Syllabus for Psych WI/409
Summer 1998/ G9

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

Office Hours...Gartley 213A.......10:00 to 11:00 M, T, W

Telephone:      Psych office: 956-7614 or instructor's office 956-8005
                        Home office and recording messages: 261-2382

e-mail: leon@hawaii.edu

Class Home Page:   www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy9/g9sthomes409.html

Class time:  T, W, R 11:00 to 1:30 in Crawford 101 (classroom) and Crawford 201 (computer lab).

Course Description:

Seminar exploring the social psychology of driving in cyberspace. Topics include driving psychology, traffic sociology, traffic safety, citizenship activism, aggressive driving and road rage.

Textbook:  J. Peter Rothe (1994), Beyond Traffic Safety (New Brnswick, N.J.:  Transaction Publishers).

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

GRADES:  POINT SYSTEM
15 Completion of Internet Literacy Exercises
20 Class Oral Presentations
10 Participation in our email discussions
55 Appearance, Content, and Quality of your Web site containing your reports and projects.
A = 85 points...... B = 84 - 70...... C = 69 - 60...... D = 50 - 59...... F = 49

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

Late Work Penalty:  -3 /per day late.

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