Student Conduct
Weatherford College has the responsibility and authority to formulate and enforce rules of student conduct that are appropriate and necessary to further the educational goals of the College and its students. Students who enroll must accept responsibility for their behavior and for their ultimate success in higher education. To create a positive climate for learning, Weatherford College expects all students to abide by a Code of Student Behavior.
To summarize: Students must maintain high standards of scholastic honesty. Violations of the Code of Student Behavior include but are not limited to cheating on tests or assignments, plagiarism, and collusion; violence or threats of violence; loud or abusive language; and failure to comply with the direction of College officials and instructors.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will:
- Describe characteristics of legislation.
- Differentiate between legislation and policy.
- Explain how legislation influences service delivery and identify current proposed or recently passed state or federal legislation that will influence services.
- Trace the history of major pieces of social welfare legislation, including the political, economic, environmental, and social conditions affecting vulnerable populations that prompted the legislation’s development.
- Describe how political ideology and social constructions of vulnerable populations influences the development of social welfare legislation.
- Describe how political ideology and social constructions of vulnerable populations influence societal responses.
- Compare and contrast the residual, versus institutional, view of social welfare.
- Articulate how social workers can actively and ethically engage in the political process to address social justice issues.
Class participation & outside assignments will include class discussion questions and group participation, appropriate interaction with instructor and other students during lectures, and sharing personal findings and experiences in class. Outside assignments will include open book quizzes, glossaries, forums and internet research topics.
Exams will consist of multiple choices, true/false, short answer questions drawn from content of required text and semester study material
Homework 16%
Quizzes 13%
Glossary/Forum 12%
Participation 15%
Test #1 22%
Test #2 22%
Total 100%
Attendance
Your attendance is the biggest predictor of your success. Attendance in every class is expected. If a student is unable to attend class they should get in touch with their instructor. If for any reason the student expects to miss a lot of classes they should contact their instructor to determine all possible options.
ADA Statement:
Any student with a documented disability (e.g. learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) may contact the Office on the Weatherford College Weatherford Campus to request reasonable accommodations. Phone: 817-598-6350 Office Location: Office Number 118 in the Student Services Building, upper floor. Physical Address: Weatherford College 225 College Park Drive Weatherford, TX.