Course Component and Assignments:

• Weekly Required Readings

• Independent viewing of lectures and videos

• Weekly seminar/discussion class

• Weekly individual essays

Course Outline:

Introductions: Teacher and Student, classroom procedures and policies

Unit 1: Clinical Psychology

Unit 2: History of Psychology

Unit 3: Developmental Psychology

Unit 4: Experimental Psychology

Skills you will need to succeed:

• effective time management (readings and videos MUST be completed prior to seminar discussions and will be independently completed)

• efficient reading (challenging texts will be required)

• intellectual curiosity (this course will provide you direction, but students will need to be self motivated to learn. Homework clubs will be available for extra small group help)

• effective writing (weekly essays will be required)

• effective speaking (weekly seminars and video essays will be required)