GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

Bachelors Degree in Grief Counseling & Bereavement Education

PSY 200

Breyer State University
Instructor: Shawn C. George, MS, BSW

SYLLABUS

COURSE OVERVIEW: Welcome to General Psychology 200, a Bachelors Level course in the curriculum for the Degree, Grief Counseling & Bereavement Education. I am excited to offer you this interesting and fun course. I believe that you will find it quite beneficial to your future endeavors. This course is structured to present concepts of psychology through manageable units called modules. It is my pleasure to have you in this course.

TIME FRAME: This is a six-semester hour course. This course is allotted ten weeks of time. You must complete all of the requirements for the course successfully by the end of the ten-week period. The first day of week one will begin the day that you register for the course, or the day which you notify me that your text book(s) have arrived and you are ready to begin your studies. Please be cognizant of the time frame. It is rare that extensions of time are permitted, unless you have good justification. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be awarded six-semester hours of credit.

TEXTBOOKS: There is one (1) required textbook for this course.

Book 1: Introduction to Psychology - sixth edition. By Rod Plotnik. Published by Wadsworth Group, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc.: 2002. ISBN # 534589340.

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EXAMINATIONS: This course is comprised of a mid-term exam and a final exam. The mid-term exam must be taken by the last day of week five. The final exam must be taken by the last day of week ten. You will have three days to complete the mid-term and three days to complete the final, which will commence once you access it from the classroom.

The mid-term examination covers material found in modules 1 through 13.
The final examination covers material found in modules 14 through 25.

Both the mid-term and final are programmed and are located in the classroom for this course. They are both open book and objective type exams. To access the exam you must send me an e-mail and state that you are ready to start the exam. Upon registration, you will be provided with my e-mail address. I will then program your access and e-mail you back that you are now authorized to take the exam. To access, you will come into the classroom, click on testing, and click on the exam you are going to take. You will need your User I.D. and Password to access the exam. The exam will appear on your screen. Once again, upon access you will have three days to submit your answers. The program provides me with the exact date and time that you accessed the exam, as well as the exact date and time that you submitted your answers. Thus, the program is timing you. When you are ready, go back into the classroom and click in your responses and then click submit. Shortly thereafter, you will receive the exam in your e-mail box with your computed score. You will also know what questions, if any, that you missed, as well as the corresponding correct answer for each missed question.

GRADING: Examinations are objective type or short answer. The number of questions per examination varies. The grading scale is:

90-100%    = A
80-89%      = B
70-79%      = C
Below 70% = Fail

COMMUNICATION: You are encouraged to communicate with me. I am available as a teacher, coach, and mentor to assist you in meeting your goals for this course. Communication shall be done primarily through e-mail. Our classroom for this course has a "chat" room. I am also very willing to meet with you one-on-one in the chat room at your request. From time to time, depending on how many students are enrolled in this course at a particular time, we may have some scheduled group chats. You will receive more detailed information at the time such chat sessions may be scheduled. Please keep my e-mail address handy so that you can contact me whenever necessary. If during your time in this course you change your e-mail address, please be sure to notify me right away.

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS: There are no written assignments for this course. There is a considerable amount of reading involved in this course, and I would prefer you spend your time with the books learning the material.

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR: Shawn C. George holds a Bachelor in Social Work from Youngstown State University and a Master degree in Social Work from Breyer State. He has worked extensively helping children and families resolve their conflicts and crises. Since 1998 he has worked for Trumbull County Department of Job and Family Services as a Social Services Worker II, located in Warren, OH. He earned numerous training certificates in the broad area known as social work. He will strive, as we all should, to further his education throughout his life.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: The following course objectives are what I hope you will internalize and retain for a lifetime. How many explicit details you will be able to recall after their ten weeks have past, is dependent on your own personal needs, desires, and abilities.

Upon completion of Psychology 200, you will be able to:

1). Define psychology.
2). Recall the goals of psychology.
3). Associate well know psychologists with their theories.
4). Utilize more psychology terms in conversation and writing.
5). Understand some biological and learned reasons for abnormal thoughts, ideas, feelings, and behaviors.
6). Distinguish some psychological facts from myths and unproven theories.
7). Relate psychological theories and concepts to current events.
8). Increased your comprehension of how the human mind processes information.
9). Developed an ongoing interest in the world of psychology.
10). Apply what you've learned to life in positive ways.

ASSIGNMENTS: There are no assignments for this course other than to read and study on your own.

PREREQUISITE: A high school diploma is required for admission to this course of study.

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