Tarleton State- Human Development

Course Calendar:

1/15/2009	Week 1	Introduction & Overview	Face to face
1/22/2009	Week 2	Piaget –Chapter 1	Face to face
1/29/2009	Week 3	Freud -Chapter 2	Face to face
2/5/2009	Week 4	Erikson –Chapter 2	Online
2/12/2009	Week 5	Test 1	Face to face
2/19/2009	Week 6	Social Learning –Chapter 3	Online
2/26/2009	Week 7	Info. Processing –Chapter 4	Online
3/5/2009	Week 8	Literature Review	Online
3/12/2009	Week 9	Ethological –Chapter 5	Online
3/19/2009	Week 10	Spring Break
3/26/2009	Week 11	Test 2	Face to face
4/2/2009	Week 12	Gibson- Chapter 6	Online
4/9/2009	Week 13	Vygotsky- Chapter 7	Online
4/16/2009	Week 14	Test 3	Face to face
4/23/2009	Week 15	Eclecticism- Chapter 8 Final Review	Face to face
4/30/2009	Week 16	Comprehensive Final Exam	Face to face


1/12/09 First day of class
1/19/09 MLK Day
1/28/09 Last day to drop w/no record
2/16/09 President's Day SDC closed
3/16-3/20 Spring Break
3/10 Deadline for Summer 2009 Graduation
3/30 Last day to drop w/a W
4/10-11 No class
4/14 Deadline for Fall 2009 Graduation
4/30-5/6 Final Exams

Reading Reflections: Students will be expected to submit four reading reflections covering the current weeks reading assignments. These will be typed, double-spaced and two to three paragraphs in length. Reading reflections should be on practical applications of concepts covered, discussions on how the readings relate to other topics covered in the course, ideas for research on topics covered, or other areas at instructor approval. The reading reflections should NOT be a summary of the chapter, but rather a reflection of the information to other areas. Students may turn in more than four reading reflections, in which case the four highest grades will be counted. Students may choose the chapters to reflect on. They are to be mailed to the instructor within Blackboard (online) before the class covers that chapter. Late reading reflections will not be accepted.

Tests: Examinations will cover assigned readings, lecture material, and class discussions. Students are expected to take all examinations as scheduled. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the professor to arrange alternative times to take tests. This should be completed in advance of scheduled test times.

Application: Each chapter will have a scenario (Chap. 2 will have two, one for Freud, one for Erikson) in which the students will describe how that theory would conceptualize the issue, and what recommendations would follow from that conceptualization. These assignments will be completed online.

Literature Review: It is recommended that students confirm the topic of these research papers with the instructor to insure they will receive full credit. The research papers should be between 4 and 6 pages long and cover current topics. Five articles should be covered from peer-reviewed journals published in the last 10 years. Additional sources from non peer-reviewed articles can supplement your paper. Please attach copies of the all the articles you use in your papers. Papers must be in APA format. If you do not know APA format, it is your responsibility to obtain and follow the APA Publication Manual (5^th ed.). Students may be asked to share exceptional papers with the class. This review is to be original work by the student, meaning that the student based their work on their own library research and intellectual work expressly for this class. While you are encouraged to pursue topics that you have an interest and background in, it is not acceptable to “recycle” work completed for other courses.

Academic Honesty:

Tarleton State University expects its students to maintain high standards of personal and scholarly conduct. Students guilty of academic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary action. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating on an examination or other academic work, plagiarism, collusion, and the abuse of resource materials. The faculty member is responsible for initiating action for each case of academic dishonesty that occurs in his/her class. (Tarleton State University, 2008, p. 58).

Each student’s honesty and integrity are taken for granted. However, if your instructor finds evidence of academic misconduct he will pursue the matter to the fullest extent permitted by the university. Students are strongly advised to avoid even the appearance of academic misconduct. When you use a source’s actual words, you must place those words in quotation marks (or a block quote) and credit the source of the information (i.e., cite the author(s) name (s) and the year of the publication) along with the page number(s) where the information is located in the source document. Please note – the quotation requirement (either using quotation marks or block quotes) is not circumvented when the writer simply changes a few words in a passage written by someone else. When you use another person’s ideas, but not their exact words, you must cite them as a source in the text of the paper. According the APA Style the author(s), name(s), and date of publication must be included in, or immediately follow, the writer’s statement of information from the source. Refer to the APA Publication Manual 5^th edition for specifics. Another helpful source is: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ (click the APA Style Guide).

Drop Policy:

If you discover that you need to drop this class, you must go to the Records Office and ask for the necessary paperwork. Professors cannot drop students; this is always the responsibility of the student. The record’s office will give a deadline for which the form must be returned, completely signed. Once you return the signed form to the records office and wait 24 hours, you must go into Duck Trax and confirm that you are no longer enrolled. If you are still enrolled, FOLLOW-UP with the records office immediately. You are to attend class until the procedure is complete to avoid penalty for absence. Should you miss the deadline or fail to follow the procedure, you will receive an F in the course.

Disability Services

If you have or believe you have a disability, you may wish to self-identify. You can do so by providing documentation to the Assistant Director of Student Development at the Tarleton-Central Texas campus or to the Disability Services Director at the Stephenville campus. I encourage students with disabilities to speak with me about accommodations they might need to help assure success in this class.

Monica Campbell, MS Trina Geye, MS, LPC

Asst. Dir. of Student Development Director, Student Disability Services

Tarleton State University-Central Texas Tarleton State University

1901 S. Clear Creek Rd., Ste. 113A Box T-0780

Killeen, TX 76549 Stephenville, TX 76402

254-519-5467 mcampbell@tarleton.edu 254.968.9400 geye@tarleton.edu

Library Services:

INFORMATION LITERACY focuses on research skills that prepare individuals to live and work in an information-centered society. Librarians will work with students in the development of critical reasoning, ethical use of information, and the appropriate use of secondary research techniques including: exploring information resources such as library collections and services, identify sources such as subject databases and scholarly journals, executing effective search strategies, retrieving, recording, and citing relevant results correctly, and interpreting search results and deciding whether to expand the search. Library Resources are outlined and accessed through the web page. http://www.tarleton.edu/centraltexas/departments/library/

Reference: Tarleton State University (April 2008). Catalog 2008-2009: Undergraduate and graduate studies. Stephenville, TX: Author.

While this represents the focus and direction of this course, this syllabus is subject to change.

Tarleton State University - Central Texas

Department of Psychology & Counseling

PSY 504 110 Human Development

Thursday 6-9 PM Web Enhanced

Office: Rm. 133B, TSU Center

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