Psy 360

Dr. Malott supervises two undergraduate courses included in this system. One is the PSY 360 course and the other is the PSY 100 Honors course. PSY 360 is a course that deals with Concepts in Behavior Analysis. Psychology majors enroll in this course as sophomores and juniors and need to pass this course in order to fulfill graduation requirements. This course involves teaching the basic principles of behavior analysis in an understandable way. There is also a great deal of structure to the seminar to help increase the student's ability to understand the material. The textbook, Principles of Behavior, helps the students learn the concepts in an easy fashion because it provides real research in a way that is pleasing to the students. Each research study is presented as a case scenario using fictional heroes and heroines. The students are also provided with flashcards of all the terms in the book as well as homework assignments for each of the chapters. This helps increase their ability to understand the concepts in the book and apply them to real-life examples. The TAs use daily quizzes to measure performance as well as competence of the material.

The seminar meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays for two hours. The agenda is shown on an overhead transparency to help remind the students of upcoming assignments as well as announcements. The discussion can move to the homework, textbook, or probes. The TAs can use their discretion or have the students choose what topic to discuss first. Probe questions help open discussion among the students as well as test their knowledge of the concepts. Sometimes there is a special lecture in which the students will watch a slideshow presentation concerning an important topic. The seminar ends with taking that chapter's quiz.

The system is managed by a systems manager (Jason Otto) as well as an assistant systems manager (Nathalie Witt). Two undergraduate research assistants (URA) are assigned the project: Lesley was a PSY 398 student for the fall 2002 semester and Ben is a PSY 499 student for the winter fall 2003 semesters. All of these people contribute to the quality improvement of the PSY 360/100H system. Dr. Malott supervises all of those involved with this system as well as provides feedback on changes made to the system. The systems manager supervises the assistant manager as well as provides ideas for projects and course improvements. The assistant manager supervises the URA and makes sure the assigned tasks are completed on time and to the satisfaction of both the systems manager and assistant manager. All of this is needed to ensure the system is running effectively as well as attaining the goal of producing undergraduate psychology majors with an understanding of behavior analysis.

The system is managed by a systems manager (Wayne Sager). An undergraduate research assistant (URA) is assigned to the project: Morgan Aue is a PSY 398 student for the spring 2004 semester. These two, along with the TAs, contribute to the quality improvement of the PSY 360/100H system. Dr. Malott supervises all of those involved with this system as well as provides feedback on changes made to the system. The systems manager supervises the assistant manager (when one has been appointed) as well as provides ideas for projects and course improvements. The assistant manager supervises the URA and makes sure the assigned tasks are completed on time and to the satisfaction of both the systems manager and assistant manager. When no assistant manager is appointed, the systems manager assusmes the duties of the assistant manager. All of this is needed to ensure the system is running effectively as well as attaining the goal of producing undergraduate psychology majors with an understanding of behavior analysis.