Spring 2025 - PSYC 300W D100
Critical Analysis of Issues in Psychology (4)
Class Number: 5142
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Tue, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Alyssa Croft
acroft@sfu.ca
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Prerequisites:
PSYC 201W.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Trains students to evaluate critically important issues from the main areas of psychology (e.g., cognitive and neural, clinical, developmental, history, quantitative and theoretical, law and psychology, social) and to communicate their ideas clearly in written form. The content may vary in different offerings of the course. Writing.
COURSE DETAILS:
Lectures and tutorials will be face-to-face.
This writing intensive course is intended to provide students training and practice in critically analyzing and writing about important issues in psychology. Lectures will consist of content discussions and practical application exercises; attendance and participation are expected.
Tutorials will provide students additional opportunities for hands-on experience in a small-group setting; attendance and participation are required.
Grading
NOTES:
There will be NO tutorials during Week 1
This course uses Turnitin to check the originality of students' papers. Students who decline to use Turnitin may be unable to complete the course. *Please note: It is not the policy of the Psychology Department to record Undergraduate Course Lectures.*
IMPORTANT NOTES:
This course involves a heavy workload. It is recommended that you plan to take this course during a semester when you can manage the workload alongside your other classes and priorities (i.e., you may wish to take fewer courses when taking PSYC 300W).
You MUST add this course through the online registration platform (goSFU). The professor CANNOT do manual additions. The waitlist will be honoured. Please DO NOT send emails requesting to be added.
REQUIREMENTS:
PREREQUISITES:
PSYC 201W (no exceptions)
There is no required textbook for this course. Weekly readings will be posted on the course Canvas page. Each student will also read a popular-press book from a list of preapproved options (assigned early in the semester).
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
There is no required textbook for this course.
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Registrar Notes:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
SFU’s Academic Integrity website http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.
Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the university community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the university. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the university. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html
RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION
Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.