PSYC 6906/6907: Pro-Seminar in Psychology I & II

PSYC 6906/6907: Pro-Seminar in Psychology I & II

Course Description:

The goal of this course is to help you extend your breadth of knowledge in areas of psychology beyond your main area of research/ dissertation and to advance academic skills. The course will target one field of psychology within the Carleton Psychology Department (cognitive, social, personality, health, developmental, applied, forensic) each month, with an introduction to the course in the first month and a summary in the last month). This course will meet once a week.

Each month the meetings will include

• An internal speaker presenting on a topic of relevance to the month’s focus
• An external speaker presenting on a topic of relevance to the month’s focus
• A class focusing on academic/practical skills. 2016/2017 topics for PhD students include: a time management workshop, an ethics workshop, a best titles for articles workshop, a panel discussion of recent hires, a media presence workshop, a syllabus workshop, a reflections class
• A discussion class on the topic of the month, led by the students of the respective area

Evaluation:

The grading for this course is satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Students will be evaluated as described below.

1. Class Participation
2. Academic Skill Assignments

• Class Participation

Participation will be evaluated on the basis of attendance, punctuality, and appropriate and respectful behaviour in class. Students may miss up to three classes and still pass the course. Students may use these three classes at their discretion (no doctor’s notes or other documentation are required for being absent). However, additional absences will result in an evaluation as unsatisfactory (except in special circumstances) so students are expected to reserve these three days for schedule conflicts, illnesses, emergencies, or crises. If you know in advance that you are going to be absent, please let me know.

• Academic Skill Assignments

There are two assignments due each term (Fall and Winter). These will be marked as pass/fail. In the unlikely event that a student’s work is unsatisfactory, he/she can revise and resubmit once for up to two assignments. Students must receive a passing final grade on all assignments to receive the evaluation ‘satisfactory’ in the course.

All assignments must be submitted electronically via my email address (Joanna.pozzulo@carleton.ca) by 6:00 p.m. on their due dates. Documents should be Microsoft Word files sent as attachments. Make sure your file names include your last name and briefly indicate the assignment in question (e.g., Smith journal abstract.docx) – this will help me to keep track of all the assignments I receive from you and the other students.

Late/missed assignments: Due date extensions of up to two weeks are permitted for up to two assignments. Assignments not submitted by the due date (or extended due date) will be given a failing grade

Assignments will be explained further in class and instructions also will be posted on CUlearn. Below is a brief summary of all assignments for this course.

2016/2017 assignments for PhD students include: Complete Tri-Council Tutorial certificate, Draft email to a researcher in your field proposing collaboration, Compare and evaluate three titles of the most recent issue of a journal in your field, Answer a sample of job interview questions (academic/non-academic), Write a press release about your own research, Write an (abbreviated) syllabus

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Proseminar Colloquium Series

Fall Term Talks: Thursdays, 2:30 – 4:00 in Southam Hall 304

Date            Topic

Sept. 8        Grad school orientation and reception (Assignment: Write a brief profile of yourself; max 250 words: Due Sept. 29)

Sept 15       Dr. Renate Ysseldyk (Health)

Sept. 22      NO CLASS  – Dept. Meeting

Sept 29      Writing tips – Dr. Kevin Nunes, Dr. Kate Dupre, Dr. Craig Bennell, Dr. Michael Wohl (Assignment: Write an abstract for  a research project you are working on: Due Oct. 20)

Oct. 6         Dr. Janet Mantler (Org)

Oct.13        Dr. Kevin Kelloway (Org; Host Dr. Janet Mantler)

Oct.20        NO CLASS  – Dept. Meeting

Oct.28        NO CLASS – Reading Week

Nov. 3        Dr. Kim Roberts (Don Andrews Lecture Series; Host Dr. Craig Bennell)

Nov. 10      Dr. Kevin Nunes (Forensic; Cognitive Speaker)

Nov. 17      No CLASS – Dept Meetng

Nov. 24      Dr. Adelle Forth (Forensic)

Dec. 8         Dr. Guy Lacroix (Cognitive)

Winter Term Talks: Thursdays, 2:30 – 4:00 in Unicentre Room 282

Date            Topic

Jan. 5          Dr. Adelle Forth- submitting to conferences (what review committees are looking for), preparing and presenting papers and posters (Assignment: Write a submission to the Graduate Research Conference – submit it directly to me: Due Jan. 19)

Jan.12         Dr. Rob Coplan – Writing a journal article

Jan.19         NO CLASS – Dept Meeting

Jan. 26        Grad Research Day

Feb. 2         Dr. Jennifer Connolly (Pickering Centre – Developmental; Host Dr. Rob Coplan)

Feb. 9         Dr. Jo-Anne Lefevre (Developmental)

Feb. 16       NO CLASS – Reading Week

Feb. 23       NO CLASS – Dept. Meeting

March 2      Non Academic Career panel – Dr. Damian O’Keefe (DND);Dr. Caroline Page, clinical psychologist (RCMP); Dr. Jennell Power (CSC); Dr. Lisa Votta-Bleeker Deputy CEO and Science Director of CPA

March 9      Dr. Johanna Peetz (Social-Personality)

March 16    Dr. Dom Packer (Social/Personaity; Host: Dr. Michael Wohl)

March 23    NO CLASS – Dept meeting

March 30    Dr. Julie Blais – preparing your CV (Assignment: Prepare your CV: Due April 6)

April 6        Dr. Marina Milyavskaya (Health) and Wrap Up