1.  Learners will gain a working knowledge as to how individuals impact social situations and groups and how situations and groups impact individual thinking, feeling and behavior.

    
2.  Learners will gain an understanding of how scientific methodology is applied to studying social psychology.
    
3.  Learners will analyze the major concepts and theories in the field of social psychology.
    
4.  Learners will critically and creatively analyze concepts and theories discussed in the text.  Students will engage is discussions in class, as well as writing essays related to the text readings and lecture material.
    
5.   By the end of this course, learners will be able to apply the ideas in this class to real world social situations, such as dealing with prejudice and stereotyping, changing attitudes and behaviors through persuasive techniques (such as those used in politics and advertising), and in creating a sustainable future on our planet, as a few examples.

Students Rights and Responsibilities

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Expected Student Behavior

I expect you all to attend class online, participate in class discussion boards, be prepared for class discussion and exams, and respect everyone else who is the class. Each student is expected to engage in academic honesty and refrain from cheating and/or plagiarism. This means that although this class is online you should be doing your own work. I whole heartedly expect you to use your notes and books on all assignments and exams, you just may not use your friend or classmates. All students are expected to be tolerant and respectful of other students’ responses within class. There will be zero tolerance for any type of harassment!! I want this to be an environment everyone can learn and feels safe!!

Grading Criteria

There will be a total of 500 possible points for the semester. You will be able to check your grade on AC Online. To calculate your grade you will divide the number of points you have earned (the smaller number) by the number of possible points that you could have earned in the class (the larger number). Grading will be on the standard grade scale:

100-90% = 450 points or above  A

89-80% = 449-400 points B

79-70% = 399-350 points C

69-50% = 349-250 points D

Below 50% = below 250 points F

The points will be earned:

400 points for exams (4 100 points exams and you get to replace your lowest exam grade with your highest exam grade)

100 points for a core curriculum check over scientific method, reading graphs and essay on social aspects in our community

Total points possible: 500 points

• 4  40-50 question multiple choice exams on-line; each exam is worth 100 points and you will get to replace your lowest exam grade with your highest exam grade
• 100 points for scientific method, reading graph and social responsibility
  • The essay portion will be worth 50 points and graded using this rubric

• The other 50 points will be earned by answering 10 multiple choice questions worth 5 points each

Attendance

It is extremely important that you check online every day for updates and assignment due dates. If you miss an announcement or due date it will negatively effect your grade.

Calendar

Additional Information

If you having any problems or issues please contact me as soon as possible so we can resolve them.