Academic and writing help: For free, personalized, tutoring or writing help, call or visit the Academic Center for Excellence in room 229 Special needs and accommodations: Please speak with the professor about any special problems or needs at the beginning of the course. If you are seeking accommodations based on a disability, you must provide a disability data sheet, which can be obtained from the counselor for special needs (Bisdorf 185, 703-845-6208). Schedule of readings & homework assignments This schedule may change and I will notify you of any changes in advance. You are expected to have read the so that you can participate in the class discussions. In the assigned reading materials before each class period, Assigned Reading section, Morling refers to your textbook Emergency Preparedness Please refer to your syllabus on BLACKBOARD for more information. Materials concerning emergency preparedness are located in the SYLLABUS tab Emergency Preparedness Resources. Schedule of readings and assignments on next page. This schedule is open to revision. I will provide a new schedule if this one changes. ADDITIONAL DATE WEEK TOPIC ASSIGNED READINGS D D ASSIGNMENTS Course introduction; Morling Chapter 1 1 Psychology Is a Way of 08/22 - 08/28 Thinking Finding the best information; Morling Chapter 2 2 08/29-09/04 Library sources Morling Chapter 3 MODNAY LABOR DAY – NO CLASS; 3 09/05-09/11 Interrogation Tools for Consumer Research Morling Chapter 3 Popular Press 09/12-09/18 4 Validities Assignment due Wends. 9/14 Identifying good measurement; Morling Chapter 5/6 5 09/19-09/25 Intro to survey research, design Morling Chapter 6 6 09/26-10/02 Observational research Morling Chapter 7 Research Project Part 1 7 10/03-10/09 Sampling, coding, etc. due Wends. 10/5 REVIEW FOR REVIEW FOR MIDTERM Work on research projects, 8 10/10-10/16 MIDTERM; popular press assignments MIDTERM Wends. 10/12 –
Academic and writing help: For free, personalized, tutoring or writing help, call or visit the Academic Center for Excellence in room 229 Special needs and accommodations: Please speak with the professor about any special problems or needs at the beginning of the course. If you are seeking accommodations based on a disability, you must provide a disability data sheet, which can be obtained from the counselor for special needs (Bisdorf 185, 703-845-6208). Schedule of readings & homework assignments This schedule may change and I will notify you of any changes in advance. You are expected to have read the assigned reading materials before each class period, so that you can participate in the class discussions. In the Assigned Reading section, Morling refers to your textbook Emergency Preparedness Please refer to your syllabus on BLACKBOARD for more information. Materials concerning emergency preparedness are located in the SYLLABUS tab Emergency Preparedness Resources. Schedule of readings and assignments on next page. This schedule is open to revision. I will provide a new schedule if this one changes. D DATE D WEEK TOPIC ASSIGNED READINGS ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENTS 08/22 - 08/28 1 Course introduction; Psychology Is a Way of Thinking Morling Chapter 1 08/29-09/04 2 Finding the best information; Library sources Morling Chapter 2 09/05-09/11 3 MODNAY – LABOR DAY NO CLASS; Interrogation Tools for Consumer Research Morling Chapter 3 09/12-09/18 4 Validities Morling Chapter 3 Popular Press Assignment due Wends. 9/14 09/19-09/25 5 Identifying good measurement; Intro to survey research, design Morling Chapter 5/6 09/26-10/02 6 Observational research Morling Chapter 6 10/03-10/09 7 Sampling, coding, etc. Morling Chapter 7 Research Project Part 1 due Wends. 10/5 10/10-10/16 8 REVIEW FOR MIDTERM; MIDTERM – Wends. 10/12 REVIEW FOR MIDTERM Work on research projects, popular press assignments