Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2019 - IAT 103W D200

Design Communication and Collaboration (3)

Class Number: 6249

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2019: Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
    Surrey

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Teaches essential skills for negotiating first-year course work successfully. Covers the principles, practice and understanding of effective communication, research, critical thinking, and teamwork with a focus on issues central to the practice of IAT as a profession. Presents opportunities to practice and develop interpersonal skills and make that expertise transferable to the workplace. Writing.

COURSE DETAILS:

 In today’s dynamic work and learning environments, students need to be prepared to deal with the numerous and diverse choices presented within their academic studies, the future workplace, and their personal lives. The abundance of information available will only create a more informed citizenry if we can all develop a complementary cluster of abilities that enable us to use and disseminate information effectively. The goal of Design Communication & Collaboration is to teach you essential skills that will enable you to negotiate your first year coursework successfully and provide a strong foundation for the rest of your academic career. This course teaches the principles, practice and understanding of effective communication, research, critical thinking and teamwork that are needed within both face-to-face and virtual environments. The course’s assignments and activities present a variety of practical learning opportunities for you to practice and develop writing, communication and interpersonal skills, and make that expertise transferable from classroom to workplace.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

Learning Outcomes

Students will:

- Practice team building skills, interpersonal communication and public speaking skills that will support a team presentation.

- Critique writing based on the core principles of effective professional writing.

- Develop effective strategies for credible academic and professional research and implement these in an academic research paper.

- Create writing based on the core principles of effective professional writing.

- Practice how to interpret, generate, compose, and revise reasonable arguments within a persuasive writing process.

Grading

  • Participation 10%
  • Writing Assignments 10%
  • Team Project & Presentation 25%
  • Research Paper 30%
  • Final Paper 25%

NOTES:

Note: This outline is a draft and subject to change.

Academic Integrity

Don’t cheat! It makes your instructors really angry. And making them angry never pays off. It might save you a little work right now, but it’s really not worth the price if you get caught. Usually, the price is not getting marks for an assignment or course, but if you get caught enough, it can prevent you from graduating. You are cheating (plagiarizing) if you:

•Submit work that has been written, produced or researched by someone else,

•Submit work that has previously been submitted for another class,

•Use material (quotes, ideas, pictures, etc.) from another source without clearly indicated where the information came from using a proper citation, or

•Pretend that someone else’s ideas are your own. SFU’s policies on this (and other things) can be found at: http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student.html If you have any questions about this code or about plagiarism or academic dishonesty in general, please come and see us during our office hours.

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

Resources & Learning Support

Student Learning Commons: http://learningcommons.sfu.ca/

Digital Library Services: http://www.lib.sfu.ca

Online course materials: http://www.webct.sfu.ca

Teammates: create a contact list

Instructor and TA: contact us for an appointment

REQUIRED READING:

"They Say / I Say:  The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing" (2018) by Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein; 4th Edition; W.W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393631678

Registrar Notes:

SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating.  Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS