Course Readings
1. Text: R. Baron, D. Byrne & N. Branscombe (2006). Social Psychology, 11th Edition. San Francisco: Pearson, Allyn & Bacon.
This text may be purchased online using the Textbooks Online version for 1/2 the price of a hard copy text that you buy at the bookstore. You can subscribe at: http://www.safarix.com/JVXSL.asp
If you purchase the text from this site, you can make online notes, print the pages you want (including your notes), and do online searches of information in the text. However, you won't get the study guide or other materials you would normally receive with the text.
2. No reader. Additional readings will be available online--you may read online or download these.

Grading Policy
Grading will be based on the assignments, class discussion and participation, quizzes, one midterm, and a final exam. The grade for the course will be determined as follows:
Assignments 35%
Number, content, and relevancy of online postings of discussion questions 30%
Quizzes, Midterm, Final 35%

Online Course Guidelines
Students will NOT be able to pass this course without participating in the online discussion.
Students are expected to log on a minimum of once per week (more often for summer session) and are expected to post a substantive contribution to the discussion at that time. Simply saying "I agree" or something to that effect is not sufficient. You must support your position or begin a new topic or somehow move the discussion along to receive credit for logging on.
Assignments and exams will be posted online.



ChAD 102 Topics

This course is organized into three modules.  Each module has a set of readings, discussion items, and assignments.  The modules and topics included in those modules are presented below. 

Module 1: Introduction to WebCT, Information Competence, and Classmates
• Introduction to/review of WebCT;
• Introduction to/review of Information Competence for ChAD 102;
• Locating and analyzing scholarly sources for ChAD assignments;
• Introduction to ChAD 102 course, instructor, and classmates.
  • Readings: Online
  • Assessments: Assignment 1, Quiz #1
    
    
Module 2: Development in a Culturally Diverse Society
• Cultural diversity associated with ethnicity and race, language background, immigration and generational status, social class, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, age;
• Understanding attitude formation, prejudice, stereotypes, and identity from a psychological perspective;
• Concepts and examples of structured inequality, equity, and social justice from sociological, historical, political, and economic perspectives;
• Exploring historical, political, economic, and social processes and major social movements influencing culturally diverse individuals and groups.
• Historical, political, economic and social processes influencing the education of culturally and linguistically diverse individuals to understand: Impact of segregation and prejudice on educational inequity; Impact of educational equity policies in promoting successful academic, psychosocial, and intergroup outcomes for culturally diverse students.
• Assessments: Assignment 1, Exam #1

Module 3: Development in Social Relationships
• Friendships, interpersonal attraction and marriage/partnerships; political and social factors affecting friendship and coupling across different groups.
• Interpersonal communication -- differences in communication and interactional styles among culturally and linguistically diverse individuals;
• Economic and social influences on family roles and structures;
• Childrearing attitudes and values in culturally diverse families - representing different ethnicities, immigrant/generational status, family structures, social classes, sexual orientations, and religions.
• Assessments: Assignments 2-3, Exam #2