NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE

COURSE SYLLABUS

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

OFFICE HOURS

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (From Academic Course Guide Manual/Workforce Education Course Manual/NCTC Catalog)

GRADING CRITERIA

• You can accumulate up to a total of 1000 points in this configuration. Letter grades are computed as follows:

Grading System:

A=90-100 or 900 to 1000

B=80-89 or 800 to 899

C=70-79 or 700 to 799

D=60-69 or 600 to 699

F=59 or 599 or less.

COURSE SUBJECT OUTLINE (Major Assignments, Due Dates, and Grading Criteria)

Mid Term Examination 15%. Multiple Choice, True/False, Essay.

Due Date: October 7, 2019

Final Examination 20%. Multiple Choice, True/False, Essay.

Due Date: December 9-14, 2019 (See Final Exam Schedule)

Weekly Course Schedule:

The following tentative schedule will be followed closely. Any changes made and announced regarding this schedule or any part of this syllabus becomes effective immediately.

Week of August 24-28

Chapter 1. What is Psychology? - Attendance/Participation

Chapter 2. Psychology’s Scientific Method - Attendance Participation

Week of August 31-September 04

Chapter 3. Biological Foundations of Behavior - Attendance/Participation

Short Written Assignment- APA format, 3-5 pages with approved topic

Due Date: September 03, 2020

Week of September 07-11

Labor Day Holiday (School Closed)

Chapter 4. Sensation and Perception - Attendance/Participation

Chapter 5. States of Consciousness - Attendance/Participation

Internet Activity - Select a country other than your own. Investigate information on the education system, include literacy rates, average level of education, length of school day and school year, distribution of education by gender or other significant status, and percent of students who attend public and private schools. – Due Date – September 9, Monday, 2020.

Week of September 14-18

Chapter 6. Learning - Attendance/Participation

Test 1-Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - Due Date – September 17, 2020, Thursday- No Exceptions

Week of September 21 - 25

Chapter 7. Memory - Attendance/Participation

Chapter 8. Thinking, Intelligence, and Language - Attendance/Participation

Week of September 28-October 2

Chapter 9. Human Development - Attendance/Participation

Chapter 10. Motivation and Emotion - Attendance/Participation

Short Written Assignment- APA format, 3-5 pages with approved topic

Due Date: September 29, 2020

Internet Activity – Choose a woman currently in U.S. politics. Use a search engine to find articles about them. Examine the individual to be portrayed. Look at the way gender shapes the portrayals. Report your findings. Due Date: October 1, 2020

Week of October 5-09

Chapter 11. Gender, Sex, and Sexuality - Attendance/Participation

Midterm Exam – Chapters 1-8– Due Date – October 8, 2020- Tuesday

Week of October 12-16

Internet Activity – Use an internet search engine to find one or more web sites that support multicultural education and one or more web sites that oppose it. Describe the arguments for and against multicultural education presented on these sites and evaluate the arguments.

Due Date – October 15, 2020

Week October 19-23

Chapter 12. Personality - Attendance/Participation

Chapter 13. Social Psychology - Attendance/Participation

Short Written Assignment- APA format, 3-5 pages with approved topic

Due Date: October 22, 2020

Week of October 26-October 30

Chapter 14. Industrial and Organizational Psychology - Attendance/Participation

Test 2 - Chapter 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 - Due Date – October 29, 2020

Week of November 02 – 06

Chapter 15. Psychological Disorders - Attendance/Participation

Week of November 09-13

Chapter 16. Therapies - Attendance/Participation

Week of November 16-20

Chapter 17. Health Psychology - Attendance/Participation

Week of November 23-27

Review of Final Exam (Comprehensive Review will cover Chapter 1-9) - Handouts

Thanksgiving Holiday – School Closed – November 27-30

Week of November 30-December 04

Review for Final Exam (Comprehensive Review will cover Chapters 10-17) – Handouts

Week of December 07-11

Final Exam (Chapters 1-17) - Due Date-See Final Exam Schedule-No exceptions

ATTENDANCE POLICY

Regular and punctual attendance is expected of all students in all classes for which they have registered. All absences are considered to be unauthorized unless the student is absent due to illness or emergencies as determined by the instructor. It is the student responsibility to provide documentation as to the emergency for approval and judgement by the faculty member. Approved college sponsored activities are the only absences for which a student should not be held liable and only when provided by a college official ahead of the absence. Valid reasons for absence, however, do not relieve the student of the responsibility for making up required work. Students will not be allowed to make up an examination missed due to absence unless they have reasons acceptable to the instructor. A student who is compelled to be absent when a test is given should petition the instructor, in advance if possible, for permission to postpone the exam. Student will be dropped from a class by the Registrar upon recommendation of the instructor who feels the student has been justifiably absent or tardy a sufficient number of times to preclude meeting the course’s objectives. Persistent, unjustified absences from classes or laboratories will be considered sufficient cause for College officials to drop a student from the rolls of the College. From Board Policy FC (LOCAL)

Additional Instructor-specific Absence Policy:

Last day to withdraw from a course with a “W” is November 2, 2020.

DISABILITY SERVICES (Office for Students with Disabilities)

The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) provides support services for students with disabilities, students enrolled in technical areas of study, and students who are classified as special populations (i.e. single parents).

Support services for students with disabilities might include appropriate and reasonable accommodations, or they may be in the form of personal counseling, academic counseling, career counseling, etc. Furthermore, OSD Counselors work with students to encourage self-advocacy and promote empowerment. The Counselors also provides resource information, disability-related information, and adaptive technology for students who qualify.

For support, please contact the counselors at (940) 498-6207 or (940) 668-4321. Alternatively, students may stop by Room 170 in Corinth or Room 110 in Gainesville.

CORE CURRICULUM FOUNDATIONAL COMPONENT AREA (For classes in the Core)_______

COURSE TYPE

 Academic General Education Course (from ACGM but not in NCTC Core)

X Academic NCTC Core Curriculum Course

 WECM Course

STUDENT HANDBOOK

Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the student handbook and published online.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY

Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, academic falsification, intellectual property dishonesty, academic dishonesty facilitation and collusion. Faculty members may document and bring charges against a student who is engaged in or is suspected to be engaged in academic dishonesty. See Student Handbook, “Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Conduct ([FLB(LOCAL)]”.

The value of an academic degree is contingent upon the integrity of the work performed by the student for a degree. It is imperative that students be responsible for maintaining high standards of individual honor in scholastic work as indicated in NCTC’s Academic Integrity Policy. Papers turned into the professor that do not cite the sources of information and/or do not contain a reference list will be considered plagiarized. Plagiarism will be first discussed with the student at the beginning of the course. I strongly encourage the use of Turnitin.com, SafeAssign, and Grammerly. There will be 0% tolerance for plagiarized material.

QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, or COMPLAINTS