Syllabus for Psyc 290: Psychology as a Profession--CSUB

Psychology 290: Psychology as a Profession
Syllabus for Fall 2009
Current as of Sept. 13, 2009

On-line: Section 060 (80849)
In-person: Sections 1 (80847)
Monday, WSL 014, 11:20 AM-12:00 PM (10 minutes of Furlough Reduction)
&
Wednesday, WSL 014, 11:20 AM-12:10 PM

Amended Sept. 15 with Teaching Assitant Information
Amended Oct. 10 with Correction to Week 4; Summary Assignment Information
(moved to Week 5). .

Instructor:
Jess F. Deegan II	Office Hours: Monday 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Tuesday 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM & Wednesday 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM or try my Virtual Office Hours...use email	Office: DDH D113 Phone: 661-654-2380 e-mail: jdeegan@csub.edu Best method to contact me is e-mail! Home Page: www.csub.edu/~jdeegan/
You should also note that the CSU Trustees and Chancellor have agreed with the CFA (California Faculty Association) membership that we (your professors) should take Furlough Days (a reduction in work of 10%), resulting in a similar deduction in our monthly paychecks. The student should therefore really appreciate the fact that fees have increased about 32% for a 90% education. Hurrah for the Great Tarnished State of California!! (where Prisons are funded better than Universities!)
Scott M. Lampman	DDH H110 654-2365 during office hours e-mail:slampman@runner.csub.edu	Thursday 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Psyc 290 Home Page: Access the home page via Dr. Deegan’s web page (see above) or webct.csub.edu.

COURSE DESCRIPTION. Introduction to the profession of psychology, including careers related to psychology. Exposure to pre-requisite computer, Internet, library, and report writing skills important for successful completion of the degree in psychology. This course is intended for majors, is only 2 units, and requires completion with a "C" or better. Those students with a "C-" or lower will be required to repeat the course. This course provides an overview of the Psychology Department and the faculty within the department, the curriculum to be completed to earn a Bachelor's of Arts degree in Psychology, and completion of the course as noted above is a pre-requisite for enrollment in Psyc 300A (Understanding Psychological Research I). This course also serves to certify that you have some basic informational competency skills. The latter means that you will demonstrate basic mastery of MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, SPSS, on-line library search engines (CSUB Library and Professionally related sites), and on-line activities (E-mail, WebCT, and an Internet Browser).

Course Credit:To receive course credit for this class you must complete all the assignments in the course, receive at least 70% of the possible points, and give the required presentation. For students in the Lecture courses, an Oral Presentation using PowerPoint is required. Students in the the on-line course will convert the PowerPoint Presentation to HTML language and upload it to the WebCT server.

Please note that assignments that are not submitted for grading will automatically result in a 30% deduction from your total grade. You should also note that the 70% cutoff for a "C" is lower than normally required for a "C" in a course and you must earn a "C" in Psyc 290 to be eligible to complete Psyc 300A. Thus, a 30% deduction in your total points would automatically place your grade below that required for a passing grade in this course.

TEXT

Noel, R. C. (edited by J. F. Deegan II, Sept., 2005). Psychology handbook.(Available on-line after log-in to webct.csub.edu and to be updated during the quarter).

Highly Recommended:

American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.*

ISBN 10: 1-4338-0559-6 (hard cover), 1-4338-0561-8 (soft cover), or 1-4338-0562-6 (spiral bound)
ISBN 13: 978-4338-0561-5 (soft cover)

*APA Style reference, with the exception of the required hanging indent.

SPECIAL NOTICES:

An Incomplete is not possible for this class under any circumstances.
Withdrawals from this class will not be authorized after Friday Oct. 2. There is no exception to this policy, without documentation of a serious illness, death, etc.
If you require special services due to a disability, those services are provided by Services for Students with Disabilities which can be contacted at (661) 654-3360 or by Fax at (661) 654-2171. For those needing TDD connections please call (661) 654-9001. The Services for Students with Disabilities is located in SA 140.
Although the instructor will make every effort to make the class accessible to students with disabilities, he cannot be held responsible for the malfunctioning of WebCT.
Violations of Academic Integrity (see CSUB Catalogue Description) will result in an "F" for this course and a letter to the Student Judicial Officer.
Messages to the Instructor WITHOUT a e-mail Subject Heading will not be read and are automatically deleted! Sorry.
Assignments are due the week indicated, Monday at 5:05 PM. Late assignments will be assessed a 10% late fee for each day late, counting weekend days and holidays.
Holidays this Quarter are:
- Sept. 18-19, Rosh Hashanah – Jewish Holy Day
- Sept. 20, Eid Al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) – Islamic Holy Day
- Sept. 26, Dasera – Hindu Holy Day
- Sept. 27-28, Yom Kippur – Jewish Holy Day
- Oct. 17, Diwali – Hindu Holy Day
- Nov 11, HOLIDAY – Veteran's Day – Campus Closed
- Although every effort is made to note Religious Holiday, please forgive me if I missed one. Please note Holidays do not change due dates. Other important dates can be found on the Academic Calendar - 2009/2010
Dates provided are Mondays unless otherwise noted!

Week	Assignment	Description
CLASS SCHEDULE (Subject to Change)
Weekly Activities and Assignments
Week 1: Sept. 14, 2009	LECTURE (PowerPoint):	Introduction: Syllabus & Overview of the course, "Psychology as a Profession".
	LAB (computer task):	Introduction to the Class Web-page on the Internet
	Assignment:(1) Complete Preliminary Quiz: Questions accessed through the class web-site at webct.csub.edu. Due Week 3 (Fri Oct. 2 at 5 PM) or you lose access to the class and will be awarded a "UI" or an "F" for the class. (2) Complete Quiz on Overview of course (in WebCT).

Week 2: Sept. 21, 2009	LECTURE (PowerPoint):	Curriculum in Psychology.
	LAB (computer task):	E-mail. EBSCOhost--Library searches from the comfort of your computer.
	Assignment: (1) Send email message, by Week 4, to instructor. (2) complete advising form (uploaded to WebCT Assignment Drop-off) by Week 7. (3) Complete Curriculum Quiz. (4) Complete a search on the topic of your choice (must use two terms, which are combined, and retrieve two citations). Email your search results (including Abstracts) to yourself via email. Then, forward your search results to the instructor by Week 4 (note appropriate Psyc 290 class--in-person or on-line).

Week 3: Sept. 28, 2009	LECTURE (PowerPoint):	Ethical Standards in Psychology.
	LAB (computer task):	MS Word. Writing papers in APA style (Part 1)– the basics. Title page, Abstract page, Introduction, Method, Margins and Headers.
	Assignment:(1) Prepare first part of the APA style template using MS Word. The template, when completed, will include a title page, abstract page, introduction, method, results, and discussion section headings, and a reference page. Due Week 5. (2) Quiz on Ethics. DUE TODAY: (1) Curriculum Quiz.
Friday, Oct. 2, 2009	DUE TODAY: (1) Preliminary Quiz Completed! Students who have not completed this first assignment must now drop the course. Failure to complete this results in the loss of access to the course and a "UI" (equivalent to an "F") for the quarter.

Week 4: Oct. 5, 2009	LECTURE (PowerPoint):	The scientific approach and structure of scientific articles.
	LAB (computer task):	MS Word. Conclusion of APA template (Part 2) with addition of Results, Discussion, and Reference page.
	Assignment: (1) Complete the APA template due Week 5 to instructor with with appropriate e-mail Subject line. (2) Complete Empirical Quiz. DUE TODAY: (1) e-mail message to instructor.Please use the appropriate e-mail Subject line and Section Identification. (2) Forwarded EBSCOhost search (two articles listed with abstracts and history) to the instructor. In the e-mail Subject line type Psyc 290 EBSCOhost, with the appropriate Section Identification. (3) Quiz on Ethics

Week 5: Oct. 12, 2009	LECTURE (PowerPoint):	How to read an empirical article. Write a summary paragraph with the proper reference citation for the assigned empirical article.
	LAB (computer task):	SPSS (Part 1). Data entry and simple calculations
	Assignment: First part of the SPSS assignment. DUE TODAY: (1) APA Template (Part 1 & 2 combined). Send as an email attachment to instructor , using the appropriate e-mail Subject line and Section Identification. (2) Empirical Quiz.

Week 6: Oct. 19, 2009	LECTURE (PowerPoint):	Discussion of Personal Goals to complete the major and finding your niche.
	LAB (computer task):	SPSS (Part 2): t-tests and Correlations. Send SPSS output file (Parts 1 & 2 combined) as an attachment to instructor with the appropriate e-mail Subject line: Psyc 290 SPSS,Please use the appropriate e-mail Subject line and Section Identification.
	Assignment: (1) Complete the "Goals Assignment," and upload by Week 7. (2) Second part of the SPSS assignment due by Week 7. DUE TODAY: (1) Email summary of the article to instructor, using the appropriate e-mail Subject line and Section Identification.

Week 7: Oct. 26, 2009	LECTURE (PowerPoint):	Graduate programs in psychology (options and procedures). Scheduling of Career Presentations, if in-class or hybrid
	LAB (computer task):	MS PowerPoint. Presentations for lecturers and on-line presentations!
	Assignment:Complete Graduate School Quiz. DUE TODAY: (1)SPSS output File (the ".spv" file, Part 1 & 2 combined) as an attachment to instructor, using the appropriate e-mail Subject line and Section Identification.* (2) Personal Goals assignment uploaded to WebCT. (3) Advising form uploaded to WebCT.
Fri Oct. 30 LAST DAY TO DROP!
Week 8: Nov. 2, 2009	LECTURE (PowerPoint):	Places to get help on campus?
	LAB (computer task):	MS Word. A resume to help me find that GREAT JOB.
	Assignment:(1) Prepare a Resume or submit one that you have prepared in the past. E-mailed to instructor by Week 9. (2) Prepare the on-line (Section 260 only) presentation and upload to WebCT; or Prepare the PowerPoint Presentation (Sections 1 & 2) for the Career Profile .

Week 9: Nov. 9, 2009	Wed., Nov. 11	Veteran's Day HOLIDAY Campus CLOSED
	LECTURE (none):	Career Presentations
	LAB (computer task):	Career Presentations
	Assignment: Career Presentations DUE TODAY: Resume as an attachment to instructor, using the appropriate e-mail Subject line and Section Identification.

Week 10: Nov. 16, 2009	LECTURE (none):	Career Presentations
	LAB (none):	Career Presentations
	Assignment: Career Presentations
Nov. 20, 2009	DUE: PowerPoint presentations posted as an HTML file in WebCT. EVERYTHING MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE LAST DAY OF REGULAR CLASSES AT 5:00 PM (Friday, Nov. 20, 2009) FOR CREDIT TO BE AWARDED. Please use the appropriate e-mail Subject line and Section Identification for all assignments.

Finals Week: Nov 21(Sa), 22(M)- 25(W) 2009	LECTURE (none):	No meetings or assignment
	LAB (none):	No meetings or assignment
	GOOD LUCK in Psyc 300A. Enjoy the Holiday Break!

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