Extra Credit Activities

Activities for College Students

Music, Museums, and Gardens to see, visit, and contemplate:

Mt. SAC Art Gallery

Mt. SAC Planetarium

AMOCA American Museum of Ceramic Art

340 South Garey Avenue

Pomona,CA 91766 (909) 865-3146

The Arboretum of Los Angeles County

Bill Moyers

The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art

Broad Museum

California African American Museum

Cal Poly Pomona Downtown Center Exhibits

Cal Poly Pomona Gallery

Cal Poly Pomona Department of Theater Arts

Cal State University Fullerton Gallery

Chinese American Museum

Craft and Folk Art Museum

dA Center for the Arts

Griffith Observatory

University of La Verne Gallery

Los Angels Philharmonic

Claremont Graduate University: School of Arts and Humanities (Current Exhibitions)

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The Getty Villa

Hammer Museum: Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden

The Huntington Library, Art Collection, and Botanical Gardens

Hilbert Museum of California Art - Chapman University

Japanese American History Museum

The Latino Museum

Museum of Latin American Art

LACMA: Los Angeles County Museum

The Natural History Museum

Pauly Center for Media

Pomona College Museum

Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts

Mt. San Antonio College

Mount Wilson Observatory

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

The Museum of Tolerance

The Norton Simon Museum

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden

The San Diego Museum of Art

San Dimas Arts

Scripps College: Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery

The Skirball Cultural Center

The Southern California Montane Botanic Garden

USC: Sculptures, Plaques, Relief, Murals, and Fountains

Also take advantage of the resources on campus:

(Yes, these qualify for Extra Credit with a Report)

See the list of services in the Schedule of Classes

www.mtsac.edu

Go to the Library: The Library offers a variety of workshops to help students learn academic research strategies and resources:

Developing Research Topics
Finding and Evaluating Books
Finding and Evaluating Articles
Evaluating Websites
Researching Career Choices

Held in Library 6-238, each workshop lasts 75 minutes. Documentation of attendance is provided to students upon request. Students may sign up at the Library Reference Desk. Our Library Workshop Schedule for Summer Intersession 2013 can be accessed from the Library's homepage. Attendance is limited to 30, so sign up early.

Sign up at the Library Information/Reference Desk or call 909-274-4289.

Go to the The Writing Center (909) 274-5325 (26B/100) and work on an Extra Credit Report or Paper or Exam for this class or one of your other classes.

Go to the Career Placement Services (909) 274-4510 (Student Services Center Bldg. 9B Upstairs) and take the COPS, the CAPS, and the COPES. Make an appointment with the Counseling Center first. (This takes some time and you may have to purchase a packet at the Bookstore)

The COPS is a career preference survey, the CAPS measures ability, and the COPES assess values as they relate to occupations. If all three assessments are used, a very good profile is generated by the Assessment Center that combines all three results and provides occupations which the students are interested in, able to do and values.

If you can take the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator or the Keirsey Temperament Sorter.

Go to Student Health Services (909) 274-4400 Bldg. 67B. See the list of services in the Schedule of Classes

Go to Access Student Program and Services (ACCESS) (909) 274-4290 Student Services Center

Go to Counseling and Advising Services (909) 274-4380 Student Services Center

Do an Educational Plan and declare a Major.

This is a graded discussion: 200 points possible

due Sep 21, 2018

Discussion: Current Events (First Four Weeks)

This Discussion is about living an informed life that ties into the course description (The analysis of language as an instrument of sound thinking in morals, politics, and everyday life). I want to know what topics/issues are of concern/interest to you and your generation.

Part of this class requires students to interact with each other, otherwise it is just a class environment with you and me and no peers. I need to see interaction for the whole term. You need to have one post and two replies. They should be completed by the end of the third week.

This is your class. What do you want to talk about? For instance, I will post things that interest me from newspapers or magazines. I read the Sunday Los Angeles Times and I enjoy the First (Main) section because it contains the Editorials and Opinion (OP-ED) section along with Letters to the Editor. I read the BUSINESS section because it reflects changes in the economy. I read the CALIFORNIA section because it has history articles and I am always looking for articles on water issues in Southern California. Also, I read the ARTS & BOOKS section because it is very informative about current Art exhibits and book reviews are so educational. This Discussion is for students to lead the class in current events issues.

Read an article in a newspaper or news magazine that has to do with current events of interest to you or about the course topics. Also you need to reply to two other students' posts. (150+ words)

This Discussion is a way to demonstrate your involvement in the course.

For a Current Events post, complete the following:

first, summarize the story 55+ words;

then, write your reflections on it 300+ words;

and give the source (web link or copy of article documentation)

When you respond to someone else's current event post (150+ words), it is considered an interactive post and will satisfy one of your two replies.

Click on reply to begin your post.