PSY101 Intro. to Psychology - Online

C ourse S yllabus - S pring 2007

Course	Section 5565 (Letter Grade)
Course Type	Online; Traditional 16 week structured format
Credits	3.0
Gen. Ed. Code	Counts as a "Social/Behavioral"
Instructor	Donna Rebadow
E-Mail	rebadow.online@pvmail.maricopa.edu
Phone	(602) 787-7283
FAX:   Distance Learning	(602) 787-6755
Office Hours	Monday & Wednesday; 9:00 am - 10:00 am   Tuesday & Thursday; 10:30 am - 11:30 am   Friday; By Appointment Only
Office Location	M193
Campus	Paradise Valley Community College   18401 N. 32nd Street   Phoenix, AZ 85032
REQUIRED Textbook	Psychology by Ciccarelli and Meyer (1st Edition)     (ISBN# 0-1318-3959-4)

TEXTBOOK - STUDY GUIDE
We will NOT be using the Study Guide. Do NOT write in the Study Guide. The College Bookstore will NOT buy back your Required Textbook if you write in the Study Guide. Call (602)787-7120, the Campus Bookstore, for further clarification of their "Buy Back Policy."

COURSE CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES
The course will include topics such as sensation & perception, learning, memory, motivation & emotion, personality and stress. The objective of the course is to provide students with the background information needed to understand the core concepts within the academic discipline of Psychology.

MCCCD OFFICIAL COURSE COMPETENCIES

1. Describe the historical roots of psychology.
2. Describe the research methods used by psychologists.
3. Describe the relationship between body and behavior and the mechanisms of sensation and perception and states of consciousness.
4. Define the terms and describe the concepts and processes of learning and conditioning, thinking and memory, and motivation and emotion.
5. Describe the basic theories of human development and personality.
6. Define the terms and describe the issues in the area of intelligence and intelligence testing.
7. Describe stress and its effects on behavior.
8. Describe health psychology and factors to control stress.
9. Identify the major categories of abnormal behavior.
10. Describe the major therapeutic approaches used for the treatment of abnormal behavior.
11. Describe the factors that influence group behavior and interpersonal relationships.
12. Describe how psychology is applied in real world situations.

GRADING
There will be 15 chapters covered in the 16 week semester.
You will be given 3 Assignments, 4 Discussion Topics, 5 Papers, 11 Tests and 1 Final Exam.

Points will be awarded as follows:

Assignments	30
Discussion Topics	40
Papers	50
Tests	330
Final Exam	50
Total Points Available	500

GRADING SCALE
This is a "traditional" grading scale.
An "A" is 90-100% of the total points; a "B" is 80-89% , etc..

A	450 - 500
B	400 - 449
C	350 - 399
D	300 - 349
F	299 or less

ASSIGNMENTS:
#1 - Chapter 2 - Brain Quest (10 pts.)
#2 - Chapter 6 - Memory Game (10 pts.)
#3 - Chapters 14 & 15 - Mental Health Net (10 pts.)
TOTAL - 30 Points

DISCUSSION TOPICS:
#1 - Chapter 1 - "The View From Where I Sit" (10 pts.)
#2 - Chapter 5 - "How Do You Learn?" (10 pts.)
#3 - Chapter 7 - "The Bully" (10 pts.)
#4-  Chapter 11 - "Coping" (10 pts.)
TOTAL - 40 Points

PAPERS
#1 - Chapter 1 - "Dear Donna" Letter (10 pts.)
#2 - Chapter 3 - Sensation & Perception (10 pts.)
#3 - Chapter 9 - Name That Emotion (10 pts.)
#4 - Chapter 11 - Mind Tools: Stress (10 pts.)
#5 - Chapter 12 - Personality Types (10 pts.)
TOTAL - 50 Points

TESTS
  #1 - Chapter 1 (30 pts.)
  #2 - Chapter 2 (30 pts.)
  #3 - Chapter 3 (30 pts.)
  #4 - Chapter 4 (30 pts.)
  #5 - Chapter 5 (30 pts.)
  #6 - Chapter 6 (30 pts.)
  #7 - Chapter 7 (30 pts.)
  #8 - Chapter 8 (30 pts.)
  #9 - Chapter 10 (30 pts.)
#10 - Chapter 11 (30 pts.)
#11 - Chapter 13 (30 pts.)
TOTAL - 330 Points

FINAL EXAM
TOTAL - 50 Points

COURSE INFORMATION

COURSE REQUIREMENTS
You need the following to successfully complete this course:

• access to a computer
• an email address
• an Internet connection
• basic computer skills

TIME COMMITMENTS - SEMESTER SCHEDULE
Students should expect to spend 6-9 hours per week on this course for each of the 16 weeks in the semester. This is an amount of time equivalent to a traditionally structured course, except that in an online course, the entire amount of class time will be spent in self-directed study rather than split between classroom learning and self-directed learning.

• You need to be online everyday.
• All assignments and study guides are online and you will have a study guide for each test.
• There are 16 weeks in the Spring 2007 semester (including Spring Break).
• The course begins Tuesday, January 16th and ends Friday, May 4th.
• We cover approximately one chapter per week.

DEADLINES
This is NOT a "self-paced" class, there are very specific DEADLINES.
Please refer to the Course-At-A-Glance    for the Course Schedule!
You will have access to two chapters every week, the current Chapter and the upcoming Chapter. As we move through the semester, I will remove one Chapter every time I add the next chapter.

DROP/ADD
If you feel as if you have registered for this online section in error OR if you feel that you can't keep up with the course schedule - it would be better if you withdrew from this course. Please refer to the current Class Schedule for a full explanation of the PVCC Refund Policy. To drop from this section and add another section, please contact the PVCC Admissions & Records Office (602) 787-7020.

STUDENTS RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES

WITHDRAWALS
You are responsible for initiating the withdrawal procedure if you wish to withdraw from the class. However, if you fall more than two (2) chapters behind the rest of the class, I may withdraw you myself.

INCOMPLETES
"Incompletes" are NOT given for this online class. Please make sure that you manage your time accordingly so that you can complete the class by May 4, 2007.

MASTERY OF WRITTEN WORK
At the instructor's discretion, students may be asked to re-do and re-submit any and/or all written work until it is mastered at an acceptable level.

PENALTY FOR SUBMITTING WORK PAST THE STATED DEADLINES
All written work and assignments submitted past the stated deadlines will be accepted and graded. The penalty for submitting late work is 10% deduction in points for each day late. Please realize that this means that you will receive NO POINTS even if you submit your work more than 10 days past the posted deadline. Discussion Topics will be open for responses only during the stated open period. Responses either before or after the open period will be deleted by the instructor.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION
It is your responsibility to SAVE ALL of your e-mails, assignments, and papers on either your hard drive or on a diskette. Keep these copies in a safe place until you have received your final grade. NOTE: You MUST setup a separate e-mail folder and keep ALL e-mails that you send and receive for this class.

ONLINE TESTING PROBLEMS
All tests are given online. These tests are "timed." Please look at the bottom of the screen on your web browser for the elapsed time (AS YOU ARE TAKING THE ACTUAL TEST). You are allowed to go over the time by no more than two minutes.

I will only "re-set" your test due to technology failure once during the semester. If you have any technology failures after that, you will be required to come to the PVCC campus and take your test.  If you can't come to campus within a week of a technology failure, you will be given a zero for that test.

If you go over the elapsed time by more than two minutes, you will be subject to the following schedule:

• First time = you must send a reasonable explanation to me ASAP as to why you went over the time limit.
• Second time = you must send a reasonable explanation to me ASAP as to why you went over the time limit and will be sent a "warning" email from me.
• Third time = you will be required to take the rest of the tests in the PVCC Testing Center.

STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT
Students engaging in the following are subject to disciplinary sanctions outlined in the PVCC Catalog, Student Policies Section.
Acts of Dishonesty; examples include:

1. Plagiarism;
   Furnishing false information;
   Falsifying records related to coursework;
   Forgery, alteration, misuse of any college document;
   Tampering with the election of any college-recognized official.
   
2. Disruption or obstruction of teaching, research, administration, disciplinary proceedings, or college activities. An instructor can remove a student from class for disciplinary reasons.
3. Physical abuse, verbal abuse, threats, intimidation, harassment, coercion and/or conduct that threatens the health or safety of any person.
4. Attempted or actual theft.
5. Failure to comply with direction of college officials or law enforcement officers.
6. Unauthorized possession, duplication or use of keys to any college premises.
7. Violation of federal, state, or local laws on college campus or at college sponsored activities.
8. Use, possession or distribution of narcotics or other controlled substances.
9. Use, possession, or distribution of alcoholic beverages, or public intoxication.
10. Illegal or unauthorized possession of firearms, explosives, weapons, or dangerous chemicals.
11. Participation in a college demonstration that disrupts the normal operations of the college.
12. Obstruction of the free flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on college premises.
13. Conduct which is disorderly, lewd or indecent.
14. Theft or other abuse of computer time.
15. Abuse of the judicial system.

PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism is a serious offense. It is the unacknowledged use of another's words, ideas, or information. Some common examples of plagiarism are summarizing or paraphrasing source material without documentation, quoting without citations, copying all or arts of another writer's paper, having another person write the paper, or purchasing another writer's paper.

To avoid plagiarism, students must give a source credit for any ideas or information they have used in an essay, whether they have paraphrased, summarized, or quoted from the source. A student who plagiarizes is subject to disciplinary probation and suspension (found in the current PVCC Catalog). The first occurrence of plagiarism may result in a zero for that assignment. A second occurrence may result in a grade of "F" for the course.

DISABILITY SERVICES
The only way that you can receive "Special Accommodations" for this class is to be registered with the PVCC "Disability Resource Center." The Disability Resource Center ( DRC ) provides information and services to students with any documented disability who are attending classes at Paradise Valley Community College ( PVCC ).

STUDENT HANDBOOK & CATALOG
All policies in the PVCC College Catalog, the PVCC Student Handbook, and specifically listed in this syllabus, apply to this course. Please consult the current PVCC College Catalog and Student Handbook and be familiar with all PVCC College and Maricopa Community College District policies.

NOTE
All provisions in this syllabus are subject to revision by the instructor. Such revisions, if any, will be sent to you via e-mail. It is the student's responsibility to make note of all such announcements concerning syllabus revisions and assignments.