Georgia Perimeter College
Syllabus
PSYC 1101-201
Spring
INSTRUCTOR CONTACT INFORMATION
Dr. Julie Resh
Telephone: 404-932-6426 (after 8 am and before 10 pm) 
E-mail address: Dr.Resh@comcast.net 
Website: dr-resh.tripod.com 
DEPARTMENT CONTACT INFORMATION
Department of Social Sciences, E-2208
Chair: Dr. Barbara L. Brown
Secretary: Ms. Dyesha Howard
Department Telephone: 770-551-3084
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I.
COURSE TITLE: Introduction to General Psychology
II. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES: A broad survey of the major topics in psychology
including but not limited to, research methodology, biological and social factors influencing behavior,
development, learning, memory, personality, and abnormal psychology.
III. REQUIRED TEXT: Psychology: Themes and Variations, 6th Edition, by Wayne Weiten,
Thomson/Wadsworth Publishing
IV. GENERAL COURSE REQUIREMENTS: CLASS ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED and will count
toward your grade in this course. I recommend that you keep a notebook for this course, in which you
keep the course syllabus (that would be this handout), class handouts, class exercises, and class notes.
This notebook will be an invaluable asset when studying for tests.
V. GRADING:
There will be 5 exams: 4 exams and 1 cumulative final exam. All exams will be in a multiple choice
format. There will be NO MAKE-UP EXAMS. The lowest exam grade will be dropped. Each exam will
count for 15% of your grade. The final will count for 20% of your grade. You are expected to bring a
green scan-tron (which can be purchased at the bookstore) and a pencil to each exam. If you fail to do
so, you will not be permitted to take the exam.
You will be required to complete two projects outlined separately in the syllabus. Each project will count
for 15% of your grade. One project will be due at the midpoint of the term with the other exam being due
at the end of the term. Late projects will be excepted, however, 5 points will be deducted from your grade
for each class period that the project is late.
Grades will be computed as follows:
Class participation:
Three best exams:
Final:
Midpoint Project :
Final Project:
5%
45%
20%
15%
15%
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The grading scale below will be used to determine your final grade.
AVERAGE
90 - 100
80 - 89
70 - 79
60 - 69
BELOW 60
GRADE
A
B
C
D
F
VI. ABSENCE/WITHDRAWAL POLICY: You are expected to attend all classes. Missed classes count as
absences even if you were not yet registered for this class. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL
MATERIAL COVERED, EVEN IF YOU ARE ABSENT. You will receive a grade of zero (0) for
attendance/class participation on days you are absent. These attendance/class participation points
cannot be made up. Only two planned absences are permitted and I must be notified of these absences
in advance. Please notify me immediately following an unplanned absence from class. Failure to do so
will count against your grade.
TARDY ARRIVAL/EARLY DEPARTURE POLICY: You are expected to arrive ON TIME for each class
and to remain until class is dismissed. Late arrivals (and early departures) disrupt the class and distract
everyone, including me. If you should arrive late, please enter quietly and take your seat as unobtrusively
as possible.
Attendance will be taken at the beginning of class. If you arrive after attendance has been taken, it is your
responsibility to notify me that you are present at a break or at the end of class. If you arrive more than
1/2 hour late or leave more than 1/2 hour early, this will be counted as an absence. The syllabus and any
relevant course materials (e.g. handouts) will be post on the web page listed at the beginning of the
syllabus. You are responsible for obtaining these handouts from the website if you are absent from class.
Copies of the handouts will only be brought to class the day they are initially handed out to students.
Please turn off/silence all cell phones, pagers, and electronic devices prior to the beginning of class. If
you fail to do so and class is disrupted by your electronic device, you may be asked to leave the class.
VII. CHEATING/PLAGIARISM POLICY: Cheating is against school policy. Cheating includes any attempt
to defraud, deceive, or mislead the instructor in arriving at an honest grade assessment, and may include
copying answers from other students or using unauthorized notes during tests. Plagiarism is a particular
form of cheating that involves presenting as one's own the ideas or work of another, and may include
using other people's ideas without proper attribution and submitting another person's work as one's own.
Violations of the cheating policy will result in a grade of '0' for the assignment in question, and may result
in a failing grade for the course at the instructor's discretion. See the Student Conduct Code in the Student
Handbook for details and for a review of the appeals procedure. Additional information related to
Academic Honesty as it applies to courses taken in the Department of Social Sciences on the Dunwoody
Campus may be found on our website at
http://www.gpc.edu/~bbrown/socialsciences/academichonesty.htm.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT STATEMENT
If you are a student who is disabled as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and requires
assistance or support services, please seek assistance through the Center for Disability Services. A CDS
Counselor will coordinate those services.
STATEMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION
Georgia Perimeter College supports the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Executive Order #11246, Title IX of the
Educational Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with
Disabilities Act. No person shall, on the basis of age, race, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation,
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national origin or disability, be excluded from participation in, or be denied the benefits of, or be subjected
to discrimination under any program or activity of the college.
Any individual with a grievance related to the enforcement of any of the above provisions should contact
the Assistant Director of Human Resources, Ombudsperson.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION STATEMENT
Georgia Perimeter College adheres to affirmative action policies to promote diversity and equal
opportunity for all faculty and students.
THE REGENTS’ TEST
The University System of Georgia requires that all students enrolled in undergraduate degree programs in
University System institutions (including Georgia Perimeter College) successfully complete all parts of a
competency examination in reading and English composition. This competency examination is commonly
called “the Regents’ Test”, and it is free of charge. A student has two attempts to pass this test before
accumulating 45 hours of collegiate credit. Please sign up for the Regents’ Test when you enroll in
English 1102. Do this in time to have two attempts before accumulating 45 credit hours!
Midpoint Psychology Project
For this project, you are required to create a game that could be used in therapy either with children, adolescents, or
adults. You must make the game board, cards, etc. that would be required to play the game. You will also write a
paper, using APA standards, outlining the purpose of your game as well as the reasoning behind the creation of your
game.
You must have the topic of your game approved by no later than January 23rd.
Journal Article Assignment
(Final Project)
1.
Choose a topic that interests you in the field of psychology. Some possible topics include, but are not
limited to: alcoholism, drug addiction, sexual abuse, depression, anxiety, PTSD, fetal alcohol syndrome,
learning disorders, etc.
2.
You must find four research articles from a scholarly psychological journal published since 2002. The
articles must be related to you topic.
3.
Bring the articles to class for approval no later April 3rd.
4.
Your paper should be typed following APA style as well as 4-6 pages in length. This does not include the
title page or the reference page.
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