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Fall 2022 Course Syllabus
Course: PSYC-2314 (Section: 01, CRN: 92663) Lifespan Growth and Development |
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| Instructor | Carol Barbay | ||||||||
| barbacm@lamarpa.edu | |||||||||
| Phone | (409) 984-6311 | ||||||||
| Office | Educational I - Room: 110 | ||||||||
| Office Hours | BY APPOINTMENT; MWF - 9:00-9:50 AM; 11:00-11:50 AM TR - 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM; 12:30 - 01:45 PM | ||||||||
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| Description | Life-Span Growth and Development is a study of social, emotional, cognitive and physical factors and influences of a developing human from conception to death. | ||||||||
| 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.
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK: Essentials of Life-Span Development; 6th Edition; John Santrock; ISBN10: 1260054306; ISBN13: 9781260054309; McGraw-Hill Publishing; 2020 OR Essentials of Life-Span Development; 7th Edition; John Santrock; ISBN10: 1265359849; ISBN13: 978-1265359843_________________; McGraw-Hill Publishing;
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| Additional Materials/Resources | None. | ||||||||
| Corequisites/Prerequisites |
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| Learning Outcomes |
COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. Describe the stages of the developing person at different periods of the life span from birth to death. Measured by course assignments and activities. 2. Discuss the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that affect the development process of the individual. Measured by course assignments and activities. 3. Identify factors of responsible personal behavior with regard to issues such as sexual activity, substance abuse, marriage and parenting. Measured by embedded test questions, course assignments and activities. 4. Explain the biosocial, cognitive and psychological influences throughout the lifespan as an ongoing set of processes, involving both continuity and change. Measured by course assignments and activities 5. Describe the different developmental perspectives of the major theories of development (i.e. cognitive, learning, humanistic and psychodynamic). Measured by course assignments and activities 6. Identify examples of some of the cultural and ethnic differences that influence development throughout the lifespan. Measured by embedded test questions, course assignments and activities. 7. Discuss the various causes or reasons for disturbances in the developmental process. Measured by course assignments and activities. 8. Calculate current course grade accurately, using information provided by instructor relating to individual scores from projects, assignments, quizzes and exams. Measured by course assignments and activities. |
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| 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. Students will demonstrate ability to differentiate between facts and opinions. * 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. |
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| Lecture Topics Outline |
MODULE 1 |
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| Major Assignments Schedule |
DRAFT ASSIGNMENTS LIST LIFESPAN PSYCHOLOGY FALL 2022 - NOTE: LIST OF BONUS AND PRACTICE ASSIGNMENTS CAN BE FOUND IN THE BONUS AND PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT LIST FOLDER IN BLACKBOARD
MODULE 1 PSYC 2314 |
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| Final Exam Date | November 30, 2022 - 12:0 AM Through December 2, 2022 - 11:59 PM | ||||||||
| Grading Scale |
GRADING POLICY: Your final course letter grade will be based on an approximate 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. |
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| Determination of Final Grade |
REQUIRED COURSE ACTIVITIES CONTRIBUTING FINAL GRADE *Four required quizzes and four required exams 50% 500 points *Required Psychology Common Assignment Poster 16% 160 points *Four Required Regular RQA Assignments 10% 100 points
*Four Required Special RQA Assignments 5% 50 points *Seven Required Attendance Assignments 7% 70 points
*Four Required TED Talk Assignments 5% 50 points TOTAL 100% 1000 POINTS There may be opportunities for completing extra credit activities. |
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| Instructor Policies |
PSYC 2314 – INSTRUCTOR POLICIES
CB PRESENTS FALL 2022 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.
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. Attendance or participation in class activity is expected daily and punctual.
11. 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.
12. Instructor requires all written assignments be typed using Microsoft Office Word Application-file format doc or docx and submitted to appropriate Blackboard assignment submission upload page.
13. 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.
14. I will not discuss your grades over the phone. If you want to discuss your grades, please request this information using email.
17. The following materials are officially PROHIBITED in the classroom meetings for this course: food, drink, and tobacco. This policy agrees with official college policy.
19. All required and bonus quizzes and exams will be completed online using the Blackboard learning management system.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. If a document does not have a draft version, documents submitted and graded by the instructor retain the grades the instructor assigns to them.
24. 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.No extensions for final exam or final quiz.
25. 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. |
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| Attendance Policy |
Research has shown a strong positive relationship between attendance, participation and college success. |
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| Additional Information |
There will be an orientation meeting for this course during the first week of the semester as follows. |
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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. | ||||||||
| Clery Act Crime Reporting |
For more information about the Clery Act and crime reporting, see the Annual Security & Fire Safety Report and the Campus Security website. |
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| 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. | ||||||||
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