Survey of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Psychology 3302 Section 001 Spring 2009 Tuesdays and Thursdays 9 30 10 50 am Life Science Building Room 101 101 LS Instructor Nicolette P Lopez Ph D Office Life Sciences Building Room 308 Phone 817 272 5480 E mail nlopez uta edu Office Hours Thursday 2 00 pm 4 00pm or by appointment Student Learning Objectives This course will cover a wide range of Industrial Organizational I O Psychology topics such as selection training performance appraisal work motivation and organizational theories The outcomes of this course are a students will be able to describe and integrate the basic theories of I O psychology b students will be able to identify and apply the techniques and methods used by I O psychologists and c students will be able to explain the application of I O psychology in today s workplace It is critical that students read the assigned material before coming to class Discussions and lectures will be based on the assigned readings Please make sure that you budget enough time during the week to read the material from the text Required Text Aamodt M G 2007 Industrial and Organizational Psychology An Applied Approach 5th Ed Thomson Wadsworth Publishers ISBN 0 495 09306 8 Research Participation Requirement Students enrolled in Psychology 3302 must complete a research participation requirement The requirement for this course is three 3 research hours or equivalent Research participation is an experiential learning opportunity which enhances and deepens students understanding of and appreciation for the scientific study of psychology Failure to meet this requirement will result in an Incomplete or failing grade This requirement may be satisfied by serving as a participant in psychological research or by summarizing and evaluating published studies in journals or in other sources More details will be provided in an orientation session and in an informational handout Points are not added to the course grade for completion of this requirement Communications When communicating with faculty members and other professionals all students are expected to communicate in a professional and formal manner regardless of the communications media phone e mail face to face etc This includes addressing one s audience using their proper title using proper grammar and using proper spelling How one delivers a message is often as important as the message itself Thus I expect students to communicate professionally when sending e mail communications to me and to use grammar and spell check functions before the e mail is sent Communications deemed inappropriate may not receive a response UT Arlington provides all students with an official UT Arlington electronic mail e mail address UTArlington and this instructor will use students UT Arlington e mail accounts for official communication with students All communications regarding this course will be sent to students UT Arlington e mail accounts Evaluation Grading is based on a mastery model There is NO curve You may all get A s you may all fail or you may sort yourselves out across a normal distribution of grades It depends on the time and effort you put in to mastering the material Grades for the course will be computed as follows Exam 1 20 Points Exam 2 20 Points Exam 3 20 Points Final Exam 20 Points Student Learning Outcomes 30 Points Class Participation 10 points The course grades will be assigned as follows A 90 100 Points B 80 89 Points C 70 79 Points D 60 69 Points F 0 59 Points Class Participation includes but is not limited to attendance contributing to class discussion in class exercises and outside of class assignments Exams There will be four 4 exams three 3 regular exams and one 1 Comprehensive Final exam The exams will cover material from lectures assignments discussions videos presentations additional readings and the corresponding readings in the textbook All of the exams will consist of multiple choice items A student arriving late after the scheduled class start time on an exam date will not be allowed to take the exam after the first exam is returned Students are required to provide their own Scantron answer sheets and pencils for the exams The lowest exam score will be dropped If an exam is missed that will be the score that is dropped Any additional exam s missed will result 0 points for the exam grade Students are not exempt from any exams There are a total of 60 points to be earned through exam performance If an exam is canceled due to inclement weather or other unexpected reasons it will take place in the subsequent scheduled class time and at the same place as originally scheduled An official UT Arlington picture I D is required to take exams Missed Exams Because the lowest exam score is dropped this instructor will only give makeup exams due to extraordinary circumstances and when official paper documentation is provided Makeup exams will ONLY be administered at 7 00 am on May 11th 2009 A student who misses a work assignment or other project because of an observance of a religious holy day will be given the opportunity to complete the work missed within a reasonable time after the absence provided the student has properly notified the instructor see below To meet the proper notification requirements students must notify the instructor in writing of classes scheduled on the dates they will be absent in observance of a religious holy day Notification must be made within the first 15 class days and either personally delivered acknowledged and dated by the instructor or sent certified mail return receipt requested The student may not be penalized for these excused absences but the instructor may appropriately respond if the student fails to complete satisfactorily the missed assignment or examination within a reasonable amount of time after the excused absence A religious holy day means a holy day observed by a religion whose places of worship are exempt from property taxation under Section 11 20 of the Tax Code Assignments All assignments and projects should be written in a professional manner Students should use all of the resources available working knowledge real world experience Internet text etc to support arguments and explanations Specific instructions regarding the assignments and projects will be provided when they are assigned Class Participation Class Participation includes attendance contributing to class discussions in class exercises or out of class assignments Class