Psychology 1315 MAYMESTER 2010, Section 001 Life Sciences Bldg Room 102 MoTuWeThFr 8:00AM - 11:45AM Instructor: Linda Perrotti, Ph.D. Office: 511, Life Sciences Bldg. Office Hours: by appointment Mailbox: Psychology Department, Box 19528 Email: [email protected]. Before you email me, be sure you read this syllabus. As a general rule: I do not reply to student emails when the answer to their question can easily be found by reading the course syllabus. Website: http://www3.uta.edu/faculty/PERROTTI/ Department website: http://www.uta.edu/psychology/index.htm Required Textbook: "Psychology around us" by Ron Comer and Elizabeth Gould, 1st edition Wiley ISBN 978-0-471-38519-6, © 2011 Note: this textbook is REQUIRED meaning that you will need to read and study from it in order to pass this course. Course Description: The course is a general survey of the various areas of psychology and is intended to provide a scientific basis for understanding thoughts, emotions, and behavior. The course is designed to interest and meet the needs of both majors and non-majors. Course Learning Goals and Objectives: Instructional goals are directed toward enabling students to recognize and recall basic facts and describe major concepts and terminology in all fields of psychology. Instructional materials will be provided in assigned textbook, study guide and lecture presentations. Assessment of mastery of these goals will be via exams with questions that focus on each of the above knowledge skills. Attendance: Attendance will be periodically monitored. Drop Policy: A course drop grade will be assigned in accord with UTA policy (see current catalog). Assessments: There will be two (2) exams and 10 quizzes. These will cover lectures, videos and assigned textbook readings. Exams will be taken in class. Students arriving after the scheduled class start time, on an exam date, are not allowed to take the exam after the first completed exam is turned in. Quizzes are optional (extra credit) and will be taken on WebCT. You must complete all quizzes by the due dates. All due dates are listed in the course schedule, which is located at the end of this syllabus. Missed Exams & Quizzes: Makeup exam requests will be approved only when appropriate documentation is provided that indicates that compelling circumstances prevented a student from taking a scheduled exam. Examples of such circumstances include funeral attendance, religious holidays, and illness. No information should be provided in a makeup exam request that is private or confidential in nature. A note from a friend or family member is not acceptable documentation. A request for a makeup exam must be made in writing. There will not be any occasion to make up the quizzes as they serve as an extra credit opportunity. Research Participation Requirement: Students enrolled in PSYC 1315 must complete a research participation requirement. This requirement may be satisfied by serving a total of six (6) hours as a participant in psychological research or by preparing six (6) summaries of published research in journals or some combination of the two options that totals to six (6). More details will be provided in an orientation session and in aninformation handout. Points are NOT added to the course grade for completion of the research participation requirement. Grading Format, Weighting/Point Value of Assignments, and Examinations: The grade for each exam will be the % correct of exam questions. The minimum points for a letter grade are (A=90, B= 80, C=70, D= 60, and F= below 60). All exams are of equal weight. Rounding will be applied only for the calculation of the course grade. This will consist of raising a decimal fraction of 0.5 or greater to 1. For example, a course grade of 79.5 will be rounded to 80 for a course letter grade of “B”. A course grade of 79.4 will yield a course grade of “C”. Assessment Percentage of Final Grade Exam 1 50 Exam 2 50 Quizzes/Extra Credit (optional) Up to 10 additional points added to your lowest exam grade Borderline Grades Stay Borderline: Every semester some people score just below the borderline of the next highest grade. I have great sympathy for people who find themselves in that position, but I have also found that raising those grades simply uncovers more people whose grades are near the new borderline. This situation makes everybody edgy. Therefore, my policy must be that borderline grades stay borderline. Student Evaluation of Teaching: Evaluation forms provided by the University will be used for student course evaluation. Americans with Disabilities Act: The University of Texas at Arlington is on record as being committed to both the spirit and letter of federal equal opportunity legislation; reference Public Law 93112 -- The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. With the passage of new federal legislation entitled Americans with Disabilities Act - (ADA), pursuant to section 504 of The Rehabilitation Act, there is renewed focus on providing this population with the same opportunities enjoyed by all citizens. As a faculty member, I am required by law to provide "reasonable accommodation" to students with disabilities, so as not to discriminate on the basis of that disability. Student responsibility primarily rests with informing faculty at the beginning of the semester and in providing authorized documentation through designated administrative channels. Academic Dishonesty: It is the philosophy of The University of Texas at Arlington that academic dishonesty is a completely unacceptable mode of conduct and will not be tolerated in any form. All persons involved in academic dishonesty will be disciplined in accordance with University regulations and procedures. Discipline may include suspension or expulsion from the University. "Scholastic dishonesty includes but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, collusion, the submission for credit of any work or materials that are attributable in whole or in part to another person, taking an examination for another person, any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or the attempt to commit such acts." (Regents' Rules and Regulations, Part One, Chapter VI, Section 3, Subsection 3.2, Subdivision 3.22)Tentative Lecture/Topic Schedule: Week Date Lecture Topics Reading Assignments 1 5/17 Psychology of Science Chapter 2 Assignment Due 2 Human Development Chapter 3 May 18 Census Date Assignment Due 3 5/18 Neuroscience Chapter
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