• Assessment of students’ performance will be based on three short-essay “In-Class Writing Assignments (ICWAs),” which will be written in class without aids. ICWA topics will be based on lectures, discussions, and assigned readings, and will be given to students two weeks in advance of the in-class writings. The first ICWA will be worth 20% of the final grade (so that students can “get used to” the assignment format), and the second and third ICWAs each will be worth 40% of the final grade.

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This offering of Psychology 308 will consist of one three-hour class during each week of the Summer term of 2018. Most classes will consist of a lecture, followed by a discussion of assigned readings, which students are expected to have read before each class. During the discussion periods, students will interact with each other and be asked questions by the instructor, encouraging them to express their views and understandings. The lectures will precede the discussions, and will provide historical information and a context within which the readings can be understood and discussed. Discussions will not be held during the first class or during the classes that are devoted to the writing of in-class assignments (i.e., weeks 5, 9, and 13).