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PSYCHOLOGY
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PSY
273 - Child and Adolescent Psychology
Four Quarter Hours
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PREREQUISITES:
PSY 101 or equivalent introductory course in psychology. No credit is allowed for this course if a student has credit for HCCF 160 or EDEL 200. This course does not count toward any requirements for Education majors.
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COURSE
OVERVIEW: The course deals with the basic principles of human development from the prenatal period through adolescence. Topics included cover biological, cognitive, and socioemotional development from a variety of perspectives. |
| METHODS OF COURSE INSTRUCTION: All material for this course is print-based. Instructor and students communicate and exchange materials through postal mail. Each of the regular lessons (1, 2, 4, 5) covers several chapters in the textbook. The writing assignments consist of a number of short-essay questions covering the reading. Students are encouraged to analyze and synthesize ideas, and to make use of outside sources to supplement the textbook, including personal experiences.
E-PRINT OPTION
Students may use e-mail to submit lesson assignments, using any e-mail provider and any standard e-mail software. The assignments that are submitted electronically are printed and sent to the instructor by mail, not e-mail, so assignments may be sent as attached documents, thus preserving the original format. Graded assignments will be returned as printed copy by postal mail. Instructions for the e-print option are enclosed with the course guide. |
| TEXTBOOKS
AND SUPPLIES: ISBN 007322877X Santrock, John W., Child Development, 11th edition (with PowerWeb), McGraw Hill, 2007
...available
from EdMap's distance-learning online
bookstore.
| STUDENTS
ARE STRONGLY ADVISED NOT TO BUY TEXTBOOKS UNTIL
REGISTERED IN COURSES AS REQUIRED EDITIONS CAN CHANGE
WITHOUT NOTICE. |
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| LESSONS
AND WRITING ASSIGNMENTS: The course has six lessons, including supervised midcourse and final examinations. |
EXAMINATIONS:
The course has supervised midcourse and final examinations, each covering about half of the course material. The examinations consist of multiple-choice questions covering course vocabulary and concepts. Two hours is allowed for each examination; no books, notes, or supplementary aids are permitted.
If you reside near an Ohio University campus, you must take
your examination at the nearest campus. Others can arrange to
have their examinations proctored at another accredited college
or university or, if it is more convenient, at an accredited
local high school. Ohio University reserves the right to reject
a proposed examination supervisor. Detailed information about
examination procedures will be included with your enrollment
material. Examinations may not be taken
online nor by e-mail. |
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GRADING
CRITERIA: All lesson assignments and examinations are graded. The final course grade is weighted at 20 percent for each examination (40 percent of total) and 15 percent for each lesson assignment (60 percent of total).
Lesson assignments are graded on the basis of the student's understanding of the concepts presented in the reading and reasoned opinion or point of view on the topics.
The midcourse examination is worth 88 points; the final examination is worth 100 points. The numeric score on an examination is converted to a grade based on the following scale:
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93 - 100
90 - 92
87 - 89
83 - 86
80 - 82
77 - 79
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= A
= A-
= B+
= B
= B-
= C+
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73 - 76
70 - 72
67 - 69
63 - 66
60 - 62
below 60
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= C
= C-
= D+
= D
= D-
= F
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This scale is also used to assign the final course grade from the weighted averages above.
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| ENROLLMENT INFORMATION: Active Terms: Not term-based; self-paced study. Eight months to finish. Registration Dates: Enroll at any time.
Call Independent and Distance Learning Programs at 1-800-444-2910
if you have questions about this course, the enrollment
process, or Ohio University degree opportunities.
Ohio
Learning Networkers: Always check with your home campus
advisor to make certain that a course from another school
will fulfill your degree requirements.
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