Award-Winning WI Courses
The faculty listed below are recipients of Berry's WAC Faculty Award,
given to an
instructor who has developed one or more WI courses that exemplify the
ideals and philosophy
of the WAC program. They have graciously agreed to post some of their
course materials on
the WAC website so that other faculty can learn from their excellent
example.
- Julie Johnson-Pynn
- PSY 211: Human Sexuality
- Course Syllabus: This syllabus
describes the journal-writing assignments and research-based
response paper that Dr. Johnson-Pynn
assigned in the Spring 2004 version of this course. It also
includes grading criteria for
those assignments. Items relevant to the WAC program are
highlighted.
- PSY 435: Seminar in Comparative Psychology
- Course Syllabus: This syllabus describes
the student-led class and research paper that Dr. Johnson-Pynn
assigned in the Spring
2004 version of this course. WI items are highlighted.
- Gould Writing Assignment: This is a
writing prompt for an assignment on Stephen J. Gould's The
Structure
of Evolutionary Theory.
- Essay Exam 2: This handout includes writing
prompts for the second take-home exam in PSY 435. The exam consists
of eight essay
questions (of which each student must answer seven).
- Essay Exam 3: The third and final take-home
exam for PSY 435. This exam consists of four essay questions, each
of which must be
answered.
- Michelle Haney
- PSY 221: Lifespan Development
- Course Syllabus: This syllabus
describes the Lifespan In Context project that is a major part of
the PSY 221
course. In this project, student are asked to write written
responses to a number
of questions that ask them to examine their own Lifespan
Development. The material
relating to this project is highlighted in the syllabus.
- Lifespan In Context Grading Criteria:
This document lists the criteria used to grade the Lifespan In
Context projects.
- Toy Evaluation Project: This
handout describes an in-class writing assignment in which groups of
students are
asked to evaluate a child's toy based on their knowledge of
developmental psychology.
- Field Trip Activity: Writing prompts
that require students to observe children at play (as part of a
class field trip) and
then relate what they observe to the material covered in the
course.