PSYC 100 Psychology

An introductory survey of basic areas of psychology including perception, cognition, learning and motivation and their biological substrata. Also reviewed are child development, individual differences, social psychology and abnormal psychology.

BHSc Online Students: This course can be taken as an option course towards your Bachelor of Health Sciences degree, however is offered by the Faculty of Arts and Science. Please visit Arts and Science Online to review when this course will be offered and all pertinent information pertaining to this course.

BHSc On-Campus Students: This course can be taken as an option course towards you Bachelor of Health Sciences degree, however it is offered by the Faculty of Arts and Science. Please visit the Psychology Department to review when this course will be offered and all pertinent information pertaining to this course. Note: This course is available both on-campus and online.

Prerequisites

None

Exclusions

No more than 1 course from PSYC 100/6.0; PSYC 101/3.0; PSYC 102/3.0; PSYC 103/3.0.

Time Commitment

To complete the readings, assignments, and course activities, students can expect to spend, on average, about 9-10 hours per week (221 hours per term) on the course.

Textbooks and Materials

CDS reserves the right to make changes to the required material list as received by the instructor before the course starts. Please refer to the Campus Bookstore website at http://www.campusbookstore.com/Textbooks/Search-Engine to obtain the most up-to-date list of required materials for this course before purchasing them.

Required Material

Pearson Student Access Code Card: The Pearson Student Access code (which contains your online lessons) is required. It comes bundled with an e-text (Krause, Corts, Smith & Dolderman. An Introduction to Psychological Science, 2nd Canadian Edition). You have the option to buy a looseleaf copy version of the e-text along with the code if you wish.

Your 2 options for your course material:

Pearson Student Access code (incl. e-text) please visit http://www.campusbookstore.com/Textbooks/AccessCodes/ to purchase the stand alone access code, or pick one up on the shelf, beside the textbooks.
Pearson Student Access code (incl. e-text) + looseleaf printed text (https://www.campusbookstore.com/textbooks/search-engine/results?Course=PSYCB03439)

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