Everyone will be expected to complete the following REQUIREMENTS:
- Reading assignments: If everyone does all of the reading in advance, our discussions will occur at a significantly higher level, and will therefore be much more interesting. I recommend completing the weekly reading as soon as possible in the week when it’s assigned. In all cases, if you look through the chapter that’s assigned for a specific week, you should be able to tell which class it corresponds to, and you should read that chapter prior to the class in which we’ll be discussing that material.
- (5%)—Syllabus quiz. DUE DATE: Before class on Monday, September 17th.
- (15%)—Class attendance and participation (see the first requirement listed, above). This COULD make a big difference.
- (10%)—A one-page write-up on one of two films related to the content of this course. One option is a 2010 movie called BABIES; the other is a 2018 movie called THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS. The purpose of this exercise is to ensure that you not only watched the movie, but that you also thought about it. This assignment will not be letter graded; instead, you will receive either a check-plus, check, check-minus, or a zero, based on the level of insight and reflection conveyed in your essay. You’ll be graded on the quality of your writing as well as the thought you put into this assignment. DUE DATE: In class on Wednesday, October 10th.
- (20%)—One in-class midterm examination, SCHEDULED FOR Monday, October 29th.* PLEASE NOTE: This exam will occur on the first day back after a week-long fall break, so I will not be able to remind everyone about the test just prior to the test date. It will be your responsibility to return from fall break prepared to take the midterm examination.
- (15%)—A one-page description of an empirical, developmental science research project for which you would like to seek a highly competitive federal grant. More information about this assignment will be provided in class around fall break. DUE DATE: In class on Wednesday, November 28th.
- (15%)—Internship evaluation: It is imperative that you show up for the hours each week when your assigned internship supervisor will be expecting you. Therefore, I will be asking each supervisor to give me some feedback on your performance at his/her internship site; this feedback will be figured into your final grade in this class. DUE DATE: Wednesday, December 12th.
- (20%)—A final examination, SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20 at 9:00 am, in our usual classroom.*
EXTRA CREDIT:
There is no extra credit offered in this course. Points are earned by completing the requirements listed above.
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:
Examinations are used to assess your mastery of the subject matter in the same conditions under which other students in the class will also be assessed. Obviously, cheating gives you an advantage over your peers that is not at all fair.
Cheating on examinations includes:
- Obtaining questions that will be asked on the exam in advance of the exam.
- Providing questions that will be asked on the exam to other students in advance of the exam.
- Taking, or trying to take, an exam for someone else.
- Allowing someone to take an exam in your place.
- Taking unauthorized notes or study aids into the exam.
- Referring to notes, study aids, or other texts in the bathroom during an exam.
- Using your cell phone or other device to store or receive information, and referring to this information during the exam.
- Conferring with classmates during the exam, whether in the classroom or while a take-home exam is in progress.
- Looking at the work of classmates during the exam.
- Allowing a classmate to look at your work.
Any student caught cheating will be dismissed immediately from the exam room and will be subject to the Academic Dishonesty protocol as outlined in the Pitzer College Student Handbook. I also reserve the right to assess a grade of F on any exam where a student is caught cheating. Please do yourself and me the courtesy of not putting either of us in this awkward situation.
*The midterm and final exams will include material from both the textbook and class lectures. When studying for both exams, please remember that all material in the course is fair game, so it is to your advantage to study everything. That having been said, material that is covered both in the textbook AND discussed in class is more likely to appear on an exam than is material covered only in one or the other.
PLEASE NOTE: I will consider any collection of 4 or more consecutive, unquoted words taken from another source to be plagiarism. Any writing assignment containing any plagiarized content will receive an automatic grade of F.