PSYC-303 - Critical Analysis in Psychology - 3.00 Credits

PSYC-303 - Critical Analysis in Psychology - 3.00 Credits
Course Details
This qualitative intensive course is intended to provide students training and practice in critically analyzing and writing about important issues in Psychology and relating those issues to current Indigenous realities. Lectures will consist of reviewing current research and presentations by faculty members and Elders in different areas of psychology (biological, cognitive, developmental, legal, social, theory and methods, etc.). The focus of this course will be to analyze contemporary research in Psychology and compare and contrast current approaches with traditional Indigenous pedagogy.
Part of the: UNIVERSITY TRANSFER Department


Prerequisites : PSYC-201 , or permission of the instructor
Course Outline

Instructors Qualifications:	Relevant Master's Degree
Office Hours:	1.5 per week
Contact Hours:	45
Student Evaluation Procedure:	Assignments 50 - 70%, Final 30 - 50%, Total 100 %. Grading procedures follow NVIT policy.
Learning Outcomes:	Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to: complete a literature review of a contemporary approach to a psychological issue common among indigenous peoples; research and discover traditional psychological practices used to address psychological issues common among traditional Indigenous peoples; compare and contrast current contemporary approaches to psychology with Indigenous traditional approaches; exhibit critical analysis skills; exhibit research skills; and demonstrate university-level writing skills and APA format.
Text and Materials:	Guest, G., MacQueen, K., & Namey, E.Applied Thematic Analysis, 2012, Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publishing Lieblich, A., R. Tuval-Mashiach, R., & Zilber, T.Narrative Research: Reading, Analysis, and Interpretation, 1998, Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publishing Gee, J.An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method, 2010, New York, NY, Routledge Publishing Denzin, N., & Lincoln, Y. (Eds.).Handbook of Qualitative Research, 2011, Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publishing
Other Resources:
Transfer Credits:	For more information visit: www.bctransferguide.ca
Other Information:	Education Council approved March 26, 2014.