PSYC 350/450 HUMAN NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

PSYC 350/450 Human Neuropsychology, Fall 2012
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(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
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