ADMJ 224: Introduction to Terrorism; Michael Daniels

Getting started

Students should contact Marilyn Gaar at mgaar@jccc.edu one week before the beginning of the semester. (DO NOT use the student e-mail system available through My JCCC). I send students an e-mail attachment explaining how to access their online materials and begin work in

Your success in this course is enhanced if 1) you attend one of the Blackboard Distance Learning Orientation sessions offered by JCCC, and 2) "tune up" your browser as recommended at students.jccc.edu/dlorientation/.

On-Campus Class Meetings

On-Campus meetings are required.

Tests

Students complete quizzes and take exams on Blackboard. In addition, students submit through Blackboard e-mail exams that require responses in sentences and paragraphs. All assignments must be completed.

Self-paced or deadlines

Students must complete their assignments by specific dates. This course is not self-paced.

Frequency of course access

Daily access is recommended; three times a week is the minimum. Success in this online/class based Learning-Communities-course required between 12-18 hours of out-of-class work.

Basic online format

Students access materials and assignments on Blackboard and two other website that accompany their textbooks. Students work in groups on "case studies" on individual acts of terrorism. This work is done both online and in class.

Textbooks

Gus Martin, Understanding Terrorism, 2nd ed., Sage Publications.

Computer skills required

Students work with three different websites in this class. Students must know how to browse the web, work with Blackboard, CDs, how to attach documents to Blackboard e-mail, and word process assignments in Microsoft Word.