Fall 2021 Course Syllabus Course: PSYC-2301 General Psychology

Instructor Information
Instructor	Carol Barbay
Email	barbacm@lamarpa.edu
Phone	(409) 984-6311
Office	Educational I - Room: 110
Office Hours	BY APPOINTMENT; MWF - 9:00-9:50 AM; 10:00-10:50;11:00-11:50 AM TR - 12:30 - 1:45 PM
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Course Information
Description	General Psychology is a survey of the major psychological topics, theories and approaches to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
Required Textbooks	Textbook Purchasing Statement: A student attending Lamar State College Port Arthur is not under any obligation to purchase a textbook from the college-affiliated bookstore. The same textbook may also be available from an independent retailer, including an online retailer. The required textbook for this course for the current semester will be the OpenStax Psychology textbook available for free reading online and for free download as a pdf document. Required Assignment, Quiz and Required Exam content will come from this textbook. Lecture notes have been available in the past. I am in the process of developing new lecture notes. The new notes are not available at this time. A link to a free pdf download for the OpenStax text textbook is available at this website: www.openstax.org. https://d3bxy9euw4e147.cloudfront.net/oscms-prodcms/media/documents/Psychology2e-WEB_0eRvAre.pdf A link to purchasing a print copy of this textbook is available at Amazon.com using the link below.
Prerequisites	None
Learning Outcomes	COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. Identify various research methods and their characteristics used in the scientific study of psychology. (PSLO 1,2) Measured by embedded test questions, course assignments and projects. 2. Describe the historical influences and early schools of thought that shaped the field of psychology.(PSLO 1,2) Measured by course assignments and projects. 3. Describe some of the prominent perspectives and approaches used in the study of psychology.(PSLO 1,2) Measured by course assignments and projects. 4. Use terminology unique to the study of psychology.(PSLO 1,2) Measured by course assignments and projects. 5. Describe accepted approaches and standards in psychological assessment and evaluation.(PSLO 1,2) Measured by course assignments and projects. 6. Identify factors in physiological and psychological processes involved in human behavior.(PSLO 1,2) Measured by embedded test questions, course assignments and projects. 7. Calculate current course grade accurately, using information provided by instructor relating to individual scores from projects, assignments, quizzes and exams.(PSLO 3) Measured by course project. 8. Improve comprehension of content-area reading material. (PSLO alpha) Measured by pre-test/post-test scores. 9. Explain how personal ethnic heritage is similar to and different from other cultural perspectives in effects on social cognition. (pslo 1, 2, 5 ) Measured by course assignments and projects.
Core Objectives	* Communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written, oral and visual communication. * Critical Thinking Skills: Students will engage in creative and/or innovative thinking, and/or inquiry, analysis, evaluation, synthesis of information, organizing concepts and constructing solutions. * Empirical and Quantitative Skills: Students will demonstrate applications of scientific and mathematical concepts. * Social Responsibility: Students will demonstrate intercultural competency and civic knowledge by engaging effectively in local, regional, national and/or global communities.
Program Student Learning Outcomes	See Core Objectives area
Lecture Topics Outline	Lecture topics outline will be added later in this space.
Major Assignments Schedule	PSYC 2301 FALL 2022 DUE DATES TENTATIVE MAJOR ASSIGNMENT DUE DATES 16 WEEKS CLASS PSYC 2301 MODULE 1 PSYC 2301 WEEK 1-2 Course Pretest MON-FRI ONLINE AUG WEEK 1-2 Start Here Quiz - MON - FRI ONLINE AUG WEEK 2 Required Attendance Assignment 1; WED WEEK 2 Required Attendance Assignment 2; WED WEEK 2 Required Regular Assignment 1 WED WEEK 2 Required Special RQA Assignment 1 WED WEEK 3 Required Draft 1 Psychology Core Assignment; FRI WEEK 4 REQUIRED Module 1 TED Talk ASSIGNMENT; WED WEEK 4 REQUIRED Module 1 SOAR ASSIGNMENT WED WEEK 4 Required Quiz 1 - CHAPTERS 1,2,15,16 - ONLINE WED-FRI WEEK 4 Required Exam 1 CHAPTERS 1,2,15,16 - ONLINE WED-FRI MODULE 2 PSYC 2301-01 WEEK 5 Required Regular Assignment 2; MON WEEK 5 Required Special Assignment 2; MON WEEK 5 REQUIRED Module 2 TED Talk ASSIGNMENT; WED WEEK 5 REQUIRED Module 2 SOAR ASSIGNMENT; WED WEEK 6 Required Draft 2 Psychology Core Assignment; FRI WEEK 6 Required Attendance Assignment 3; FRI WEEK 8 Required Attendance Assignment 4; FRI WEEK 7 Optional Practice Combined Grade Calculation Assignment WED WEEK 7 BONUS OPTIONAL SURVEY-REDUCTION IN TUITION MON -FRI WEEK 8 Required Quiz 2 CHAPTERS 3,6,7,8; ONLINE WED-FRI WEEK 8 Required Exam 2 - CHAPTERS 3,6,7,8; ONLINE WED-FRI MODULE 3 PSYC 2301 WEEK 6 - WEEK 10 BONUS Optional Online Course Evaluation SURVEY MON THROUGH FRI WEEK 9 BONUS Optional COURSE TREASURE HUNT SYLLABUS Quiz ONLINE MON-FRI WEEK 9 Required Draft 3 Psychology Core Assignment; FRI WEEK 10 Required Regular Assignment 3; WED WEEK 10 Required Special Assignment 3 WED; WEEK 10 Required Attendance Assignment 5; FRI WEEK 10 Required Attendance Assignment 6; FRI WEEK 10 BONUS OPTIONAL ONLINE Course Evaluation Survey Ends FRI WEEK 11 REQUIRED Module 3 TED Talk ASSIGNMENT; WED WEEK 11 REQUIRED Module 3 SOAR ASSIGNMENT WED WEEK 12 REDUCTION IN TUITION BONUS SURVEY-2; MON -FRI WEEK 12 Required Study Guide Quiz 3 - CHAPTERS 9,10,11,14; ONLINE WED-FRI WEEK 12 Required Exam 3; CHAPTERS 9,10,11,14; ONLINE WED-FRI MODULE 4 PSYC 2301 WEEK 13 BONUS OPTIONAL AA 567 ASSIGNMENT FRI WEEK 14 Required Combined Grade Calculation Assignment MON WEEK 14 Required Regular Assignment 4 WED WEEK 14 Required COMBINED Special Assignment 4 WED WEEK 14 ICC SURVEY BONUS - 1; WED NOV 24 WEEK 14 ICC SURVEY BONUS - 2; WED NOV 24 WEEK 14 Module 4 REQUIRED COMBINED TED Talk ASSIGNMENT 4; WED WEEK 14 Module 4 REQUIRED COMBINED SOAR ASSIGNMENT 4; WED WEEK 14 BONUS OPTIONAL SOAR 4 ASSIGNMENT WED WEEK 14 BONUS Optional COMBINED Orientation Assignment FRI WEEK 14 BONUS OPTIONAL PERMA ASSIGNMENT FRI WEEK 15 BONUS OPTIONAL DIRECTIONS ASSIGNMENT MON WEEK 15 BONUS Optional Attendance Assignment 7 MON WEEK 15 REQUIRED ATTENDANCE 7 MON WEEK 15 REQUIRED FINAL VERSION PSYCHOLOGY CORE ASSIGNMENT TUE WEEK 15 REQUIRED FINAL QUIZ 4; ONLINE WED-FRI; DEC 7-9 WEEK 15 REQUIRED FINAL EXAM 4; ONLINE WED-FRI DEC 7-9
Final Exam Date	December 7, 2022 - 12:0 AM   Through  December 9, 2022 - 11:59 PM
Grading Scale	GRADING POLICY: Your final course letter grade will be based on a percentage of 1000 total required points as follows: Letter Grades Point Totals Approximate Percentages A 900 - 1000 90%+ B 800 - 899 80-89% C 700 - 799 70-79% D 600 - 699 60-69% F 599 and below 59% and below ALL EXAM, QUIZ,ASSIGNMENT AND PROJECT SCORES WILL BE USED IN CALCULATING YOUR COURSE GRADE. NO COURSE ACTIVITY SCORES OR GRADES WILL BE DROPPED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PRACTICE ACTIVITIES WHICH WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN CALCULATING YOUR COURSE GRADE. There may be opportunities for extra credit in this course.
Determination of Final Grade	REQUIRED COURSE ACTIVITIES CONTRIBUTING FINAL GRADE *Four required quizzes and four required exams 50% 500 points *Three Drafts and One Final Version Required Psychology Common Assignment Poster 16% 160 points *Four Required Regular RQA Assignments 10% 100 points *Four Required Special RQA Assignments 5% 50 points (3@10 points and 1 @ 20 points) *One Required Combined Grade Calculation Assignment - 2% - 20 points *Seven Required Attendance Assignments 7% 70 points *Four Required TED Talk Assignments 5% 50 points (3@10 points and 1 @ 20 points) *Four Required SOAR Assignments 5% 50 points (3@10 points and 1 @ 20 points) TOTAL 100% 1000 POINTS There will also be opportunities for completing extra credit activities.
Course Policies
Instructor Policies	CB PRESENTS FALL 2022 DRAFT INSTRUCTOR COURSE POLICIES *You will be answering required and bonus exam and quiz questions ONLINE by marking your responses on an online exam form in the Blackboard website for your course. *NOTICE: If instructor establishes that student has practiced plagiarism in any assignment, instructor has the right and responsibility to regrade any and all assignments previously submitted by student and graded by instructor. *I will not discuss grades over the phone. If you want to discuss your grades, you should send an email request. OTHER INSTRUCTOR POLICIES 1. There are activities in this course which require using the Blackboard website for the course. 2. You will be completing all required and bonus exams and quizzes online and recording your responses on an online test form, which you will access using the Blackboard website for your course. 3. If you have a complaint about this course which you cannot resolve through discussion with the instructor, please get in touch with: * Michelle Davis, Chairperson, Department of General Education and Developmental Studies email: davisml1@lamarpa.edu phone: 409-984-6311 4. All exam, quiz, assignment and project scores will be used in calculating your course grade. No course activity scores or grades will be dropped with the exception of practice activities which will not be included in calculating your final course grade. 5. Late work will receive a score of 1 point. Exceptions to this policy will be handled at the instructor's discretion. 6. All work turned in for credit must be typed using correct grammar and spelling, using complete sentences. 7. Work not following directions provided for each assignment will not be graded and will receive a zero. 8. This course will require turning in all work using the Blackboard course website 9. Plagiarism, written or oral, will result minimally in failure of the assignment (1st offense) and failure of the course (2nd offense). 10. All work turned in for credit must include a complete heading, including student's first and last names, course name (PSYC), course number, course section number and date the work was completed. 11. Instructor requires that all written assignments be typed. 12. Attendance or participation in class activity is expected daily and punctual. 13. The instructor expects that students will display mature behavior in online activities. This includes being responsible for your actions and treating your classmates, instructor and yourself with respect at all times. Failure to do so may result in your removal from the classroom or the course. 14. Instructor requires all written assignments be typed. 15. Students should spend a minimum of 3-6 hours per week on this course's assignments. 16. Plagiarism in this class will not be tolerated. Any assignment submitted that contains plagiarism will earn an automatic zero. Further action may be taken as determined by the instructor. 17. Each assignment and course activity in this class has a due date and due time; late assignments will receive a score of 1 point. Exceptions to this policy are discussed below. 18. Consult with instructor for Additional Course Policies. 19. I will not discuss your grades over the phone. If you want to discuss your grades, you request this information using email. 20. The instructor will deal with non-compliance of items 1-19 and other situations which may arise on a case by case basis. 21. Students may expect written assignments and projects to be graded within 48 hours AFTER THE DUE DATE for each assignment or project. 22. Instructor will not accept resubmissions or corrected assignment documents. 23. The following materials are officially PROHIBITED in the classroom meetings for this course: food, drink, and tobacco. This policy agrees with official college policy. 24. Late assignments will receive 1 point credit. Lost points resulting from turning in late work may be partially compensated by completing as many bonus and required assignments on time as possible. 25. All assignments must be typed, saved and submitted as attachments to specific and correct submission pages in Blackboard. 26. All assignments must be saved and submitted using Microsoft Office Word application as doc or docx file format files. 27. Instructor will not discuss grades over the phone or in class or in the presence of other students. 28. Instructor will not be accepting resubmitted documents or corrected assignment documents. 29. All required and bonus quizzes and exams will be completed online using the Blackboard learning management system. 30. Any document submitted using the pages file format will receive a score of zero points, as the instructor cannot open or read these documents. 31. Some assignments required inserting small pictures into those documents. Students are required to know and practice the skill of copying and pasting visual images into assignment documents. 32. Students are required to know and practice the skill of creating and sending email messages. All email messages sent by students should be sent using the course email tool for the respective courses that the email messages pertain to. 33. All email messages sent to the instructor must contain an appropriate email message subject. 34. The subject field for all email messages sent to the instructor must contain the specific course name, course number and section number that the email message pertains to. 33. The instructor expects that students will use correct spelling and grammar in all email messages and written assignments. Failure to use correct spelling and grammar in any course-related document will result in point-credit(s) deductions. 34. Submitting a document early in Blackboard so that the instructor can open and read or review that document does not justify submitting a corrected version of the same document at a later time. 35. The instructor created the psychology core assignment drafts 1,2 and 3 as well as the final version core assignment to be submitted as a series of 3 drafts and a final version so that section errors in the drafts can be corrected in the final version, based on feedback given on the earlier drafts. 36. If a document does not have a draft version, documents submitted and graded by the instructor retain the grades the instructor assigns to them. 37. Students should use their LSCPA email account to send messages to the instructor. 38. All written assignments should be saved and submitted using the following file formats: doc or docx. 39. There will be a 1-point deduction if students fail to use the doc or docx file format when submitting assignments. 40. All assignment documents must be attached to their respective correct submission pages. There will be a 1-point deduction when document is not attached to specific correct submission page. 41. Required to save all written assignments in file format doc or docx. 42. Remember that minimum late penalty date (1 point per late assignment) is Sunday before week of final exam availability. After this date, maximum late penalty applies, which is that any late assignment receives 1-point credit only. 43. If you miss an exam or quiz, you must request an extension of the original availability period within 48 hours of the ending time of the exam or quiz availability. For example, if the original availability period ends at 11:59 pm on a Friday, you must request the extension by 11:59 pm on the following Sunday. 44. Additional instructor policies may be added at a later time for clarity and ease of understanding. 45. Any student requesting a disability-related accommodation such as additional online testing time is required to arrange such accommodations through the Office of Disability Services and the Disability Services Coordinator. Contact information for the Office of Disability Services is given in a different location in this document.
Attendance Policy	Research has shown a strong positive relationship between attendance, participation and college success. I strongly recommend regular participation in this course, both mental and physical. Participation will help you succeed in this course. CAUTION: I will not automatically drop your name from the class roll because you do not participate in class activities. MAKEUP WORK: Makeup work may be completed by students who miss class because of official college activities. Verification by means of a written message by a college official or sponsor is required to allow makeup work to be completed.
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Institutional Policies
MyLSCPA	Be sure to check your campus email and Course Homepage using MyLSCPA campus web portal. You can also access your grades, transcripts, academic advisors, degree progress, and other services through MyLSCPA.
Academic Honesty	Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSCPA policies (Academic Dishonesty section in the Student Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty.
ADA Considerations	The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the the Office for Disability Services Coordinator, Room 231, in the Madison Monroe Building. The phone number is (409) 984-6241.
COVID 19 Information	The Lamar State College Port Arthur (LSCPA) Student Code of Conduct COVID 19 Policy requires students who have been exposed to COVID 19 or diagnosed with COVID 19 to report their condition on the COVID 19 Notification Form (available via a link on the Student Code of Conduct COVID19 webpage). This information will be provided to the Dean of Student Services. In addition, this policy requires all students to wear face coverings in compliance with the criteria included in the policy. For more information please refer to the COVID 19 link on the LSCPA website.
Facility Policies	No food or tobacco products are allowed in the classroom. Only students enrolled in the course are allowed in the classroom, except by special instructor permission. Use of electronic devices is prohibited.
HB 2504	This syllabus is part of LSCPA's efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504.
Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect	As per Texas law and LSCPA policy, all LSCPA employees, including faculty, are required to report allegations or disclosures of child abuse or neglect to the designated authorities, which may include a local or state law enforcement agency or the Texas Department of Family Protective Services. For more information about mandatory reporting requirements, see LSCPA's Policy and Procedure Manual.
Title IX and Sexual Misconduct	LSCPA is committed to establishing and maintaining an environment that is free from all forms of sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, sexual violence, and other forms of sexual misconduct. All LSCPA employees, including faculty, have the responsibility to report disclosures of sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment, sexual assault (including rape and acquaintance rape), domestic violence, dating violence, relationship violence, or stalking, to LSCPA's Title IX Coordinator, whose role is to coordinate the college's response to sexual misconduct. For more information about Title IX protections, faculty reporting responsibilities, options for confidential reporting, and the resources available for support visit LSCPA's Title IX website.
Grievance / Complaint / Concern	If you have a grievance, complaint, or concern about this course that has not been resolved through discussion with the Instructor, please consult the Department Chair.
Department Information	General Education and Developmental Studies Chair: Dr. Michelle Davis Email: davisml1@lamarpa.edu Phone: (409) 984-6341