Course Expectations


PSY 202: Quantitative Research Methods
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Course Expectations	This is a 200-level course in Psychology, and one of the core course requirements for the major. By its nature, it includes a lot of hands-on work and critical thinking, both in class and outside of class. You should expect to work at the 200-level or higher in this class.
There are no prerequisites for this course; however, it is designed to go together with Introductory Statistics (MATH 141, 151, or BIO 212). Taking a statistics course close in time to the taking of PSY 202 will help you better to understand what you learn in both the 202 course and your statistics class. The basic course meets in 3, 50-minute periods per week. At Wheaton College, the institution expects you to put in about 2 hours of work outside of classtime for each 50-minute period that you spend in class. Thus, in order to make satisfactory progress in this course, you should be spending a minimum of 6 hours a week on the material--reading, writing, reviewing your notes. If you wait until the last minute to do this work, (say, until the weekend of the first exam), then you will have 12 hours of work to do in the 48-hour weekend, even before you attempt the exam. Don't make this mistake. College should be your full-time job. (That's why most colleges require that you live on campus.) If you don't treat it that way, you're wasting your time and money. Take all that you can get from here! And that especially includes KNOWLEDGE!! If you are not being asked to work this much in any of your other courses, you are getting ripped off. Demand more from your professors. It's your future that you're paying for now. Be sure to get what you pay for!
Other Expectations	I expect you at all times to treat me, your fellow students, and the humans and other animals that we observe and study with respect.
I expect you to handle gently and humanely any animals that you might be asked to observe in this course, and to report to me any injuries or ill treatment that you see. Similarly, I expect you to bring me any concerns you have about human subjects investigations, and to hold yourself and your colleagues to the set of ethical standards established for Psychologists by the American Psychological Association. On a more pragmatic note, I expect you to provide me with due notice if you are unable to complete an assignment or exam on time. Similarly, I promise to treat you with respect as responsible adults. I promise to do my best to answer all of your questions and respond to all of your suggestions so that we can be effective partners in learning.

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