Psyc 120-063
Online Course for Fall 2009
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Course Name: |
PSYC 120-063 – Intro. to Psychology |
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Prerequisites: |
There are no formal prerequisites for this course. However good time management skills are a
must for any online course. You should also be reasonably proficient in using
the keyboard, mouse, creating and deleting folders and files, email, and web
browsers. |
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Start and End Dates: |
August 24 – October 16, 2009 |
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Instructor Information |
Dr. Brian Parry, Adjunct Professor of Psychology For more information about this course, please send an email to parryb@sanjuancollege.edu or call
970-248-1569. |
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Optional Face-to-Face Meeting: |
There is no face-to-face orientation scheduled for this course. Instead,
an online orientation will be required to complete prior to submission of
assignments. The online orientation
will help students learn to successfully navigate through the online
classroom. Completing
the online orientation will make all the difference in your comfort level and
success in the course. To
begin the online orientation, simply log in to WebCT
by clicking on the following link on or after August 24th,
2009: https://angel.sanjuancollege.edu/default.asp |
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Required Texts: |
Textbook required is Exploring
Psychology by David G. Myers, 7th Edition (click
here to learn more about this text). This text is available in the
bookstore before the course begins.
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Course Description |
This course will be taught fully
on-line and requires dedication to the course readings and online
discussions. It will be important to be in the course daily. Plan on spending about 18 hours a week on
the course. Online courses are not easy so don’t expect this to be just
because we don’t meet in person. There will be weekly readings, exams,
projects and various other responsibilities in the course with specific
deadlines in place. If you are unsure about participating in an online
course, speak to the instructor before the course begins or see a staff
member in the Teaching and |
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Online Information and time commitment: |
Consider carefully whether or
not you are suited for online learning—not everyone is. Although we are
working to remedy this, about ˝ of the students who register for an online
course end up dropping, withdrawing, or not finishing. This is partially
because students don’t consider what online learning is going to be like. There is a misconception that
because a course is taken online the workload will be lighter or the course
will be easier. Nothing can be farther
from the truth. An online course takes
more work than the traditional college course. General rule of thumb is that students
should study one to two hours outside class for each hour in class. Since this is an online class, you need to
factor in the nine hours of classroom time that you are missing. In turn, you should plan on spending a minimum of 18 hours each week on this
course. If
you don't learn well on your own, you should reconsider whether you are
suited for this course right now. To help you determine whether an online
course is the right choice for you, look over the “Online Readiness
Checklist” under “Getting Started with Online Learning” (http://www.sanjuancollege.edu/pages/1302.asp). |
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After enrolling for this course: |
Email your instructor (parryb@sanjuancollege.edu)
immediately with the following: · Your name · Complete mailing address ·
Current work, home, and cell
phone numbers ·
Preferred email address |