Unit

Date

Assignments, Group Work...

Pre-Week

Aug 23-29

 Post Biographies, Review Syllabus, Start Readings

Unit 1
Introduction and Overview
Week 1 and 2

Aug 30- Sept. 16

 Post Biographies, Readings for Unit 1, Online Discussion

Unit 1
Elements of Student Support
Week 3 - 5

Sept. 17-

Oct. 7 

Readings for Unit 1, Online Discussion

At the end of Unit 1 (Oct. 7) students must submit Assignment 1, an Annotated Bibliography of the required readings.

Unit 2
Designing Services to Meet Needs: Learner Characteristics and Special Groups
Week 6 - 7

Oct. 8-21 

 Readings for Unit 2, Online Discussion

Unit 2
Management and Organization of Student Support Services
Week 8 - 10

Oct. 22-

Nov. 11 

Before the end of Unit 2 (Nov. 5) students must submit Assignment 2, a paper (6-8 pages, maximum 2000 words) on a special topic in student support including but not limited to any of the topics covered in the course.

Unit 3
Developing a Model of Student Support
Case Studies
Week 11 - 15

Nov. 12-

Dec. 14 

Readings for Unit 3, Group Work, Case Studies

Case studies (group work) must be posted by Nov. 25, and Assignment 3, (individual responses to the case studies) must be posted by Dec. 9.   The last week of class will be used to discuss case studies.