This will be my first year teaching this course and I am very excited about it. I was able to audit the course last year as it was taught by John Gausman. I learned so much and the students who took the AP exam last spring had a 94% pass rate. I was also able to attend the Advanced Placement Pacific Institute training this summer. This should be a great year!
 

**Please note that this is the syllabus for the Fall of 2002. We will attempt to fall this schedule in a rigorous fashion.  It is useful for you see what the basic structure of the class is and what we will be learning.

This class is designed to increase your understanding of Psychology, theory and research, with the objective that you will pass the AP. Psychology test on Tueday, May 13th at 12:15 p.m.  There will be 7 Units of study that will assess the facts, principles and phenomena associated with the major areas of Psychology.  This course will be taught at a University level and your study habits, effort, time commitment and participation should reflect this fact.  Through this hard work you should develop perceptions and understanding of our own and others behavior.

During the Semester each student will:
 1.  Take and correct 6, 60 to 100 question forced response exams
 2.  Write 4 essays, with 2 being graded by the teacher and 2 graded by peers with rubric
 3.  Grade and critique at least 2 peer essays
 4.  Participate in at least 2 networking assignments
 5.  Complete 3 to 4 reviews of Articles
 6.  Complete required reading assignments and associated outlines.
 7.  Each student is expected to be prepared for each day's class by:
  a.  Reading all assignments prior to class
  b.  Participating in all discussion during class periods
  c.  Completing all outlines and homework assignments on assigned dates
 * * * * NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED* * * *
 8.  There will be  4  voluntary study sessions for the A.P. Test in the months of April  and May.  These usually occur in the evening and include 2 practice Forced Response  Exams(1994-1999) and review of all prior Free Response questions.
 9.  There will also be 2 Bonus assignments.  These assignments will add points to your  lowest forced response  scores, should you choose to complete them.
 Bonus Assignment # 1:  Find 5 articles in newpapers or magazines about psychological  topics.  Mount and summarize each article separately.  This assignment must be turned in  on Monday, December 2nd.  This is the only time it may be turned in so no late papers will  be accepted.
 Bonus Assignment # 2:  T.B.A. sometime after # 1 has been turned in.

** Please note, it is not required that you take the AP exam but it is strongly encouraged.