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Approvals Received:

Department
on 10-10-06
by Jeri Mullin
(mullinjl@umn.edu)

Curriculum Committee
on 10-10-06
by Jeri Mullin
(mullinjl@umn.edu)

Approvals Pending:

Campus Assembly > Catalog

Effective Status:

Active

Effective Term:

1079 - Fall 2007

Course:

PSY 4950

Institution:

UMNMO - Morris

Career:

UGRD

College:

MDSS - Division of Social Sciences

Department:

249 - UMM-Soc Sciences, Div of-Adm

General

Course Title Short:

Adv Sem in Social Psychology

Course Title Long:

Advanced Seminar in Social Psychology

Max-Min Credits
for Course:

4.0 to 4.0 credit(s)

Catalog
Description:

Advanced seminar on selected topics in the area of Social Psychology. Members of the seminar read and discuss primary source material on a topic of common interest. In addition, each student investigates a related topic in greater depth. The student writes a paper and gives a public presentation based on the in-depth investigation.

Additional Course
Information
(for catalog
production):

Grading Basis:

A-F only

Honors Course:

Delivery Mode(s):

Classroom

Years most
frequently offered:

Every academic year

Term(s) most
frequently offered:

Spring

Component 1:

SEM (no final exam)

Auto-Enroll
Course:

Graded
Component:

SEM

Academic
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
4.0 credit(s)

Financial Aid
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
4.0 credit(s)

Repetition of
Course:

Repetition not allowed.

Course
Prerequisites
for Catalog:

2001, 3501, sr status, #

Course
Equivalency:

01276 - Psy 4750

Consent
Requirement:

Instructor

Enforced
Prerequisites:
(course-based or
non-course-based)

No prerequisites

Editor Comments:

Edited for PSoft 10.10.06 jlm. Edited for catalog 10.13.06 NEH.

Proposal Changes:

History Information:

Goals:
The course is intended to serve as a capstone experience for all psychology majors. Students will demonstrate their ability to read and critically synthesize primary source material. They will also have the opportunity to investigate a topic of their choosing in depth and communicate their findings in an extensive written report and public presentation.

Assessment:
The success of the course will be assessed by the quality of the research papers and the public presentations.

Assessment
and Goals:

Rationale for
Changes or
Exceptions:

THE ADVANCED SEMINARS WILL REPLACE OUR EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS COURSES AS THE PSYCHOLOGY CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE. THEY WILL ALLOW STUDENTS TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR MASTERY OF THE FIELD BY FUNCTIONING IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO A MEMBER OF A GRADUATE SEMINAR.

General Education

Faculty
Sponsor Name:

Dennis Stewart

Requirement
this course fulfills:

SS - SS Human Behavior, Social Processes and Institutions

Provisional
Approval:

Not Requested

Regular
Approval:

Requested on Sep 25, 2006

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