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PSYC 2033-40, Personal & Social Adjustment

The course focuses on the personal choices people face throughout life and presents the necessary tools to evaluate these choices. Students are encouraged to examine their values and attitudes toward education, personal autonomy, work, love, sex roles and sexuality, intimate relationships, loneliness and solitude, and death.

• Advisory: Eligibility for English 1000 and Reading 1005 strongly recommended
• Prerequisite: None

Course Details

• Instructor:   Patti Bench
  • E-Mail: pbench@taftcollege.edu or once in class, through the Private Message Center in ETUDES
  • Telephone: 661.763.7757
  • Office Hours: Monday - Wednesday, 7:00 - 11:30 and 12:30 - 3:00
  • Office Location: G1
  • Alternate Student Contact Hours: Monday 7:00 - 8:00 p.m., Thursday 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., Friday 1:00 - 3:00 p.m., and Sunday 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. The instructor is available by phone, private message center, or ETUDES chat at other times than listed by arrangement.
• Units: 3
• Class Meets: October 5, 2009 – December 18, 2009
• Textbook & Estimated Costs:
  • Purchase Textbook:  Walker, Velma. Becoming Aware: A Text/Workbook for Human Relations and Personal Adjustment.  Dubuque, Iowa, Kendal/Hunt, 2007. The textbook is available in the Taft College bookstore at an approximate cost of $78.00. You will need to purchase the text. The ISBN number is: 978-0-7575-2882-8. I do not recommend an earlier edition.
• Estimated Time Per Week: Students can expect to spend approximately 12 to 15 hours per week reading, writing, participating in online discussions, and taking exams.
• Special Requirements:  The entire course will be conducted online through the ETUDES program. Students are required to have Internet access, an email address, the ability to use word processing, conduct Internet searches, attach files, send emails, and other basic computer skills. Students are expected to work independently, log into the class on a regular basis, read instructions carefully, follow written instructions, and not procrastinate. Follow the log in instructions below, and contact me or the distance learning help desk by the first day of class if you have problems logging in.
• Assignments & Tests:  Students will complete 1 introduction assignment, 3 concept papers, 2 discussion and review assignments, weekly journal entries, and 3 exams.
 
• Proctored Exams: No
• Additional Comments: Because this is a distance learning course, physical attendance is not an issue; however, turning assignments in on time is. If you do not meet the first assignment deadline, which is at the end of the first week of class, I will assume you do not wish to stay in the class and drop you unless you contact me. After that, it is your responsibility to drop the course. Drops will not be backdated. Please contact the counseling center or the distance learning help desk if you have changed your mind and want to drop the class. I look forward to working with you.
• New to ETUDES: Be sure to check System Requirements before getting started with ETUDES. You need to do this on each computer you use while taking a class through ETUDES.
• ETUDES Course:  You will log into the Etudes classroom with log-in information provided below:
  
       New Users use the following login instructions:
   

  Login ID	Password
  First 2 letters of first name + First 2 letters of last name + Last 5 digits of your Student ID (Type using all lower case letters) Example: Jose A. Garcia ID: A000123456 Username = joga23456	MonthDay of birth in school records (Type using all lower case letters) Example: Birthday is April 11th, 1982 (04/11/82) Password = 0411

  
  Previous Users use the following login instructions:
   

  Login ID	Password
  First 2 letters of first name + First 2 letters of last name + Last 5 digits of Student ID (Type using all lower case letters) Example: Jose A. Garcia ID: A000123456 Username = joga23456	Enter the password YOU set in a previous term If you cannot remember your password, go to the ETUDES login screen and reset the password. Be sure to use the email address you used in on your application.

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Disclaimer: The book prices are an approximation only and are subject to change.