Service Learning

Spring 2008

Instructor:

Lori Carter

lcarter@pointloma.edu

(619) 849-2352

Office hours:

MW 12:30-1:30

T Th 8:30-10:00, 1:00-3:00

F 10:30-11:45

Course Objective:

Provide a service for a non-profit organization while getting real-world experience using skills gained from Math, Computer Science and Information Systems education.

Course Organization:

The class will be run as a business with Dr. Carter as CEO. We will have a company budget to support 4 projects. Students will be assigned corporate tasks as well as project tasks.

Class time will be used for:

• Hearing from experts
• Team meetings
• Listening to progress reports from other teams

Time outside of class (approx 2 hours per week) will be spent

• Meeting with client
• Planning project
• Implementing project

Grading:

This class is taken for credit only. The determination of whether an individual receives credit for the class based on the “3 strikes and you’re out” philosophy. A strike may be a result of any of the following:

· Each late/missed wiki after 2

· Each missed project activity after 2 (group meeting, client meeting, etc.)

· Each missed class after 2

· Each late/missed class assignment after 1

· 2 below average (4 or less) marks from 2 different people on peer reviews

· Your group doesn’t make reasonable progress (could result in multiple strikes)

Unless you have a serious documented illness, not feeling well is not an acceptable excuse.