Requirements

Course Requirements & Grading

Requirements include the following three things: in-class exams, reading reactions and participation, and a final outreach project. Details and breakdown are below:

1. Three In-Class Exams (25% each x 3 exams = 75% total)
There will be 3 non-cumulative exams in this course. Each exam will cover approximately 1/3 of the course material covered in lectures and readings. Exams may consist of multiple-choice, short-answer, and brief essay questions. The purpose of the exams is two-fold. First, you should be able to demonstrate that you have read the material and understand the factual points and arguments. Second, you should be able to synthesize and integrate the material such that this knowledge can be applied in a broader context. Exams will take place during class on the assigned date in the syllabus and will be closed book. There will be no make-up exams.

2. Weekly Reading Reactions and Participation (15% total)
To facilitate group discussion, you will be required to submit weekly reactions and questions connected to the assigned readings. Specifically, each week you will submit a 1-page max single-spaced document containing your reactions and/or suggested discussion questions to the week’s required readings. Your response should specify which reading your reaction refers to. The response will be graded ‘‘1’ (full credit), ‘1⁄2’ (half-credit), or ‘0’ (no credit). The written reaction is not a summary of the readings, but should reflect a succinct, theoretically thoughtful, and logically coherent response. All reactions should be emailed to june.gruber@colorado.edu (subject line “PSYC 3131”)and including a screenshot of the posting and paste the text and the url from twitter posting in the body of the email. You can assume your post has been successfully received as an extra credit response unless you hear otherwise via email. For every 5 scientifically relevant responses submitted, you will receive 1% extra credit point toward your final grade, for a maximum of 5% total extra credit. All extra credit tweet assignments must be submitted before the last day of class (i.e., before 3:30pm MT on Tuesday May 1st) to receive credit. No late extra credit assignments can be accepted.

Extra Credit Option B: Online Interviews with Emotion Experts. Interviews with Emotion Experts. Each lecture module in class is paired with a ~15-minute Experts in Emotion (EIE) Interview containing a videotaped conversation with Professor Gruber and an expert scholar in emotion around the country. These interviews are freely available for viewing on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNew731mjIZn43G_Y5otqKzJA). Some of these may also be viewed during class to stimulate discussion. For extra credit, you have the option to submit a 1-page, single-spaced, 12-pt Times New Roman font, reaction to watching the online interview(s) that accompanies the specific class lecture, discussing and critically analyzing the major themes discussed in each video. Answers will be assigned one of the following three grades: ‘1’ (full credit), ‘1⁄2’ (half-credit), or ‘0’ (no credit). You can assume your response has been successfully received and graded a ‘1’ unless you hear otherwise via email. Responses are due no later than Monday 5:00pm MT before the following day’s class on Tuesday (i.e., videos watched or assigned in class Tuesday have extra credit responses due by 5:00pm MT Monday the following week). You will submit your responses to:www.amazon.com).

Articles: Articles outside of textbook will be available to download as PDF files off the course website.

Grading

A rough grading scheme is below. Grades will typically be rounded up to the nearest % point. Students who actively participate and engage in the course may enhance borderline grades.