Please see below. I am from Dominican University. We are a small Catholic, liberal arts college with about 2000 undergraduates. We have about 75 psychology majors graduate a year.
Alisa Miller Beyer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Psychology Dominican University 7900 W. Division St. River Forest, IL 60305 (708) 524-6583 ________________________________ From: Maxwell Gwynn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 9:20 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Intro Psychology course(s): Request for Info List members: Please forgive the cross-posting, as I'm posting this message on both the TIPS and PSYCHTEACH lists. Our department is considering switching our current two-term (26-week) Intro Psych course into two one-term (13-week) courses. We would greatly appreciate hearing from list members about their intro course, particularly those who may have undergone (or considered) such a change in the recent past. There are a number of questions that our curriculum committee will need to address, and we'd like to know how other institutions handle their intro course. If you could take a few minutes to answer the following questions, it would be very informative for our discussions. 1) Is your intro psych course one or two terms in length? We teach 1 term. 2a) Do you feel students are adequately prepared to handle courses at the next level (i.e., 2nd year or 200-level courses)? Students do, but there is at least 1 day of brief refresher of RM and stats for most 200+ courses. 2b) How many hours of instruction do students get in this course? (e.g., 13 weeks of three hours per week) It is 3 hours per week. 3) If two terms, is it a single course or divided into two? n/a 4a) If divided into two courses, is one course a prerequisite for the second course? n/a 4b) Are both courses required for any upper-year psych courses, or does one (half) intro course serve as a prereq for some upper-year courses and the other (half) intro course for other upper year courses (e.g., PSYC101 is a prereq for upper year cognitive/bio/physio courses, while PSYCH102 is a prereq for upper year developmental/social/applied courses)? 101 is required for all upper-division. Most upper division also require RM and stats. 5) If divided into two courses, what topics are covered in each course? (feel free to provide links to your courses' descriptions) n/a 6) Are you satisfied with the current structure of your intro psych course(s)? We are. We do offer an honors section for more advances students once a year. Thank you in advance for passing along this valuable information! I'd be happy to share a summary of replies with any interested parties. -Max Gwynn, Chair, Departmental Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Maxwell Gwynn, PhD Psychology Department Wilfrid Laurier University 519-884-0710 ext 3854 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
