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Delivery Mode: Individualized study online or grouped study
Credits: 3
Area of Study: Social Science
Prerequisite: A 200-level psychology course. It is recommended that this course be taken by students who have successfully completed several psychology courses and are in their third or fourth year of undergraduate studies.
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
PSYC 375 has a Challenge for Credit option.
This course examines the history of psychology from the time of the early Greeks until the present.
To receive credit for PSYC 375, you must achieve a composite course grade of at least “D” (50 percent) and a grade of at least 50 percent on the final examination. You must complete the nine unit quizzes and two essay quizzes, as well, and these must be completed before you write the final exam.
The final grade in Psychology 375: History of Psychology is determined by your performance on nine unit quizzes, two essay quizzes and the final exam.
Activity | Weighting |
---|---|
Unit Quizzes | 36% |
Essay Quizzes | 8% |
Final Exam | 56% |
Total | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Hergenhahn, B. R. (2009). An Introduction to the History of Psychology (6th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth
All other materials are available online.
The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.
Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
To receive credit for the PSYC 375 challenge registration, you must write the examination alone, worth 100% of your final grade, and you must achieve a grade of at least "D" (50 per cent) or more on the examination.
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.
Opened in Revision 2, December 9, 2009.
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