Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

This is a hybrid course - most activities take place online. You should be prepared with a different mentality; it is very easy to get behind. I recommend you schedule three hours per week (just like you would if this class met on campus) to sit down in front of a computer to read, prepare and post class material. These hours need to be without distractions: no kids, no TV, etc. There will be regular quizzes with due dates which you need to be aware of. Students that succeed in the class generally log in at least every other day to check discussion messages. Those that log in once a week generally fall behind and have a difficult time catching up. And, just like any other course, you will need additional time to do the off-line reading and homework assignments (expect 6-9 hours each week for a 3 credit class.)

You should log on to the course as soon as possible starting the Monday of the first week of the term; do not wait for our on-campus meeting. There are assignments that you should get started on, and a quiz to complete before we meet. Our meeting is not a lecture; it is a discussion of the weekly content. You will find our meetings unhelpful if you do not come prepared.

The weekly scheduled meeting is required and counts towards class participation.  We will meet on the Rock Creek campus.

You can find examples of syllabi for the courses I teach at my PCC web directory page.

• Microsoft Excel or similar spreadsheet/graphing program
• Microsoft Word or similar word processing program