LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENT COURSE SYLLABUS

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1 LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENT COURSE SYLLABUS COURSE PREFIX & NUMBER: Psychology 209 CREDITS: 3 CRN: 6389 SEMESTER, YEAR: Summer 1, 2015 COURSE TITLE: Life Cycle Development INSTRUCTOR: Kristina M. Botes, MS, LPC, CAC OFFICE HOURS: I am available in person by appointment. We can meet virtually via Skype or oovoo at a mutually convenient time. TELEPHONE: (610) I prefer you text me and I will call you back ASAP. When texting, be sure to include your full name AND that you are in the LATE start section. KrisBotes@gmail.com. My Gmail account is linked with my smart phone. SKYPE: Kris.Botes Go to to download the free version of this program Catalog Description [335.2]: Overview of human development, covering the lifespan of the individual. Includes the basic concepts and principles of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development at each major stage of life: prenatal, infancy, toddlerhood, preschool, middle childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, and old age. Prerequisites: Psychology 101 with a minimum grade of C Botes: Life Span Development: pg. 1

2 Learning Outcomes [335.2] Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: Identify and distinguish the domains and periods of development from conception to death Describe various research methods to study lifespan development Compare and contrast how different theories of development explain changes related to physical, cognitive, social, and emotional influences (such as socio-economic status, gender, race, ethnicity, English language learners, special needs, culture, religion, schools, media, peers, and family) on physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development Describe variables underlying socio-economic status, racial, ethnic, and gender difference in lifespan development Apply the developmental theories and specific research findings to current social and educational policies and events REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS: Textbook: Development Across the Life Span (7 th Edition) by Robert Feldman, Pearson Education, Inc. COMPUTER/INTERNET REQUIREMENTS: You are required to have regular access to reliable computer that is linked with the internet so you can access our course. It is the student s responsibility to make sure their computer meets D2L requirements. COURSE REQUIREMENTS: To successfully complete the course, each student will be required to: 1. read the appropriate chapters in the textbook as assigned; (this is the core course material) Botes: Life Span Development: pg. 2

3 2. carefully go through the study material for each chapter provided by the publisher of your book and additional information that I may highlight to clarify points that have been difficult for students in the past to understand. 3. perform well the assessments. There are eighteen (18) chapter quizzes and one (1) Final Exam. Students will take the exams online at home, or use any other computer that is connected to the Internet. All tests/assessments are completed at home or at another location chosen the by student. There is no need for the student to report to a HACC campus during the course of the semester. 4. complete the graded discussions. Discussions are posted under Discussions in our course. QUIZZES: 1. are always open book. You may use your notes, your text book and any other material that we use in this class. You may not Google answers. I trust students to be honest in their academic endeavors. If an answer is found to be copied from the internet or from material I have written the student will receive a 0 on Assignment or Assessment. The second time this occurs the student will fail the course. 2. have a due date, but you may and are encouraged to work ahead. 3. may not be taken after the due date. In other words, when due date has passed for a particular quiz you can no longer access it. Because you are allowed to work ahead there will be NO EXCEPTIONS to this rule. Botes: Life Span Development: pg. 3

4 GRADING SYSTEM FOR THIS COURSE: Chapter Quizzes 270 (18 x 15 pts. = 270) Drop Box Assignments 40 (2 x 20 pts. = 40) Discussion Board 30 (3 x10 pts. = 30) Final Exam 100 *We skip chapter 15 The final grade will be based on the total number of points earned. The maximum number of points a student can earn is 440 A = ; B = points; C = points; D = points; F = 263 points or less DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE REQUIREMENTS: All of your chapter quizzes and the Final Exam are OPEN BOOK. You should prepare for assessments in advance. Do not make the mistake of thinking that you will be able to find all of the answers while taking the test. In fact, because of the application nature of the questions, many of the answers cannot be found word for word in your text. You should understand key concepts, be able to apply what you have learned and have asked any questions prior to starting the assessment. I strongly recommend you verify your wireless internet connection is running at an acceptable speed or plug in to a modem prior to starting an assessment. Don t wait until the last minute: Please do not wait until the last minute to take an assessment. Things can and DO go wrong. None of these things (computer crashing, internet service going down, unable to access HACC s site 1 ) will get you "a second chance" if you waited until the last minute when there isn t time to come up with an alternative plan. The best advice I can give you is to work ahead. Possible problems with a Quiz: If you believe for some reason that an answer to a question is wrong, please send me an with the full question, the answer you selected, why you believe your answer is the correct answer, and the textbook page or other reference to back up your answer. If you do not go to the effort to follow these steps I will not review the question. I do make mistakes, the text book publisher makes mistakes and it is possible that you will find errors. But often just by going through these steps students realize that what was designated as the correct answer was in fact correct. I want this to be a learning experience. 1 If HACC Web is unavailable, you can always access our course by going directly to D2L: Botes: Life Span Development: pg. 4

5 If you run into a problem or have a question while taking a quiz either text me (610) or me at KrisBotes@gmail.com. This will come directly through to my smart phone. If it is during reasonable hours I will help you immediately. If you cannot submit your quiz or receive an error message please try to take a screen shot of your answers and this to me immediately. The number one reason why this happens the loss of internet at some point during the assessment. If this tends to be a problem for you I suggest plugging in and avoiding wireless. If you run into technical problems and run over the allotted time you should complete the test and then me with an explanation of what happened. Do not panic, rush, or submit a half-completed test. I will then go in, verify that there was some sort of problem, and override the time limit. The tests are set to allow you to continue to save your answers even after the time runs out. Discussion Forums: The General Information Forums are not graded. I lightly monitor this forum (view every couple days.) It is for the students to have a way to interact and share their learning experience. Please do not post questions or comments about grades, test questions, assignments, or anything that you want me to answer. For example, if a link is not working DO NOT ask other students if it is working for them. Simply me and I will verify the problem and fix it, usually within minutes. (If you were to post this concern I might not see the post for 2-3 days, hampering your progress.) My goal is to make this course run as smoothly as possible for everyone. Topic Oriented Discussions are GRADED and open during a set period of time. Your task will be to discuss an assigned topic and demonstrate your knowledge, understanding and insight, much like you would in a classroom discussion. 1. You are to respond to at least one peer and comment on their posting. Your response must be more than Yeah, I agree. Acceptable responses demonstrate that you have read what your classmate wrote, thought about it, and then either agreed, disagreed, thought of something to add to what they said, thought of another example of the point they were making, etc. Again, you need to reference your sources. 2. Spelling and grammar count. I expect college level writing, with complete sentences and well developed ideas. 3. You are expected to read at least 10 postings. I will view how many you read and how long you took on this assignment. I am pleased when students post early and actively participate in the discussion. The Discussion Forum is a valuable means of sharing information with the class. Messages can be posted at any time before the due dates and will be available for all students to view. Botes: Life Span Development: pg. 5

6 Once a due date has passed you can no longer receive credit for submitting a discussion posting. There are no exceptions for this policy. Consider the discussion board our classroom. If you want to participate in a discussion, you need to show up on time, when everyone else is discussing that topic, in order to get credit for participating that week. You need your classmates in order to get credit for responding to someone, just as they need you to post an interesting statement so they have something to respond to. WITHDRAWING FROM THE CLASS: Please note that if a student wants to withdraw from this course once he or she has registered for it, it is the student s responsibility to initiate and go through the formal withdrawal procedure set by the College. Throughout the course, students who stop participating and do not contact the instructor or officially withdraw from the class will be given the grade that they have earned with zero points given for all missed assignments. This may result in a failing grade. It is your responsibility to complete all withdrawal paperwork. Prior to our midway mark, I will sign all withdrawal slips, offering all students the option of withdrawing with a W grade. Requests and all correspondence regarding withdrawing must be sent from your HAWK account. I cannot accept requests from your personal account. After the midway mark, students who are passing the course may withdraw with a W. Students who are failing may withdraw with a F. If you find yourself in this situation, please contact me immediately to discuss your situation. I will not sign any withdrawal papers (DAW) after 6/22/2015. Please note this is prior to HACC s official deadline. After I sign and date it, I will return the DAW to the student electronically. It is the student s responsibility to print out the form and present it to the registrar at their home campus. I do not submit DAW forms for students. Botes: Life Span Development: pg. 6

7 INSTRUCTOR'S ATTENDANCE POLICY: (division policy on file in division office): Logging into our class without active participation does not meet the requirement of attendance for this course. In order to remain in this course, you will need to do one or more of the following prior to February 8, 2014 to demonstrate you are actively engaged in the course: Submit an assignment Take a quiz (ex. Welcome Quiz and Chapter 1 Quiz. ) Participate in an online discussion (ex. Discussion 1 ) Students who have not actively participated in the course by completing at least one of the above listed will be dropped from the class. Beyond the minimum participation, there is a significant amount of flexibility offered in this course. You are encouraged to work ahead, allowing you to fit school into your schedule. You will need to sign into the course at the very minimum once a week; though often it is beneficial to sign in more frequently. MAKE-UP POLICY: I do not offer Make-Up Exams. I strongly advise you to contact me BEFORE the due date of an exam/quiz if you are experiencing a problem. I am more likely to be flexible if you demonstrate due diligence in contacting me and verifying a justifiable reason for not being able to take the exam before the deadline. Examples: Student A is due to have her baby at some point during the semester. She notifies me ahead of time and sends me an with a photo of her and her baby as verification that she gave birth during the week of the exam. I am likely to allow an extension to accommodate her needs. Student B is sick with the flu, and misses the deadline for the quiz. I am very unlikely to re-open the quiz. Even with a bad case of the flu a student could make a quick call to me, just as they would to an employer, to let me know what is going on. If there was any chance of me working with the student, the student needed to have called me PRIOR to the due date and discussed the situation. At the very least, the student could have sent me a text message or early in the day to let me know they were very sick and request permission to take the quiz the next day. Student C misses a quiz because he is a nurse s aide and his relief staff did not report to duty. I will not allow an extension because the student knew the deadline was approaching and waited until the last minute to do his work. (The lesson: Complete the assigned quizzes BEFORE going to work if you have the type of job that may require you to stay late) Botes: Life Span Development: pg. 7

8 ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: Students are expected to be honest in all of their academic endeavors. It is inappropriate to copy work from my lessons, power points, lectures and/or handouts. It is very important that you and only you complete any assignments/quizzes for this course. If I suspect that students are copying each other s work, all students involved will receive a 0 for that particular assignment. Because I have no way of sorting out who was the original author, and because it is wrong to give another student your answers, both students will fail the test, project or assignment. I am the one who makes the decision if academic dishonesty has occurred and my decision is final. I will make all attempts to be fair. The bottom line is do not do anything that would even cause me to suspect that you are cheating or plagiarizing. I will uphold my end of the partnership by being ever mindful of being fair. COMMUNICATIONS: Almost every question about the way that the course is structured is in this syllabus, or the orientation learning module in our classroom. If you have a general question about the layout of the course or where to find something you can , call or text me. When students wish to discuss with the instructor about some private issues (e.g., health issues, concerns about the course, having missed exams, withdrawing from the class, etc.), they are expected to , text or call their instructor. If you have a concern about the course, have found what you believe to be an error in a quiz or exam, or any other problem please me or call me. DO NOT post your concern in the discussion forum. EXTRA CREDIT: Extra credit opportunities are limited in this class. When an opportunity becomes available, I will announce the extra credit assignments in the news section of your course home page. Extra credit assignments must be turned in by specified due dates. Botes: Life Span Development: pg. 8

9 Due Dates: Most chapters are due on Sunday at 11:59pm. There are a few exceptions, which are noted below. Chapter Quizzes and Discussions Due Dates 11:59pm EST o = Extra Credit = Chapter Quiz = Discussion = Assignment/Project (Found in Drop Box) = Exam 5/31/2015 Week 1 Orientation Quiz Disc. 1 Due Chapter 1: Beginnings Disc. 2 Due 6/07/2015 Week 2 Chapter 2: Start of Life Chapter 3: The Newborn Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy Disc. 3 Due 6/14/2015 Week 3 Chapter 6: Social and Personality Development in Infancy Chapter 7: The Preschool Years: Physical and Cognitive Development Chapter 8: Social and Personality Development in the Preschool Years Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Childhood Chapter 10: Social and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood Botes: Life Span Development: pg. 9

10 6/21/2015 Week 4 Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence Chapter 12: Social and Personality Development in Adolescence Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood Chapter 14: Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood Parent Interview Project Due 6/28/2015 Week 5 Chapter 16: Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood Chapter 17: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood Chapter 18: Social and Personality Development in Late Adulthood Chapter 19: Endings Death and Dying Marriage Interview Project Due 7/2/2015 Week 6 Final Exam Botes: Life Span Development: pg. 10

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