COLLEGE: SUBJECT (DISCIPLINE) NAME):COURSE NUMBER:

Los Angeles Community College District

COURSE OUTLINE

(Replaces PNCR and Course Outline)

Section I: BasicCourse Information

OUTLINE STATUS:

1.COLLEGE:

2.SUBJECT (DISCIPLINE) NAME[1]):Family & Consumer Studies

(40 characters, no abbreviations

3.COURSE NUMBER: FCS 91

4.COURSE TITLE: Life Management

5.UNITS: 3

6.CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION -- Provide a description of the course, including an overview of the topics covered:

Provides individuals with skills for understanding and using internal and external resources to function effectively in the present and future society. Techniques for improving self-understanding and interpersonal relationships that reflect decision-making, time, energy, stress , conflict and money management.
  1. CLASS SCHEDULE COURSE DESCRIPTION -- Provide a brief description of the course, including an overview of the topics covered:

Provides individuals with skills for understanding and using internal and external resources to function effectively in the present and future society. Techniques for improving self-understanding and interpersonal relationships that reflect decision-making, time, energy, stress , conflict and money management.
  1. INITIAL COLLEGE APPROVAL DATE: 1/91
  1. UPDATES (check all applicable boxes) – Identify the area(s) being updated/changed from the current course
    outline that is on file in Academic Affairs:

Content/Objectives Course Title / Unit Value

Prerequisite / Corequisite / AdvisoryDistrictwide Course Attributes

Other (describe)Course Description

  1. CLASS HOURS:

“Standard Hours” per Week (based on 18 weeks) / Total Hours per Term (hrs per week x 18) / Units
Lecture: / 3.00 / 54.00 / 3.00
Lab/activity (w/homework):
Lab/activity (w/o homework):
Total: / 3.00 / 54.00 / 3.00

Note: The Carnegie Rule and Title 5, section 55002 sets forth the following minimum standards: 1 unit = 1 hour lecture per week, 2 hours homework per week; OR 2 hours per week of lab with homework; OR 3 hours of lab per week without homework. The hours per week are based on a standard 18-week calendar. Lecture also includes discussion and/or demonstration hours, laboratory includes activity and/or studio hours.

  1. PREREQUISITES, COREQUISITES, ADVISORIES ON RECOMMENDED PREPARATION, and LIMITATION ON ENROLLMENT

Note:The LACCD’s Policy on Prerequisites, Corequisites and Advisories requires that the curriculum committee take a separate action verifying that a course’s prerequisite, corequisite or advisory is an “appropriate and rational measure of a student’s readiness to enter the course or program” and that the prerequisite, corequisite or advisory meets the level of scrutiny delineated in the policy.

.Prerequisites: (If Yes, complete information below)

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.Corequisite: (If Yes, complete information below)

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.Advisories: (If Yes, complete information below)

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  1. REPETITIONS --Number of times course may be repeated for credit (three maximum): 0(see: Section V, #9)

OTHER LIMITATIONS ON ENROLLMENT(see Title 5, Section 58106 and Board Rule 6803 for policy on allowable limitations. Other appropriate statutory or regulatory requirements may also apply):

Section II: Course Content and Objectives

  1. COURSE CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES:

COURSE CONTENT AND SCOPE –Lecture:
If applicable, outline the topics included in the lecture portion of the course (outline reflects course description, all topics covered in class). / Hours per topic / COURSE OBJECTIVES - Lecture (If applicable):
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to… (Use action verbs – see Bloom’s Taxonomy below for “action verbs requiring cognitive outcomes.”)
Topic 1 – The Power of Self Belief – How a person’s self belief enables them to be successful in planning and executing their goals. Discuss the importance of values in a person’s life.
Topic 2 – Setting Realistic Goals – Identifying short, medium and long term goals, and how that helps a person to move forward in life. Use your goals to develop an action plan which can be followed.
Topic 3 – Improving thinking skills – Learn how the brain works so that effective thinking skills can be developed. How critical thinking can help solve everyday problems and make decisions easier. Using creativity in your life, and how it helps move forward towards goals.
Topic 4 – Improving your study skills – Getting to know yourself better and identify the learning style that works best for you. Matching teaching teaching techniques to learning styles.
Topic 5 – Eating Well – Understanding the role of good nutrition in life. Identifying nutritious foods and how to incorporate them into the daily diet. Assessing the nutrition content of typical packaged foods
Topic 6 –Staying Healthy – Discuss the importance of wellness in life. Identify healthy lifestyles and activities. The role of proper sleep in preparation for conducting daily activities.
Topic 7 – Communicating Effectively – Understanding effective communication and appropriate tools to enhance its use. Practicing effective communication by matching your delivery to other’s style.
Week 8 –Improving your listening skills – Overview of effective listening skills, and practice exercises to develop them. Why effective listening is a desireable trait. Understand fact and opinion.
Topic 9 – Improving your speaking skills – What are the qualities of good speech, and how do your skills rate. Difference between formal and informal presentations. What qualities to develop in order to improve delivery.
Topic 10 – Getting along with others – Understanding assertiveness and aggression in dealing with others. Reviewing rules of conflict resolution. Assessing what makes a person angry and how to control it.
Topic 11 – Functioning in Groups – Overview of group dynamics, how to behave in a group, participating as a group member and a group leader.
Topic 12 – Handling Change and Stress – Discusses sources of stress, major life situations and daily situations and how they affect us. How stress affects physical, mental and emotional human systems. Brainstorm methods to deal with stress in student’s lives.
Topic 13 –Managing Time – How to be effective in managing time. Learning to set priorities in time planning. Reviewing various planning systems to determine the value of each.
Topic 14 – Managing Money – Reviewing personal values and goals in relation to finances. Understanding the difference between a budget and spending plan, and creating each based on income and expenses. Understanding financial tools including savings and checking accounts, credit, and loans and stock market investments.
Topic 15 – Preparing for your career – Create a resume and portfolio to reflect your professional and educational background. Discuss skills desired by employers. Review hiring process.
Topic 16 – Job search strategies – The reality of finding a job. Resources available to job seekers, including newspapers, agencies, and internet resources.
Topic 17 – Surviving an interview – Review rules and practice going through the interview process. Observe and critique interview of others .
Topic 18 – Final Projects – Students present oral and written presentations which deal with topics covered during the semester. / 3.00
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3.00 / Topic 1 –
  • Define Success
  • Determine your values and beliefs
  • Describe importance of self-belief in achieving success
Topic 2 –
  • Define goals and identify your personal, educational, professional and community goals
  • Create a list of your short, intermediate and long term goals
  • Prepare an action plan to achieve these goals
Topic 3 –
  • Identify techniques for improving memory
  • Explain the difference between a fact and an opinion
  • Define creativity and describe techniques for improving it
Topic 4 -
  • Name and describe four basic learning styles
  • List teaching techniques that work best with each style
Topic 5 –
  • Name the major nutrients and describe their functions
  • Use nutrition charts on packaged food to determine nutrient content
  • Name the five food groups
Topic 6 -
  • Define physical fitness
  • Describe five aspects of physical fitness
  • Explain the importance of proper rest
Topic 7 –
  • Define communication
  • Explain and give examples of one and two-way communication
  • Describe common communication barriers
Topic 8 –
  • Describe techniques for effective listening skills
  • Frame open and closed-ended questions
  • Distinguish between fact and opinion
Topic 9 –
  • Determine importance of appearance to effectiveness of speaker
  • Define volume, pitch, rate, and tone of voice
  • Explain how to speak informally in groups
Topic 10 –
  • Describe the importance of self-belief, trust, respect, and empathy in good human relations
  • Explain the importance of assertiveness when dealing with others
  • Review a case study and decide how assertiveness could have been used
  • List causes of anger and conflict
  • Assess best ways to handle conflict
Topic 11 –
  • Define group goals, roles and norms
  • List suggestions for participating actively in groups
  • Rate yourself as active group member
Topic 12 –
  • Assess major life changes you have undergone this year
  • Undestand how stress affects the physical, mental and psychological health of a person
  • Name three ways to deal with stress in your life
Topic 13 –
  • Define procrastination and list several techniques for overcoming it
  • Explain the importance of planning and setting priorities
  • Determine which planning system works best to manage your time
  • Use a time log to record how you spend time in a day
Topic 14 –
  • Define income and list sources of income
  • Define expenses and list examples from your life
  • Create a spending log to determine the level of your income and expenses
Topic 15 –
  • Discuss the format of a resume
  • Create a portfolio containing a copy of your resume, a cover letter and a completed company application
Topic 16 –
  • Determine how to conduct a job search
  • Identify several jobs which match your qualifications
Topic 17 –
  • Prepare for an interview including proper dress, hair, makeup and behavior
  • Answer typical interview questions
  • Assess and rate the performance of fellow students during interview
Topic 18 -
  • Oral and written presentation

Total Lecture hours* / 54.00
COURSE CONTENT AND SCOPE -- Laboratory:
If applicable, outline the topics included in the laboratory portion of the course (outline reflects course description, all topics covered in class). / Hours per Topic / COURSE OBJECTIVES - Laboratory (If applicable):
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to… (Use action verbs – see Bloom’s Taxonomy below for “action verbs requiring cognitive outcomes.”)[2]
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Total Lab hours* / 0.00

*Total lecture and laboratory hours (which include the final examination) must equal totals on page 1.

Bloom’s Taxonomy

simple skills <------> complex skills
Critical Thinking
Knowledge
Define
repeat
record
list
recall
name
relate
underline
/ Comprehension
translate
restate
discuss
describe
recognize
explain
express
identify
locate
report
review
tell
/ Application
interpret
apply
employ
use
demonstrate
dramatize
practice
illustrate
operate
schedule
shop
sketch
/ Analysis
distinguish
analyze
differentiate
appraise
calculate
experiment
test
compare
contrast
criticize
diagram
inspect
debate
inventory
question
relate
solve
examine
categorize / Synthesis
compose
plan
propose
design
formulate
arrange
assemble
collect
construct
create
set up
organize
prepare / Evaluation
judge
appraise
evaluate
rate
compare
value
revise
score
select
choose
assess
estimate
measure
  1. REQUIRED TEXTS:

Provide a representative list of textbooks and other required reading; include author, title and date of publication:

Reaching your potential, Throop, Castellucci, Third Edition, 2004, Thomson Learning, Inc.
  1. SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS:

Reading assignments may include, but are not limited to the following:

Ten things I wish I'd known before I went out into the real world, Shriver, 2000 , Warner Books
Time Shifting, creating more time for your life, Rechtschaffen, 1996, Doubleday Publishing Co.
The seven habits of highly effective people, Covey, 1989, Simon & Schuster Publishing Co.
Chicken Soup for the Soul, Canfield, Hansen, 1993, Health communications
  1. WRITING ASSIGNMENTS:

Title 5, section 55002 requires grades to be “based on demonstrated proficiency in subject matter and the ability to demonstrate that proficiency, at least in part, by means of essays or, in courses where the curriculum committee deems them to be appropriate, by problem solving exercises or skills demonstrations by students.” Writing assignments in this course may include, but are not limited to the following:

1. Create a resume and cover letter.
2. Survey two people on a specific topic and present an oral and written report.
  1. REPRESENTATIVE OUTSIDE ASSIGNMENTS:

Out of class assignments may include, but are not limited to the following:

Internet and library research will be conducted and presented as written or oral reports to evaluate and expand upon lectures and readings. Students are expected to document the sources used for the final research paper. They will also evaluate internet resources for accuracy and legitimacy.
  1. REPRESENTATIVE ASSIGNMENTS THAT DEMONSTRATE CRITICAL THINKING:

Title 5, section 55002(a) requires that a degree-applicable course have a level of rigor that includes “critical thinking and the understanding and application of concepts determined by the curriculum committee to be at college level”. Critical thinking may include, but is not limited to analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Provide examples of assignments that demonstrate critical thinking.

  • Analyze spending habits including documentation of income and expenses for a one month period,
  • Assess the level of stress in student's life and determine practical ways to alleviate it,
  • Identify personal values and set personal goals.

  1. METHODS OF EVALUATION:

Title 5, section 55002 requires grades to be “based on demonstrated proficiency in subject matter and the ability to demonstrate that proficiency, at least in part, by means of essays, or, in courses where the curriculum committee deems them to be appropriate, by problem solving exercises or skills demonstrations by students.” Methods of evaluation may include, but are not limited to the following (please note that evaluation should measure the outcomes detailed “Course Objectives” at the beginning of Section II):

Standardized Tests
Criterion Reference Tests
Observance Record of Student
Performance
Homework
Essays/Essay Test Midterm
Written Compositions
Laboratory Reports
Oral Presentations
Term Papers, Projects, Reports
Class Participation
Problem –solving Exercises
Skills Demonstrations
Final Exam
Other (specify):
  1. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:

Methods of instruction may include, but are not limited to the following:

Lecture

Discussion

Laboratory

Activity

Field Experience

Independent Study

Other (explain)

  1. SUPPLIES:

List the supplies the student must provide.

Paper, pen, notebook, textbook
  1. COMPUTER COMPETENCY:

If applicable, explain how computer competency is included in the course.

Computer assignments include research on specific topics for class reports.
  1. INFORMATION COMPETENCY:

Information competency is the ability to find, evaluate use, and communicate information in all its various formats. It combines aspects of library literacy, research methods and technological literacy. Information competency includes consideration of the ethical and legal implications and requires the application of both critical thinking and communications skills. If applicable, explain how information competency is included in the course.

Students are required to participate in discussions involving the evaluation and assessment of issues in their lives including: stress, time and money management, and creating an action plan to reach their goals.
They acquire their knowledge by reading the textbook, completing worksheets and other assessments regarding specific situations
  1. DIVERSITY:

If applicable, explain how diversity (e.g., cultural, gender, etc.) is included in the course.

Course does not meet cultural diversity requirement.

13.SCANS COMPETENCIES (required for all courses with vocational TOP Codes; recommended for all courses):

SCANS (Secretary’s Commission on Necessary Skills) are skills the Department of Labor identified, in consultation with business and industry leaders, which reflect the skills necessary for success in the workplace. Check the appropriate boxes to indicate the areas where students will develop the following skills (please note that all SCANS competencies do not apply to all courses):

RESOURCES

Managing Time: Selecting relevant goal-related activities, ranking them in order of importance, allocating time to activities, and understanding, preparing and following schedules.

Managing Money: Using or preparing budgets, including making cost and revenue forecasts; keeping detailed records to track budget performance, and making appropriate adjustments.

Managing Material and Facility Resources: Acquiring, storing, allocating, and distributing materials, supplies, parts, equipment, space or final products in order to make the best use of them.

INTERPERSONAL

Participating as Member of a Team: Working cooperatively with others and contributing to group’s efforts with ideas, suggestions and effort.

Teaching Others New Skills: Helping others learn needed knowledge and skills.

Exercising Leadership: Communicating thoughts, feelings, and ideas to justify a position, encouraging, persuading, convincing or otherwise motivating an individual or group, including responsibly challenging existing procedures, policies or authority.

Negotiating: Working toward agreement that may involve exchanging specific resources or resolving divergent interests.

Working with Cultural Diversity: Working well with men and women and with people from a variety of ethnic, social, or educational backgrounds.

INFORMATION

Acquiring and Evaluating Information: Identifying a need for data, obtaining the data from existing sources or creating them, and evaluating their relevance and accuracy.

Organizing and Maintaining Information: Organizing, processing and maintaining written or computerized records and other forms of information in a systematic fashion.