ADA Statement:
Students with disabilities who require accommodations (academic adjustments and/or auxiliary aids or services) for this course should contact the Director of Special Programs, Room 104A, Centennial Hall. The phone number is 606-546-1257. Students with disabilities should request accommodations prior to or early in the semester. Each request for accommodations will be examined on a case-by-case basis to determine eligibility. DO NOT request accommodations directly from the professor or instructor. Professors and/or instructors are NOT authorized to make reasonable accommodations.

Required Text
Theories of Human Learning: What the Old Woman Said, 5th Edition
Guy R. Lefrancois
ISBN-10: 0534641520 | ISBN-13: 9780534641528  2006
One chapter will be covered each week starting with Chapter 1the first week of class.

E-mail
The only authorized electronic means of academic, administrative, and co-curricular communication between Union College and its students is through the <unionky.edu> e-mail system. Each student is responsible for monitoring his/her Union College e-mail account frequently (preferably daily).
Presentations
Each student will lead a class discussion/presentation on a subject related to the class content and subject matter. Subjects will be selected from a list provided by the instructor.

Cell Phone Etiquette
  Generally, unless an urgent call is expected, cell phones should be turned to “silent” or “vibrate” while you are in class.  If you do need to take an urgent or expected call during class, please excuse yourself as quietly as possible and leave the classroom to take the call. Even in the hallway, please keep your voice down so as not to disturb other classes.

Grading
Participation 10%
Assignments 25%
Paper/Project 25%
Exam Average 40%

 Course Objectives:
 Students who complete the course successfully will be able to
Identify  the major theoretical frameworks in learning  psychology
Discuss learning  behavior and mental process from  infancy, and across the life span
Explain how the environment  affects and interacts with an individual’s learning
Describe  the interaction of heredity and environment
on learning and applications of learning in everyday life and career

 Teaching Strategies:
Primary lecture and discussion; additional assignments and activities will be assigned throughout the semester.
There will be a component to the course consisting of assignments that may be completed in the campus computer lab.

Student participation in classroom discussions and activities is strongly encouraged, as this is an essential element of learning and assimilating the material. Students are expected to demonstrate an attitude of mutual respect for the ideas and opinions of others.
 
 Attendance and participation are expected:

Regular attendance is necessary, but not sufficient, to earn an "A" in this class. Students should inform the instructor if they must miss a class. 
Students who know in advance that they will be excused for scheduled examinations (e.g. excused for a Union College activity) are to arrange for make-up examinations before the dates of their scheduled examinations. Students missing a scheduled examination because of an unanticipated situation (e.g. illness) must arrange for a make-up examination within one class meeting after their return to class. No type of academic dishonesty (e.g. cheating or plagiarism) will be tolerated. Please consult the Union College Student Handbook for the college's policies in these areas, as those policies will be enforced.
 
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