PSY 097 – Exploring the Psychology Major
Course Goals:
The goal of The Psychology Department is that you become an engaged learner and discover the experiential
learning opportunities in Psychology. PSY097 also has the following learning outcomes: applying psychology
and career preparation.
Your responsibilities:
1) Workshop Attendance – Due Date: December 4
Attend a minimum of 4 scheduled workshops of interest. Workshops approved for PSY097 will be
posted on the Psychology Department Calendar (http://psychology.pages.tcnj.edu/calendar-of-events/).
This list will be periodically updated. To document your attendance at any workshop, please download
the workshop form from Canvas or from the Psychology website and have this form stamped at the end of
the workshop. You will not receive workshop credit if you arrive late or leave early.
a. Make sure you are checking which events on the calendar qualify for PSY097.
b. Keep checking the calendar for added workshops; they are added throughout the semester.
Submit your completed forms to the Psychology Main office or upload to Canvas to satisfy
this advising requirement. You can also get one workshop credit for attending a resume
workshop at the Career Center and one workshop credit for going to the Tutoring Center
for a writing consultation. Note that you can get a total of one credit for each; even if you
attend the Career Center or Tutoring Center multiple times, only one visit for each will
count towards 09X.
2) Complete and submit the Resume/CV - Due Date: December 4
a. Upload polished, revised, and updated resume to Canvas by due date.
b. If you need help creating a resume, you can attend a resume workshop at the Career Center
(resume workshops also count for one 09X workshop – be sure to get a Career Center employee’s
signature after workshop). For more suggestions and example resumes go to “How to Prepare a
Winning Resume” on the Career Center’s webpage: http://career.pages.tcnj.edu/students/careerguidance/resumes/
3) Post-Course Survey - Due Date: December 4
a. Please complete the post-course evaluation electronically. A link to the evaluation will be posted
to Canvas before the end of the semester.
b. Please note that the completion of the course evaluation in Qualtrics will not automatically check
off your completion in Canvas. Checking for your completion of the survey is a manual process
(we see if it’s completed in Qualtrics, then manually enter the check into Canvas student by
student), so please be patient and do not take the course evaluation multiple times.
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PSY 097 – Exploring the Psychology Major
Grading:
This course is graded on a P/U (pass/unsatisfactory) basis. As of Fall 2014, we no longer award IPs
for incomplete work. When you enroll in an advising course, you must finish all assignments by
the end of the semester in which you are enrolled. If you do not, you will get a U and must reenroll and restart the course the next semester.
Selected Policies:
Academic Integrity Policy
Academic dishonesty is any attempt by the student to gain academic advantage through dishonest means, to
submit, as his or her own, work which has not been done by him/her or to give improper aid to another student in
the completion of an assignment. Such dishonesty would include, but is not limited to: submitting as his/her own
a project, paper, report, test, or speech copied from, partially copied, or paraphrased from the work of another
(whether the source is printed, under copyright, or in manuscript form). Credit must be given for words quoted or
paraphrased. The rules apply to any academic dishonesty, whether the work is graded or ungraded, group or
individual, written or oral.
TCNJ’s academic integrity policy is available on the web:
(http://policies.tcnj.edu/policies/digest.php?docId=7642)
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Policy
Any student who has a documented disability and is in need of academic accommodations should notify the
professor of this course and contact Disability Support Services (609-771-3199) or
http://differingabilities.pages.tcnj.edu/. Accommodations are individualized and in accordance with Section 504
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1992.
TCNJ’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) policy is available on the web:
http://policies.tcnj.edu/policies/digest.php?docId=8082
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