PSYCH 285 - Special Topics in Psychology

5 Credits

This course allows students to participate in a 5-cr Independent Study course by instructor permission. Topics and projects are determined by instructor/student agreement - and at minimum will include formative research and writing components towards advancing topics in psychology.

Pre-requisite(s) PSYC& 100 min 2.0 and ENGL& 101 min 2.0
Instructor Permission Required Yes
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Summer Online
Spring Day, Online

Designed to Serve Students who have completed the majority of the available psychology courses at Highline College, students who are heading towards transferring to university in the social sciences, and/or who may otherwise benefit from an independent research experience.
Active Date 20260408T15:03:00

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Independent Study 132
Class Limit 10
Contact Hours: Lecture 11
Total Contact Hours 143
Degree Distributions:
Course Outline
In this course students will work on independently driving research in psychology culminating in a final presentation project (e.g. publication, poster presentation, writing sample, seminar series presentation or portfolio). Students must have a foundation in psychology and writing (PSCY& 100 and ENGL& 101 requirements). Students who have taken and/or are concurrently enrolled in PSYCH 205 (Research Methods) or ENGL& 102 (Composition II) are recommended.

Student Learning Outcomes
Develop an independent research inquiry.

Design and execute research on a topic of interest in psychology.

Present research findings and results in a presenation.

Demonstrate self-motivated drive and commitment in a supervised independent studies course.