number of internet sources I may include? • How should I evaluate internet sources? • Are there types of internet sources I should avoid? • What is a writing style guide? • What referencing style should I use American Psychological Association (APA), Modern Language Association (MLA), Chicago, etc? • May I use secondary sources? • If I use secondary sources, how should I cite them? • Do you require copies of my sources when I submit my paper? • May I submit my paper via email?

My answers: • May I write in first person? • YES • Do I need to use a specific font or margin? • YES: 12 point Times New Roman • Do I need to use outside sources in my writing? How many sources do I need to include? How recent must my sources be? • DEPENDS ON THE ASSIGNMENT • May I use internet sources? • YES • Is there a limit to the number of internet sources I may include? • NO • How should I evaluate internet sources? • FOR THEIR CREDIBILITY and BIAS

My answers: • Are there types of internet sources I should avoid? • WIKIPEDIA • What is a writing style guide? • A STANDARD FORMAT. IN POLISCI WE USE THE CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE • May I use secondary sources? • IN THIS CLASS, YES. • Do you require copies of my sources when I submit my paper? • YES • May I submit my paper via email? • DEPENDS ON THE ASSIGNMENT. IF SO IT IS DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS, JUST LIKE IT WOULD BE ON PAPER.

Welcome to USD!

Welcome to USD!

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