Syllabus and Course Requirements

Course Description

Getting Started

COURSE UNITS

DATES: The ILearn electronic tests for each unit are to be completed by the dates below.

1. Unit 1 Definitions and Issues in Psychology     Sept. 5
2. Unit 2 Early Philosophy and Medicine     Sept. 12
3. Unit 3 17th and 18th Century Background     Sept. 22 (NOTE: Mon. )   
   Drop deadline:     Sept. 23
4. Unit 4 The Roots of Third Force Psychology     Oct. 3
5. Unit 5 Beginnings of Experimental Psychology     Oct. 10
6. Unit 6 Evolutionary Theory and Clinical Psychology     Oct. 17
   CR/NCR Request deadline:    Oct. 21
7. Unit 7 Behaviorism     Oct. 31
8. Unit 8 Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychology     Nov. 7
9. Unit 9 Phenomenology, Existentialism, and Humanism     Nov. 14
10. Unit 10 Psychologists -- A changing science and profession.     Nov. 21
    No more unit testing after Nov. 21
    Thanksgiving Break     Nov. 24-28
    EXAM 1 - Dec. 3 (Or sooner if ready)
    EXAM II (if needed) - Dec. 10 (or sooner if ready)
    EXAM III (if needed) - Dec. 17 (or sooner if ready)

No more unit testing after Nov. 21. Course grade is the comprehensive final score (best of any or all three forms that may be taken), by appointment Wed. 2-4 PM, in EP 306. To try more than one form, the lst should be taken on or before Dec. 3, the 2nd by Dec. 10, and the 3rd and last attempt (if needed) must be taken by Dec. 17 during final exam week. No extended time for rain, sleet, or snow thereafter. See syllabus.

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August 22, 2008