Course Calendar 2011-2012 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert

Successful students in the social sciences
• use learning strategies that allow them to reach their
short and long-term goals and serve as a solid
foundation for future studies
• recognize main thesis and/or author’s purpose,
supporting details and the relationships among ideas
in different texts
• communicate ideas clearly in written format
• communicate ideas orally in a clear and coherent
fashion
• work effectively as a member of a group
• integrate their learning throughout the program
• use appropriate self-assessment techniques to reflect
on their own learning
• read and understand basic social science documents
written in French
• use appropriate information-processing technologies
• demonstrate awareness of the need to develop
lifestyle habits conducive to good physical, emotional
and intellectual health
Comprehensive Assessment
According to the Exit Profile for the Social Science
program, successful students graduate with an
understanding of human phenomena from a social
scientific perspective. They acquire a thorough
knowledge of disciplinary content and research methods
in the social sciences and extend their ability to think,
communicate and learn effectively. The elements of the
Exit Profile are practiced throughout the various social
science courses and especially in the final course, the
Integration Seminar in the Social Sciences (see above).
The successful Integrated Interdisciplinary Paper that
students write in this course signals that the student has
met the criteria for the program’s Comprehensive
Assessment.
Integrative Activity
Social Science students must demonstrate that they have
integrated knowledge from their Social Science courses.
Although the integration of concepts, theories and
research methods occurs throughout the program it is the
main focus of the Integration Seminar in the Social
Sciences (ISSS) course offered the graduating semester. In
this course, students evaluate their learning approach and
review key concepts, theories and issues they have dealt
with in their Social Science courses. The focal point of the
course is the Integrated Interdisciplinary Paper in which
students examine a social issue from the perspective of at
least two social sciences disciplines and one theoretical
framework. Students present their major findings orally
and critically assess their final paper. This integrative
activity prepares the students for university studies and
meets the requirement of the Comprehensive
Assessment.