Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2020 - EDUC 806 G031

Selected Problems in Higher Education (5)

Class Number: 7771

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: TBA, TBA
    Burnaby

  • Instructor:

    Tracey Mason-Innes
    tmasonin@sfu.ca
    604-360-8806 (mobile)
    Office: Zoom
    Office Hours: By appointment

  • Instructor:

    Darren Francis
    Darren_Francis@sfu.ca
    604-556-1663 (mobile)
    Office: Zoom
    Office Hours: By appointment

  • Instructor:

    Darren Francis
    dfa12@sfu.ca

  • Instructor:

    Tracey Mason-Innes
    tmasonin@sfu.ca
    1 778 782-3570

Description

COURSE DETAILS:

Meeting Dates:
Sept. 18 and 19
Oct.     2 and 3
Oct.  16 and 17
Oct.  30 and 31
Nov. 13 and 14
Nov. 27 and 28

Meeting Times:
Friday: 4:30pm – 9pm
Saturday: 8:30am - 4:00 pm

Meeting Location:
Online – Zoom and CANVAS.
*CANVAS will be our home base, we will utilize various forms of technology (e.g., BB Collaborate, Zoom) for our cohort gatherings. This class will be a blended learning of self-directed and self-paced learning (with timelines/deadlines to help give you an organized structure) and class learning together through scheduled meeting times. Where possible, will be uploading pre-recorded lectures to help assist you in your learning so we can focus our online time together with meaningful discussions and connections.

  1. Additional Details:
    This course is dedicated to helping you draw together key theories and ideas you have explored throughout the program.  A focus of this course is to help you connect theory and its practical application in your day-to-day professional life. 

    This course will allow you to share your "lived experience" and help you become a better student affairs practitioner through the integration of theory into your practice.   A central approach in this process is for critical analysis of theories and personal reflection. 

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

  1. To understand and apply theory to current challenges facing higher education.
  2. To (re)examine and (re)situate ourselves in our professional settings, and in our professional teaching practice, in light of the ideas and issues you have explored in the program thus far.
  3. To develop skills in the practice of critical reflective practice, and reflexivity, applied to our various post-secondary educational domains.
  4. To deepen our understanding of the tenants, strengths, and limitations of various theoretical approaches in Student Affairs and how they relate to ourselves as scholar/practitioners.

Grading

  • In-class and online participation 20%
  • Reflective Essay 15%
  • Assignment 2 20%
  • Assignment 3 20%
  • Final Assignment (Capstone) 25%

NOTES:

Grading is subject to change: Course assignment due dates, and grading structure will be finalized the first week of classes.

Graduate General Regulations 1.5.1 Normal Grading System: A+ = 4.33 points, A = 4.00, A- = 3.67, B+ = 3.33, B = 3.00, B- = 2.67 (Normally, graduate students must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0) *

REQUIREMENTS:
Requirements for each assignment will be reviewed during the first weekend of class. Further details will be provided in the full syllabus and on CANVAS. All assignments must comply with APA 7th edition formatting, in-text citations, and references. (If you’ve been using 6th Edition that is also acceptable).

 

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

Students will be using a variety of software during the course, the links to the software provided to SFU graduate students for no charge will be posted on CANVAS. Please be aware that if you are using a computer belonging to your employer, administrative rights and permissions from your IT department will be needed if you are downloading software to a work-device.

REQUIRED READING:

Abes, E. S., Jones, S. R., & Stewart, D. L. (Eds.). (2019). 

 


ISBN: 978-1620367643

Magolda, P.M., Baxter Magolda, M.B., & Carducci, R. (Eds.). (2019). 
Contested issues in troubled times: Student affairs dialogues on equity, civility, and safety. 
Stylus Publishing

ISBN: 978-1620368015

RECOMMENDED READING:

Kerr, K. G., Edwards, K. E., Tweedy, J. F., Lichterman, H., & Knerr, A. R. (2020). The Curricular Approach to Student Affairs: A Revolutionary Shift for Learning Beyond the Classroom. Stylus Publishing, LLC.
ISBN: 97816220369340

Graduate Studies Notes:

Important dates and deadlines for graduate students are found here: http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/current/important_dates/guidelines.html. The deadline to drop a course with a 100% refund is the end of week 2. The deadline to drop with no notation on your transcript is the end of week 3.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

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

TEACHING AT SFU IN FALL 2020

Teaching at SFU in fall 2020 will be conducted primarily through remote methods. There will be in-person course components in a few exceptional cases where this is fundamental to the educational goals of the course. Such course components will be clearly identified at registration, as will course components that will be “live” (synchronous) vs. at your own pace (asynchronous). Enrollment acknowledges that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes. To ensure you can access all course materials, we recommend you have access to a computer with a microphone and camera, and the internet. In some cases your instructor may use Zoom or other means requiring a camera and microphone to invigilate exams. If proctoring software will be used, this will be confirmed in the first week of class.

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need class or exam accommodations, including in the current context of remote learning, are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112).