Psyc 210 Applied Psychology: Peer Education

Winter Term, 2005
11:10am– 12:20pm Monday and Friday
Landis Health and Counseling Center
Jerri Kahl, Instructor

Course Objectives:

• To learn all aspects of community and how campus culture is affected by the attitudes and behaviors of its individual members
• To learn about sexual assault, alcohol and drug abuse, and related topics, and to learn ways to empower students to deal with these issues
• To increase self-awareness of personal attitudes about these issues
• To learn how to convey information in both formal and informal settings

Class Requirements:

• Attend and participate in class discussions, read assigned material (up to 180 points)
• Attend weekend Certified Peer Educator training or write a paper using material from the manual (up to 100 points)
• Design and implement one class presentation on a syllabus topic of your choice. Please include a working outline, handouts, and discussion questions (up to 100 points)
• Write and submit each week a one page reaction paper on how you felt about what you read, what has been discussed, or what you learned (up to 90 points)
• Extra credit opportunities to be discussed in class.

Points:

455 - 470 = A
439 - 454 = A-
423 - 438 = B+
407 - 422 = B
391 - 406 = B-
375 - 390 = C+
359 - 374 = C
343 - 358 = C-
327 - 342 = D+
311 - 326 = D
295 - 310 = D-
Below 295 = F