COURSE NAME: Psychology CGCC

SCHOOL DISTRICT: Cairo-Durham

INSTRUCTOR: Bryan Pisano

Half Year

MAXIMUM TOTAL CLASS ENROLLMENT – ALL SITES: 20

COURSE PREREQUISITES: NONE

BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTION / OUTLINE:

Course Description:
I. General Psychology is an overview of the field of psychology, including some of the
basic concepts of the discipline and major aspects of human behavior, such as emotion, learning,
conditioning, motivation, personality, and development.

II.Textbook: Understanding Psychology (Glencoe)
Richard A. Kasschau

III. Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of our course, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of concepts and insights of the discipline in major areas including
human development, learning, memory, personality and abnormality.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the methods of the social sciences including hypothesis
development and testing, collection of data, analysis and reporting of findings.
IV. Course Schedules/Assignments

We will be completing up to four units of study, as follows:
Unit I: Approaches to Psychology
Unit II: The Life Span
Unit III: Learning and Cognitive Processes
Unit IV: Personality, Disorders, and Therapy

OTHER NOTES / MISCELLANEOUS:
FOR COLLEGE CREDIT COURSES ONLY:
SPONSORING COLLEGE: CGCC
NUMBER OF CREDITS AVAILABLE: 3
APPROXIMATE TUITION FEE (PER CREDIT): $60

1/30/2014