campus — they are held to the same standards. The same goals and objectives, skills, and competencies that apply to classroom instruction also apply to distance learning courses. Admissions, degree, completion, curriculum, and instructional design policies and procedures are the same as those for traditional campus-based programs.
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Distance Education:
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Distance learning courses taught within the Department of Mathematics are regulated by the same policies as though conducted in a classroom on campus — they are held to the same standards. The same
goals and objectives, skills, and competencies that apply to classroom instruction also apply to distance learning courses. Admissions, degree, completion, curriculum, and instructional design policies and procedures are the same as those for traditional campus-based programs.
D EPARTMENT OF S OCIAL AND B EHAVIORAL S CIENCES
MR. CARLOS MORRIS, C HAIRPERSON Lawson State Community College 3060 Wilson Road Birmingham, Alabama 35221
ccmorris@lawsonstate.edu
MISSION: The Mission of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Department at Lawson State is to provide students with high quality academic coursework leading to a certificate or associate degree, or in preparation for transfer into a baccalaureate degree program. Additionally, this department provides excellent scholastic support in the many general education courses required of students pursuing any degree program at Lawson State. Our programs are relevant to students’ personal and professional needs, develop student’s critical thinking skills, enhance their self-esteem, and assist in the development of student into organized, focused, empowered, and independent lifelong learners. The Department of Social and Behavior Sciences prepares competent professionals equipped with the knowledge, values and skills that are required to meet the challenges of problems and needs faced by varied individuals, families, organizations, and urban communities in a changing, global, social environment. Students who plan to receive an Associate in Arts Degree are able to transfer to a four-year institution and pursue a Bachelor’s degree in related fields of study.
Distance Education:
Distance learning courses taught within the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences are regulated by the same policies as though conducted in a classroom on
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