PSYC 350/450 HUMAN NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

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PSYC 350/450 Human Neuropsychology, Fall 2012 Description of Instructor I matriculated from University of Florida’s Clinical Psychology program in 2000, where I specialized in neuropsychology. My clinical interests include problems presented by pediatric neuropsychology populations, and my research interests include normal and abnormal language development. I came to Roosevelt University from University of California, Los Angeles, where I studied cognitive development using magnetic resonance imaging techniques. I currently collaborate with the Pediatric Brain Research and Intervention Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago to study attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. I am committed to the learning of each student in the course. If there is a problem that is negatively impacting your course performance, please contact me immediately so that we can develop an appropriate plan to help you succeed in this course. Please do not wait until after an exam or after an assignment is due to inform me of your difficulty. You are welcome to contact me by phone, voice mail, or email. Grades Undergraduate (PSYC 350): Assignments/Exercises 15% Exam 1 20% Exam 2 20% Exam 3 20% Service-learning journal 20% Participation 5% ------- Total 100% Graduate (PSYC 450): Assignments/Exercises 15% Exam 1 20% Exam 2 20% Exam 3 20% Paper 15% Presentation 5% Participation 5% ------ Total 100% Course grade assignment (percentage range): Accrued course Letter grade percentage Corresponding GPA 97-100 A+ 4.0 93-96.99 A 4.0 90-92.99 A- 3.67 87-89.99 B+ 3.33 83-86.99 B 3 80-82.99 B- 2.67 77-79.99 C+ 2.33 73-76.99 C 2 70-72.99 C- (minimal acceptable grade 1.67 to count towards major/minor) 67-69.99 D+ 1.33 63-66.99 D 1 60-62.99 D- 0.67 0-59.99 F 0 Updated 8/24/2012 2
PSYC 350/450 Human Neuropsychology, Fall 2012 Your grades will be posted throughout the semester on Blackboard’s “My Grades” tab (http://roosevelt.blackboard.com), so please make sure you know how to use this website. Any errors must be brought to my notice via written format (e.g., email) and dated within two weeks of posting in order to be considered for change. Otherwise, grades posted on Blackboard are final. Thus you are encouraged to check this record each week to make sure your grades have been posted accurately. Be sure to set up your Roosevelt email account (@mail.roosevelt.edu) and check it regularly, or forward your mail to your regularly checked account, as official emails from the University (including from me) will be sent to this address. Internet access is available in the computer labs if you do not have a home computer. Assignments/Exercises We will have individual and group exercises to facilitate learning of course materials and to encourage teamwork. Exercises will be collected at random to be graded. No exercises will be accepted after the announced due time, and students must be present to obtain credit for group work. That means that students who are not present at the time of the exercise will forfeit the opportunity to earn these points. No make-up exercises will be given, even for excused absences. To accommodate unavoidable absences, 2 lowest grades that contribute to the Assignments/Exercises component will be dropped. For example, if 50 points were accrued throughout the semester, and each exercise average 3 points, then the total considered for this component will be 44. Your summed total will be divided by 44, then multiplied by 15 to yield the number that will be added to calculate your semester grade. Exams Tests will be multiple choice, fill in the blank, matching, short answer, and/or essay questions. Students will be allowed to bring half a sheet (8.5” x 5.5”, double sided) of handwritten notes to each exam. Drawings and graphs are allowed, but they must be hand-produced by the student; photocopies or typed material are not allowed. Exams will require students to demonstrate understanding of course concepts by integrating course materials and applying those concepts to real-life situations or problems. That is, students are expected to know not only “definitions,” but to be able to apply newly learned knowledge. Students are encouraged to study for each exam by reviewing course lectures, readings, assignments, and web quizzes associated with each chapter on the textbook publisher’s website (access Blackboard’s Publisher’s Website link). No make-up exams will be given. Students whose schedule conflicts with exam dates must inform me within the first two weeks of the semester so that alternatives can be planned. Students will have an opportunity to improve Exam 1 and 2 grades if they can demonstrate mastery of the material post hoc. After grades are released, students have one week to write one short paragraph for each item missed to demonstrate mastery of that item. Each paragraph must be comprehensible as an independent unit (i.e., without the need to refer back to the exam), and must be grammatically correct and clear. Demonstration of mastery may include why your response was wrong and the rationale for the correct response. Satisfactory completion of each item will earn half of the points assigned to that item on the exam. This option is not available for the final exam. Service-learning journal (undergraduate)/paper & presentation (graduate) These are described in separate documents. Participation Updated 8/24/2012 3
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