CHESS 16-34 REV COURSE PSY 20300

February 6, 2017

Purdue Northwest Curriculum Document

Program Name: Psychology

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Document No: CHESS 16-34 REV COURSE PSY 20300
Proposed Effective Date: Fall 2017
Submitting Department: Psychology, CHESS
Date Reviewed by Department: November 10th, 2016
Submission Date: February 6th, 2017
Date Reviewed College/School Curriculum Committee: March 03, 2017
Contact Person: David Pick, Interim Dept Head

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Approval by Faculty Senate: May 5, 2017
Date Reviewed by Senate Curriculum Committee: 4/14/17
Name(s) of Library Staff Consulted: NA
Will New Library Resources Used?: No
Form 40 Needed?: Yes

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Task: Course Change or New Course Proposal

Program Name(s): Psychology
Degree Name(s): BA/BS

Section II: This section is for changes in courses only

Subject: Updating pre-requisites and course description for PSY 20300
Justification: Previous prerequisites and course description are inaccurate as a result of unification

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Current:

PSY 20300: Introduction to Research methods in Psychology

Credit Hours: 3:00

The use of scientific method in psychology. Lecture covers principles of collecting and interpreting data, using examples of research from many areas of psychology. In the laboratory portion, the student uses many different techniques from various areas of psychology. Should be taken at Purdue University, West Lafayette. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. 0.000 OR 3.000

Credit hours Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate

Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Laboratory, Lecture All Sections for this Course

Course Attributes: Experiential Learning, Exl-Design Projects, Exl-Undergraduate Research, Lower Division Psychology-PNW Department

Prerequisites: Undergraduate level PSY 20100 Minimum Grade of C-