Course description (3 units): Each student produces a capstone project or compiles an academic portfolio that highlights their course-based and experiential scholarly achievements including internships, field studies, and civic service as volunteers. Both of these options help demonstrate that the students have experienced their education through a variety of modern learning techniques and have acquired their knowledge through best practices in the field. Student mastery demonstrated by an individual scholarly research presentation highlighting knowledge of theory, methods, and application of a chosen specialty area in psychology is required.
Mandatory Credit/No Credit Grading. This class is a process-based class. That means that your daily and weekly progress (i.e., reading, writing, and analyzing) is what determines your grade, not whether you find significant differences or uncover a new theory. You will turn in a final paper of course but it is based on your daily and weekly work. If you can make baby steps all throughout the term then you will earn a credit in the course.
Prerequisites: Senior standing in psychology.
Meeting Location and Class Dates: (CRN 22837): Online, June 1 - July 24, 2020
Instructor: Jennifer Dyer-Seymour, PhD
Email: jdyer-seymour@csumb.edu
Class communication: In order to practice communicating using a professional application that many businesses use, we will communicate on Twist. Please make a free account on twist.com. I will send you an invite to our channel for this class. I will typically respond to messages within 24 hours on weekdays. I generally will not log on from Friday at 5p to Monday at 8a.
Office Hours: I can meet with you via Google Hangouts at a time that we arrange together. Please send me a message on twist to set it up.
Required reading materials. We will read publicly available research reports, scholarly articles from PsycInfo, and websites.
Technology you will need this term:
Google Drive. You will have access to a class folder. In addition, please make a folder called YOURLASTNAME_400SU20. Share it with me. Save all your work in this folder. PLEASE NOTE – do not save material on the hard drive of your laptop or desktop. Something will happen to your computer during this term and you will lose all of your work. Instead, work on everything in Google Drive. It automatically saves everything and it’s easy to share with others.
Twist.com. Make a free account. I will invite you to our channel.
Help with writing. Improving one’s writing is a lifelong endeavor. Read books that focus on writing (see a few below), visit the CLC (#4 below), and just write.
Dunn, D. (2004). A short guide to writing about psychology. New York: Pearson/Longman.
Strunk, W. & White, E. B. (2000). The elements of style. Longman.
APA Publication Manual. 7th Edition.
CLC on the 2nd floor of TAL. Check them out. They offer online writing tutors.
The Cooperative Learning Center (CLC), a campus-wide tutoring program, is free and open to all students and offers peer tutoring services and workshops. It seeks to provide high-quality learning assistance in computer technology, math, science,writing, languages and study strategies aimed at enhancing learning needs at all ability levels. CLC works with students to expand their knowledge and abilities by empowering them to become independent learners. CLC tutors, staff, and faculty work together to design and offer effective, collaborative, and active learning experiences. They provide tutors with the opportunity to develop teaching, leadership, and communication skills. CLC is located in the Library, 2nd floor, 582-4104 and online.