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-one correspondence with a professional mentor in a genre or genres of choice. Each student spends approximately 15 hours per week on creative and critical writing. At the completion of the program, the students will produce a critical paper plus a book-length thesis. First year – 8 mailings. Second year – 5 mailings plus field experience. Third year – 6 mailings, critical paper, plus thesis. (4 to 12 semester hours per year, total of 28 semester hours required for graduation) Field Experience An

readily available in every Sakai course site. To get started, visit the PLU Knowledge Base for instructions.   Why Use Hypothesis? Hypothesis fosters critical thinking, reading, and writing on Sakai. It is a text-centered alternative to forums that allows you to: Ask students to respond to specific passages (e.g., a single sentence or an entire paragraph) by composing an annotation. Annotate your syllabi or lectures, formulas or lab reports to introduce students to concepts and/or ask them to reply to

their skills.Practicum Hour RequirementsStudents are placed in social service agencies where, under supervision, they demonstrate the generalist skills of engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation of practice. They apply ethical principles in interactions with clients and staff, demonstrate critical thinking, engage and embrace diversity, demonstrate and apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment. In weekly seminar, students integrate the theories and skills from their

Trinity Lutheran Church.  They are teaching my students and me about our neighborhood and showing us how to study ethics while working alongside our neighbors — pulling weeds, digging holes, washing dishes.The class is still fundamentally about critical thinking: we struggle with hard questions of Christian morality and the diversity of possible answers.  But now when we discuss the complexity of Christian economic ethics, we relate it to the socioeconomic realities around us.  When we discuss the

in considering graduate school or seminary, and in thinking about how your major prepares you for whatever career you choose. Where Will a Religion Major Lead You? The study of religion prepares you for fields requiring critical, contextual and creative thinking, ethical decision-making and working with people. It allows you to learn and practice the interpretive approaches of several disciplines during your university career. As the diversity and pluralism of our world become more intensely part

awareness, knowledge and behavioral skills necessary to support a lifelong commitment to movement and physical activity. Literature (LT) Students will use relevant interpretive strategies to pose critical questions about literary and/or cinematic texts.  Students will identify and explain how the formal elements of language and genre shape meaning in literary and/or cinematic texts.  Students will draw conclusions that consider multiple perspectives and prioritize relevant evidence in the development of

strategies for integrating young adult reading materials and written work and reading and writing instruction in all secondary content areas. (2) EDUC 544 : Sociocultural Foundations of Education Examines the purposes of K-12 schools, the root causes of the achievement gap, and the ways accomplished teachers adapt to the changing sociocultural context of schooling. (2) EDUC 556 : Critical Issues in Secondary Teaching Introduces what successful secondary teachers know and are able to do in the areas of