Psyc 230-061
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Course
Name: |
PSYC 230-061 – Human
Development |
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Prerequisites:
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A passing grade of C or
better in Introduction to Psychology, PSYC 120, is required to take this
course. In addition, 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: |
October 19, 2009 –
December 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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Required
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 October 19th, 2009: https://angel.sanjuancollege.edu/default.asp |
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Required
Texts: |
Textbook required is Life-Span Development by Santrock, 12th Edition. 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 for the first few weeks then several times a week thereafter.
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 three 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 |