LIS 301, Self Directed Learning
UIS, 2006 Fall
4 credit hours
Boyer category: Identity. Secondary category: Language
Rationale: This is a required course for LIS students, and it makes up part of the LIS core. In this course I reviewed my life and my needs and goals as a learner, and this helped me to design my degree plan. I also reviewed the requirements for an LIS degree. In this course we studied the Boyer categories, undergraduate education in the United States, and we studied how to write. We read Ernest Boyer’s The Undergraduate Experience in America and Peter Elbow’s Writing With Power.
Questions:
Personal questions: What courses should I take? Is self-directed learning appropriate for the type of learner I am? How long will it take me to finish my degree? What are the best courses I can take to match my needs and goals in life? What will be the theme of my liberal arts education?
Topic-related questions: What are the Boyer categories? What constitutes a “liberal education” and what is the value of a liberal arts education? How does one use a liberal arts education in one’s life?
Description: Introduction to the liberal studies program. Focuses on the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to become a self-directed, autonomous learner. Topics include an examination of collegiate education philosophy, theory, and practice; dynamics of power; self-assessment; goal-setting; designing effective learning experiences; documenting and evaluating independent learning; organizing learning resources; and designing a liberal studies curriculum.
This 4 credit hour course is intended to serve as an introduction to the Liberal Studies Program and to help participants refine the necessary skills, knowledge and attitudes to complete a self-designed undergraduate degree.
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UIS 000, Name of Course Goes Here
Name of Institution Goes Here, Year Semester
4 credit hours
Boyer category: Boyer. Secondary category: Boyer
Rationale: [in your rationale you must say something about why you are taking this course, how it fits with your degree plan, and how it will help you meet your educational goals and meet your needs.]
Questions:
Personal questions: [questions about yourself or questions you have about your learning and experience in this course.]
Topic-related questions: [questions you have related to the topic of this course, and questions you hope this course will answer for you.]
Description: Description of the course. You don’t have to write this out, as you can simply copy course descriptions from the catalog descriptions. You’ll find these at: http://www.uis.edu/UISCatalog/ (follow the link into Banner). Or at http://www.uis.edu/UISCatalog/2004_2005_UIS_Catalog/fall04_UIScourseDescr.pdf
Here are examples of course descriptions pulled off Banner:
LSC 415 - The Nature Of Human Nature: A multidisciplinary investigation of Human Nature from Sociological, Psychological, Biological, Anthropological and Philosophical perspectives. Students will survey a variety of views of human nature across time and place and consider what the empirical evidence suggests about the nature of human nature.
ART 465 - Women in Art: Discovering Her Story: Introductory art history survey of women artists practicing from the Middle Ages through contemporary decades. Examines women artists in the context of social, political, and cultural happenings that influenced content and visibility of women in art history.
The course descriptions are only available for current and past semesters, but you can uses these with the expectation that courses will be offered in the future.
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