Course: Psychology of Human Relations
Reference: Fall2015
August 26, 2015 - December 22, 2015
Professor: Quincey L. Daniels, Ph.D.
Instructor e-mail: qdaniels@wctc.edu
Telephone: (608) 855-0216
Office Hours: Communication should be made via e-mail. All
correspondence will be answered within 24 hours.
Text: Psychology ADJUST: Applying Psychology to Life
Authors: Weiten - Lloyd - Dunn- Hammer
ISBN: 13:978--1-133-59498-7
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Welcome to The Psychology Human Relations. The Psychology of Human Relations emphasizes the application of psychological theories to the student's own life. This is accomplished by activities that require the student to apply principles not only to his/her own personal life, but also to interaction with others at work and other situations.
This course will empower you with intrapersonal (self-understanding) and interpersonal competencies that will allow you to develop your potential and interact more effectively with other people in your life.
The class will move very quickly and there is likely not sufficient time to catch up if you fall behind. Please ensure you schedule adequate time to complete the assignments and all reading.
This course is entirely online. There is no required on-campus orientation, or meeting. All course assignments and testing will be completed online or through email.
You MUST obtain the text, and you will need it when the term begins-NO
EXCEPTIONS.
SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENTS
All assignments are expected to be completed on time, grammatically correct and spell checked. All assignments are to be posted in the appropriate forum of the discussion board for the appropriate week and assignment. Assignments are not to be e-mailed to me unless specified to do so. By posting your assignments to the discussion board, you will receive feedback from other students, which should promote in depth discussion of the topics being discussed.
USE OF EMAIL
While all assignments and general questions should be posted to the discussion board, there will be times when you will need to contact me via email.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS AND ISSUES
You must have access to a personal computer running Windows with an Internet connection. High speed internet such as broadband or DSL is preferable since it will greatly increase the speed with which you may participate in the online discussions as well as submit your assignments. Your browser should be Netscape or Internet Explorer. The latest versions of Netscape and Internet Explorer can be downloaded from the Internet. Questions of compatibility and requirements should be directed to the school helpdesk:
• Blackboard technical assistance: Student Help Desk at 262.691.5361 (M – F 8:00 am - 10:00 pm and Sat. 8:00 am - 3:00 pm).
• General questions: 262.691.5314.
Since this class is entirely online, you must anticipate there may be problems with
your personal computer, the Internet and / or server issues related to e-mail and
the blackboard-learning environment. Because of this, please do not wait until the
last minute to post your assignments. It is best to plan to post your assignments before the due date.
This way, if you run into technical difficulties, you will have adequate time to locate an alternate computer source for posting assignments, therefore avoiding falling behind. It is a good idea to print this syllabus so you will know what assignments are due and when. This will also allow you to work on some portion of the course, even if you cannot access the course website for a day or two due to technical problems.
GETTING STARTED
To gain access to my online classes, please go the Blackboard log in.
Each week, you must access the course management site for this class. From this site, you will log in the username and password.
Be sure to check for any Announcements that may be posted on this first screen
for updated news and information related to your class.
CLASS INTERACTION
If you have a question regarding the content of this class or requirements, just like you may have in an on-campus class, you should ask it! However, unless the question is personal in nature and you would prefer that the class not be aware of the question, I ask that you post all questions in the “Questions for the Professor” forum on the Discussion Board area of Blackboard. In this way, if other students have a similar question, I will only need to answer the question one time.
At all times, I strongly encourage that each student’s interactions in the discussion area follow the basic rules of Internet and interpersonal etiquette. All participants will be expected to follow basic rules of civility. Edit your emails for “tone” before sending. When emailing the instructor or fellow students please follow these basic rules:
• Be brief.
• Use proper grammar and spelling.
• Do not post insulting, offensive or personally provoking messages. If you have to
think about whether your comment or statement may be offensive to -don’t post it.
• Be forgiving of each other's "Mis Takes" (mistakes).
Do not offend your online learning community by posting sloppy work. If you have
difficulty with grammar, punctuation and language usage, please compose your written work in a word processing area and cut / paste it to the discussion board area.
(I recommend this method in any case, since you can save a copy to your computer hard drive)
GENERAL POLICIES
Code of Conduct and Academic Ethics Code of Conduct:
WCTC, as a community dedicated to learning, personal growth and the advancement of knowledge, expects and requires the behavior of all of its students to be compatible with its high standards of scholarship and conduct. All individuals and/or groups of the WCTC community are expected to speak and act with respect for the human dignity of others, both in and outside, and in social, recreational and academic activities. WCTC encourages the free exchange of ideas and opinions, but expects that the free expression of views will be made with respect for the human dignity and freedom of others. WCTC expects the highest standards of conduct for its students. The WCTC Code of Conduct and Academic Ethics Code further outline the rights and responsibilities of students. For more information, those documents can be found at: www.wctc.edu/conduct.
Reporting Concerns:
WCTC prohibits all forms of discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and coercion – including sexual harassment, assault, and other forms of sexual misconduct. If you have been the victim of, witnessed, or been made aware of an incident of discrimination/harassment (including sexual misconduct), campus support resources exist – and reporting is strongly encouraged. Students should be aware that WCTC staff, faculty, and administrators have a duty to report such incidents. For the safety of our campus community, we encourage students to do the same; if you see something – say something. The College’s Title IX Coordinator, Nicole Gahagan (VP of Student Services), can be reached at 262-691-5240. For more information, including links to community and confidential resources or to file a report, visit www.wctc.edu/sexual-misconduct.
Attendance Policy:
The college takes pride in providing accessible education to
students who experience high-level job demands, and yet the institution demands a firm and fair standard of attendance. Regular participation and timely submission of assignments are required.
Absences from Electronic Discussions (i.e. Missing the Weekly Assignment Deadline for Discussion Topics):
For the best possible grade, turn in all assignments on time. Just as one cannot attend a class one has missed due to illness or other personal reasons, one cannot participate in a missed electronic discussion.
Absences from Testing: Missing a deadline for testing will be handled by
assignment of an alternate assignment, on a case by case basis, and will require valid and documented excuses.
Please note that there are very few acceptable excuses in an electronic class that allows participation twenty-four hours a day for a full seven days each week.
(Unexpected war deployment and death being the only two that come to mind right off hand.) In the case of serious illness, I will accept notes from a physician spelling out the severity of the illness and its impact on class participation for specified dates.
Those who miss class participation deadlines for unexcused reasons will neither
be excused nor allowed an opportunity to make up the work. Missing a class
participation deadline is like skipping class. You are allowed 1 week of inactivity without the absence affecting your grade.
2 weeks of inactivity results in - minus 250 points
3 weeks of inactivity results in -400 points being unable to pass the course
Academic Dishonesty: Any student suspected of and/or caught participating in
academic dishonesty (cheating) will be given a failing grade. A great deal of information sharing is expected to take place in this class, but not information concerning exams. Do not send or solicit information about class tests to other students enrolled in this class.
As members of an academic community that places a high value on truth and pursuit of knowledge, WCTC students are expected to be honest in every phase of their academic life and to present as their own work only that which is genuinely theirs. Each student has the responsibility to maintain the highest standards of academic integrity and to refrain from cheating, plagiarism, or any other form of academic dishonesty. Academic dishonesty is representing another's work as one's own, active complicity in such falsification, or violating test conditions. Plagiarism is stealing and passing off the ideas and words of another as one's own or using the work of another without crediting the source.
Americans' With Disabilities Act (ADA) Policy: WCTC is
committed to policies, which assure that there is no discrimination on the basis of age, gender, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, or disability. If you have any disability or special concern, you must let me know during the first week of class what your needs are in order that they may be accommodated.
ASSIGNMENTS, ASSESSMENT AND GRADING
Assignments are not optional, full credit will be deducted for assignments not completed and partial credit deducted for those submitted late.
Grades in this course will be determined by many factors, which are outlined below:
1. Exam
You will take 5 exams total that covers the material you have read. Each exam is worth 100 points and will consist of multiple choice items and or true false questions.
The items in each exam were developed by the book publisher. Some of the exam
questions will be difficult and will test your application of your reading. I would
consider some of the items to be very challenging.
Exams are open book, but you will only be given 90 minutes to complete the exam. Although the exam items are challenging, I do not allow collaboration between students. If there is evidence of collaboration, an F will be given immediately to all students suspected of collaborating in the class and possible administrative actions through the college may be invoked. No specific quiz items are to be discussed in any capacity on the course discussion board. If this occurs, it will be considered collaboration and dealt with as described above. If you have specific questions regarding an item, email me your question.
When taking the exam, you should block out adequate time to concentrate on the exam and to minimize environmental distractions. You will only be allowed to take the exam one time.
Because no test is perfect in measuring a person’s knowledge of a content area, I do allow challenges of test items. However, the following guidelines are to be adhered to when challenging items.
1. Identify the item #
2. Your explanation of why you are challenging the item
(stating because the book said so is not sufficient)
3. The reference from the textbook by page number and
paragraph.
If all of the above information is not included with the challenge, I will not
consider the challenge.
2. Online Discussions
Throughout the course, each student will be expected to regularly interact in
online discussions. Due to varying schedules, we will not meet in a live
discussion chat forum, but instead through message threads.
I do have virtual office hours that I will post each week where you will be able to log in and discuss questions you have in the course.
Each week, I will post a topic(s) for online discussion that was particularly
interesting to you from that weeks reading. Each student is expected to not only comment on their topic, but on the comments of your fellow students. I am not looking for you to simply cut and paste information from a website, but for a well thought out response to the topic you have chosen to discuss from the weeks reading.
This should be 1-2 well developed paragraphs (300 word minimum) and included references for all information referenced in your topic. Therefore, for example, it is not sufficient to state
“many people think …..”, unless you tell me what people and who researched the
topic. This process should lead to a scholarly exchange of ideas, perspectives
and information. Your postings should be researched and based on fact and not
simply your personal opinion-your opinion is only part of the answer.
Online discussion topics that are posted, but lack scholarly content or research
and simply state your opinion, will be graded accordingly. Remember that your
online learning community is concerned with sharing “educated”
viewpoints.
Each online discussion will be worth a maximum of 25 points for a single forum. The maximum
number of points that can be earned through online discussions during the
course is 400.
3. Reading
Each week there is a reading assignment from your text. After the weekly reading we will engage your fellow students and the instructor the Blackboard forums.
When you get there, click on the Chapter you are reviewing. There is a host of
additional information to assist you in reinforcing your reading and understanding
of the material. Each weeks reading assignment is supplemented by a PowerPoint lecture. Lectures are located in the Course Folders area of Blackboard and are
categorized by chapter number.
4. Online Discussion Feedback
This is the challenging part of this course. Since you do not come to class, I
utilize the discussion boards as our virtual class. This is where our discussion of
topics and issues will occur. You are expected to READ all posted, general
comments and online discussions each week and respond to the
comments of your cyber classmates. (at least 2 class members)
Your responses in these areas may be
less structured, but clearly conveyed intellectually accurate information,
comments and opinions are always expected. This assignment should be at
least one well developed paragraph. (5-7 sentences usually comprise a
paragraph).
Simple gratitude’s or accolades will not qualify as class participation under this section, nor will simple statement of agreement or disagreement-I want your thoughts and their rationale. I am looking for you to challenge your classmates perspective or position or agree with it, but provide your rationale for doing so. When responding to your classmates under this assignment, do not begin a new thread, simply “reply” to their post via the reply function in the discussion forum.
5. 3-5 page Reflective Paper- This is a 100 point reflective paper. It is a 3-5 page document due in the final week of the course. It is an APA style paper with information that will be available in the course folder.
COURSE ROOM POLICIES
a. Since discussion is an essential part of this course please make your first post not later than Friday evening.
b. Please remember netiquette, it is okay to disagree as long as we are respectful in our disagreement.
Not being respectful in the course has a 3 tiered consequence:
a) First incidence – email warning by the instructor
b) Second incidence – meeting with the instructor and chair of Department
c) Third incidence-removal from the course
c. Do not "intimidate" online.
d. You are responsible for tracking your own grade progress (see course requirements and grading scheme to help you keep track of available points). If you have questions about your grade call , make an appointment, or contact the instructor via email.
WCTC, as a community dedicated to learning, personal growth and the advancement of knowledge, expects and requires the behavior of all of its students to be compatible with its high standards of scholarship and conduct. All individuals and/or groups of the WCTC community are expected to speak and act with respect for the human dignity of others, both within the classroom and outside it, in social and recreational as well as academic activities. The WCTC Code of Conduct and Academic Ethics Code further outline the rights and responsibilities of students. For more information, those documents can be found at: www.wctc.edu/conduct.
e. Late work will not be accepted unless you have a valid documented excuse
(Documented illness or death in the family). If you miss an assignment or exam and you have a valid documented excuse notify me as soon as possible via phone or email so we can arrange a reasonable time for you to make up the missed assignment.
5. Class Participation
In the course of the participating in the online discussion, I expect that you will read many posts from your classmates, but you will not respond to all of them. In addition, you may want to provide a thank you or provide feedback to your classmates for a job well done. You may be asked a question by a classmate or have a comment you wish to make to them.
This work will be reflected in this portion of your grade. During the entire course, every click and post you make across the discussion board, is measured. Therefore, at the conclusion of the course, I can determine who participated in the discussion board and to what extent.
Grading
Your grade will be earned based on your performance in the various learning activities of this course: research, writing, & critical thinking. Each assignment or test earns you points toward your final grade. A breakdown of points is shown below:
Exams 500 points
Online Discussions 400 points
Reflection Paper 100 points
Total Points Possible: 1000 points
Students must ensure that if they will not be able to complete the course,
that they attempt to withdraw from the class prior to the withdraw date.
Only under sever extenuating circumstances will a student be given a
grade of “NP”. A grade of “I” will only be provided in situations where the
student provides documented evidence to the professor that they will not
be able to complete the class. In all other situations, a student will receive
an “F” for not completing the class.
Letter Grade Assignments:
A 900-1000 points
AB 850-899 points
B 800-849 points
B- 775-799 points
C+ 751-774 points
C 700-750 points
C- 675-699 points
D+ 650-674 points
D 625-649 points
D- 600-624 points
F 0-59% 0-599 points
Human Relations Service-Learning Opportunities
As part of our 21st century global village, we must develop human relations skills as citizens of the United States. We are challenged to make a meaningful difference in our world through creating productive human relationships that allow us to give of our talents and unique gifts to enrich the lives of others. We will consider our roles and responsibilities as world citizens and we will each create a personal
"Make a Difference Day Project" for the Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee.
to experience the challenges and rewards of helping others.
Some of you may choose to join a community social action project team for a group project and presentation. This option will help you develop personal understanding of the value of Servant Leadership in our world.
The instructor reserves the option of making changes to the syllabus to improve student learning. Announcements will be posted if there is a change.
Course Schedule
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