Syllabus
Psych WI/459
Fall 1999/ G12

Instructor:  Dr. Leon James, Professor of Psychology, University of Hawaii

Office Hours...Gartley 213A.......12:00 to 1:00 M, R
Telephone:  Home office and recording messages: 261-2382
e-mail: leon@hawaii.edu

The G12 Main Page is here:
www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy12/g12reportsindex.html

Class time: R 1:00 to 3:30 in BUSAD G104 (classroom) and Crawford 201A  (computer lab).

Course Description:

Psychology of Truck Drivers

Analyzes the trucker's world from the point of view of traffic psychology, using the analysis of ethnographic descriptions and electronic discussion groups. Students publish their reports on the Web, give oral presentations in class, and participate in online discussions. Uses a cumulative point system instead of a final exam, and opportunities are given for earning extra credit points and correcting one's reports. Includes computer lab where students are given help in Web publishing. No prior computer skills are required. This is a WI course and requires more writing than the average class.

Textbooks:

J. Peter Rothe (19991)  The Trucker's World: Risk, Safety, and Mobility (Transaction Publishers. New Brunswick U.S.A.)

Elizabeth Castro (1996), HTML For the World Wide Web (Berkeley, CA:    Peachpit Press).

GRADES:  POINT SYSTEM

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 Completion of Internet Literacy Exercises on time (required)

20

Class Oral Presentations and  following discussions

20

Timely participation in the Forum Discussions (minimum: 3 per week--
see Internet Literacy Exercises--Part 4

60

Appearance, content, and quality of your Web site containing your reports and projects.
10 Maximum for extra credit reports or presentations

A = 85 points...... B = 84 - 70...... C = 69 - 60...... D = 50 - 59...... F = 49

Average grade=C
Doing everything required on time=B
In addition, being inventive in a useful way=A

Absence Penalty:  -5 points/per class absent (also: 3 lates = 1 absence).

Late Work Penalty:  -2 points/per day late unless you write email to Dr. James explaining why and giving the date you will be completing the late work.

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