Fall 2019 Course Syllabi

Email: amy.lopez@dakotacollege.edu Class Schedule: Online Textbook: Weiten, Wayne. Psychology: Themes & Variations. 9 th ed. Course Requirements: There are weekly deadlines for completing assignments. Discussion Forums: Each week, you will have one or more discussion forums (one for each chapter.) For each forum, you will need to post one answer to a question, two replies to other students’ answers, and two replies to students who have replied to you. Forums will close on Sunday nights at 11:45 p.m. Central Time. If you wait until Sunday night to post your answer, other students will not have time to reply to you, and you will not have time to reply to them, resulting in a loss of points for you. So please, make the discussion forums your first priority each week. Homework Assignments: Weekly 1 page papers will cover the material discussed in that week. These papers are to be submitted in the drop box for that week. The deadline for submitting this homework to the drop box is 11:45 p.m. Central Time Sunday nights. Paper: A 3 to 5 page paper on a topic from our textbook of your choosing is due at the end of the course. The topic for your paper is due the 2 nd week of the term and must be approved by your instructor. The quality of the paper determines the total number of points, with a maximum of 50 points. The paper should be in American Psychological Association (APA) style. Tests: There will be four tests given during the semester. The questions will be multiple choice in nature. Each test consists of 30 questions, will be available for one week and will close at 11:45 p.m. Central Time Sunday nights. Each test will be worth 30 points, so a total of 120 points can be earned. Relationship to Campus Theme: This course develops a background in psychology that can be used to understand people in family, social, professional, and community settings. Tenative Course Outline: Week 1: Chapter 1