DLG 120 – FAQ

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Active & Engaged Learning	Structured Interaction	Facilitated Learning
The course is structured by experiential activities, writing assignments, and questions to stimulate reflection, critical analysis, and dialogue. Writing assignments provide space for reflection and help students integrate their learning from the dialogue sessions, readings, and experiences inside and outside of class.	Students learn together as they practice listening, asking questions, exploring difficult issues, and making connections with others. With the help of facilitators, students develop guidelines for respectful dialogic engagement, including working with disagreements and conflicts.	While the instructor will cover certain content areas through lecture, most of the learning will occur through dialogue, where students will be creating knowledge by talking about their lives, perspectives, values, and experiences. Students and instructors together will be learning about and from one another.

KNOWLEDGE	SKILLS	OUTCOMES
Life Experience	Active Listening	Marketable Skills
Social Identities & Group Membership	Suspending judgement	Effective Communication
Access to cultural resources & power	Identifying assumptions	Greater self-awareness
Practicing dialogue skills	Critical reflection & inquiry	Learning through diversity
Dialogue for civic engagement	Empathy	Critical analysis
Social differences and inequity	Perspective-taking	Improved collaboration
Diversity at UIC

Who it's for:	• All UIC first-year (freshman) students • Specific/limited sections (in Term B of each semester) for upper-level (sophomores, juniors, seniors) students
How it counts:	• Passing grade counts toward graduation • Required or elective credit (depends on college/program of enrollment) • Applies to all undergraduate colleges and degree programs
How its graded:	• Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (pass/fail) • Does not affect GPA
Expectations:	• Weekly reflective writing (2 pages); • Weekly reading/preparation (roughly 20-30 minutes) • Final paper (4 pages) • Attendance and participation • No tests! No Quizzes!