Sociology 192 / Anthropology 192
Extracurricular Departmental Activities (2 units)
Course description of Soc 192 / An 192:
In order to enhance students abilities to link Christian faith and practice and major study as well as facilitate the creation of topics for more common department-wide conversations between students and faculty, students are required to participate in 26 hours of approved and/or required events during the course of their enrollment at Westmont. These events include departmentally sponsored colloquia or worship, departmental-wide field trips, the annual departmental retreat, and other selected events. Students will be provided lists of approved events during each academic semester via e-mail. Students should register for these units during one of their last two semesters on campus; though some hours of the 26 hours of required activity may be completed in prior semesters. Students may start acquiring the hours after they have declared sociology as their major. Only five department-approved hours will be accepted from off-campus events.
In brief, students should register for these two units during either of their last two semesters on campus. Some of the required hours (26 total) will be completed in prior semesters and a record of your hours will be kept by the second floor Deane Hall secretary, Ruby Jeanne Shelton. Students may begin acquiring the needed hours after they have declared sociology or anthropology as their major. Attendance will be documented as follows: Pick up one or more “event cards” from the second floor secretary and complete the information requested. Take the attendance card to the event and at the completion of the event, ask a faculty member to sign the card and print his/her name. Hopefully a member of the sociology/anthropology department will be present at the event, but if not ask the faculty member who introduced the speaker to sign your card. As soon as possible, return the “event card” to the secretary. On the line that asks for the number of hours spent at the event, round off to the nearest half hour.
Be sure to talk with your Sociology-Anthropology advisor regarding this important requirement.