Course Syllabus
79992E Advanced Studies Electronics
Crest High School
Steve Brown – Instructor
Room 321
Ph. 704-476-8331
I. COURSE DESCRIPTION
A culminating course, Advanced Studies focuses on a problem in a selected career pathway. The course project includes a paper, a working portfolio, a presentation, and a product. As a base for developing the course project, students use knowledge, skills, and attitudes attained from previous courses taken. The project must be of sufficient depth to require extensive review of literature. With mentor assistance and interviews, the project should lend itself to identification of a problem, examination of possible solutions or directions, and analysis of the impact of solutions.
In addition, they will write, speak, solve problems, and use life skills such as time management and organization. Students work under the guidance of a Workforce Development teacher/facilitator in collaboration with community partners, business representatives, and other schoolbased personnel. Skill development and vocational student organization leadership activities provide opportunities to apply instructional competencies and workplace readiness skills to authentic experiences.
Prerequisite: Three technical credits within a career pathway. Ex. IIE, Electronics I, and Honors Electronics II.
II. TEXTBOOK
Electricity & Electronics by Gerrish/Dugger/Roberts
(supplied by teacher if needed)
Student Materials: Notebook
Portfolio Cover
Calculator (supplied by teacher if needed)
Computer (supplied by teacher)
III. COURSE GOALS
In order to resolve practical problems, students need two different kinds of knowledge: cognitive knowledge (concepts and principles) and process knowledge (how to solve problems, communicate with others, and manage resources). In the Advanced Studies course, emphasis is placed on four essential process goals.
1. Communication
2. Information
3. Working with Others
4. Management/Leadership
These skills prepare students to function effectively in the workplace and in the community. In addition, these goals are among those identified by the U.S. Department of Labor Secretary’s Commission on Achieving
Necessary Skills (SCANS) as essential to success in the workplace and also those identified by the North Carolina Education Standards and Accountability Commission (NCESAC) that all graduates of North
Carolina Public Schools need to master to become productive members of a workforce and to succeed in life.
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
Lectures to introduce notes and discuss laboratory projects.
PowerPoint Presentations
Limited instructor assistance during class time.
Hands-on troubleshooting
Working in the community one-on-one with other teachers, students and administrators.
CRITICAL/ANALYTICAL THINKING ACTIVITIES
In this course the student will:
Identify a problem and analyze it.
Recognize a need for information.
Infer proper techniques and procedures as required in the field of engineering.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
After completing this course the student must demonstrate proficiency in the following areas:
• Communication
• Using numbers and data
• Problem solving
• Processing information
• Teamwork
• Using technology
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
Data projector
CD-ROM
Overhead projector
Student computers
PowerPoint
EVALUATION
Evaluations of student mastery of course competencies will be accomplished using the following methods:
-Research Paper 50%
-Project (final exam – Presentation) 25%
-Community Work (timesheets, professionalism, etc) 25%
GRADING SCALE
See attached copy of Grading Scale for Crest High School.
SPECIAL POLICIES
Student Responsibility:
-The student is ultimately responsible for meeting all procedures, requirements, and deadlines.
-Professionalism is important and will be counted into grades.
-If student needs extra help, he/she is responsible for requesting additional assistance from the instructor.
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