BATS Manager: Alaina Clark

COURSE PROCEDURES

Instructor & Meetings BATS manager: Alaina Clark Office: BATS Lab, Wood Hall 2536 E-mail address: [email protected] BATS Lab telephone: (269) 387-4491 Alternate e-mail address: Office Hours: by appointment [email protected] Meeting Time: Fridays, 2-3 PM Cell phone: (682) 560-0851 Meeting Location: Wood Hall room #2902

Absence Policy Absences result in a score of “zero” out of twenty possible points in the Participation category for that date. You must arrange completion of a quiz that will be missed with the BATS manager prior to the absence. All assignments due must be handed in prior to the due date.

If you will be absent, then you will have no subsequent opportunities to complete the quiz from that class.

Required Materials  Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People  Poster materials

Course Objectives Upon completion of the course, you will have completed the following:  20 Lifetime Memory Quizzes  HSIRB o compliance training o proposal  Conference (MABA, BAAM, ABA) o registration o poster submission o poster presentation o attendance  DickMalott.com webpage  Letters of Recommendation forms for Undergraduate students  R & D project o poster o PowerPoint presentation o Thesis  Resume & Curriculum Vita  Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends & Influence People  OBM project PowerPoint presentation  Application for o Graduation

- 1 - 5/29/18 o BACB Exam Course Description The class meeting will consist of the following:  Lifetime Memory Quiz  Task Completion Check  Assignments  Announcements

Grading System The grading system is designed to maintain high performance in all areas of responsibility through point-based avoidance contingencies. You will receive a grade sheet weekly. The following is a list of the grade areas and the minimum percentage required in each to earn an “A” PSY 5980—Professional Issues in Behavior Analysis.

 96% Quizzes: 20 points each  92% Participation: 10 points per hour  92% Homework: 20 points each

Your PSY 5980 grade includes your performance on the Lifetime Memory Quizzes, Homework, and Participation. The grade required to earn an “A” is as follows:

Grade Matrix (Graduate) Lowest % among other 2 areas: Homework & Participation Minimum % on 92 87 82 77 Quizzes 96 A BA B CB 92 BA B CB C 87 B CB C DC

If, at any time, your grade is less than a “B,” you will be required to participate in a Performance Management contract with the BATS Manager, no exceptions. This will be an additional grade category, for which you must earn 92% to earn an “A.”

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