PSYC 300W Course Calendar FA23.V2

PSYC 300W REVISED Course Calendar and Assessments – updated Oct 23, 2023 * Note: Adjustments to this schedule may be made as needed. Thanks for understanding! Wk # Wk of: Lecture Topic Tutorial Topic Important Notes/Due Dates 7 Oct 23-27 Dr. Lara Aknin: "Does spending money on others promote happiness?: An unexpected love story" Structuring a draft; deductive arguments, extended arguments/argumentative essays; Exploratory Papers Abbreviated Exploratory Paper due Oct 26 @ 11:59pm 8 Oct 30 - Nov 3 Dr. Stephen Hart: “Psychopathic Personality Disorder: A Gentle Introduction” The peer-review process ; Logical fallacies; exchange papers for peer-review Peer Review Paper/Outline Exchange (2 copies and on Canvas the night before!) 9 Nov 6-10 Dr. Iris Gordon: "Concussions & CTE - is there more to it?" Conduct peer-reviews 10 Nov 13-17 Dr. Yuthika Girme: “Are Single People Coping or Thriving?” NO TUTORIALS First submission package due Nov 14 at 11:59pm 11 Nov 20-24 NO LECTURE Perry revisited 12 Nov 27 - Dec 1 Revision Revision & editing, consulting re: term paper First submission package returned 13 Dec 4-5 Course Wrap-up NO TUTORIALS Second submission package due Dec 5 at 11:59pm Weekly Critical Readings Evaluations (CREs; best 4 of 5) 40% Weekly In-class Writing 10% Term paper (several components: 50% Abbreviated Exploratory Paper 5% Peer-review process 10% First Submission 15% Final Submission 15% Review Responses (2 x 2.5% each) 5% TOTAL 100% CREs will now be evaluated as best 4 of 5 from CREs 1, 5, 6, 7, and 8 - CRE 2 was canceled - If you elected to submit CREs 3 and/or 4, either/both of these CREs can be used as a bonus to replace another CRE if you did better (lowest CRE score(s) will be dropped) - A few notes on CREs 3 and 4 o Any incomplete submissions will not be counted or given feedback o Any submissions missing from Turnitin will not be marked o Any late submissions where an extension was not explicitly requested will not receive feedback, as per normal late-policy rules