Individual Genealogy Course Descriptions
There are four genealogy courses at MPC: LIBR60, LIBR61, LIBR62, and LIBR63. Students progress from no knowledge of genealogy research processes to measurable research skills, and the production of a final product such as a traditional family history book; a hard-bound, glossy color-printed modern family history photo journal and story; a video, CD, or DVD formatted history; a genealogy Web site, or a professional client report in preparation to submit to an accrediting body during LIBR63. For a complete breakdown of each course, please click on the individual course links found below. Please direct any questions to karenmpc@aol.com, or contact a member of the MPC Library staff. Web Registration for Spring 2009, February 2 to June 5, 2009, is available from mid-November 2008 to mid-January 2009.
Discussion Forums
Achieving research goals demands more than a knowledge of research skills and genealogy sources. In order to work well with others on the Internet, we need social, collaborative, and sensitivity skills to elicit information, address concerns, and give responses to and from others. We want others to share what they have with us. Therefore, students will take active part in participating with each other online through numerous technological participation methods adaptable for when students have time during a weekly period.
Message Boards & Threaded Discussions
Since every student will come with different life experiences, ethnic backgrounds, customs, and abilities in the use of the Internet, and computer programs, these courses will first pre-assess Internet and computer skills, review family history traditions and backgrounds, and focus in the beginning on learning the basic principles for research. Collaboration will take place through message boards and threaded discussions on topics posted by students and mentored by the instructor. Once formalized instruction has been completed covering genealogy principles and foundation skills in the first seven weeks of the first semester, students will direct their attention to their own individual family research with focused emphasis on specific record collections.