Instructor: Delwin Lindsey, PhD.

Office: 346 Ovalwood

E-mail: lindsey.43@osu.edu

Office Phone: (419) 755-4359

Office hours: 10:00 - 11:15 am MTW and by appointment

Text: Sensation and Perception, Fourth Edition by Coren S. , Ward L. M. & Enns J. (1994).

Course Description

We will examine how observers perceive their environment through both auditory and visual information. Both stages of the perceptual process will be covered: (1) the registration of physical stimuli by the sensory organs, and (2) the representation or perception of those stimuli in consciousness.

Evaluation

1) First Exam 33% Oct. 16

2) Second Exam 33% Nov. 12

3) Final Exam 33% Dec. 5

Exams will be multiple choice and/or short answer/essay. They will be based on material from both the textbook and lectures. Each exam will only cover material presented in the preceding 3rd of the course.

Attendance:

Attendance is your responsibility. However, please keep in mind that much of the material on which you will be tested is not to be found explicitly in your textbook.

Exams and Snow days:

In the event that an exam must be postponed as a result of bad weather, you must be prepared to take the exam during the next scheduled class.

Final Exam Date:

In keeping with university policy, graduating seniors will take their final exam during the last week of classes. All other students will be expected to take their final exam at the regularly-scheduled time and date indicated in the attached class schedule. If you are not a graduating senior but happen to have 3 or more final exams scheduled for one day and would like to take the final at a different time, you must notify and make arrangements with the instructor before the end of the second week of class.

Grading:

Your final grade for this course will be determined by adding your four exam scores with the scores from your writing assignment. The maximum number of points that a student may earn in the course is 500 (400 from exams + 100 from the writing assignment). At the end of the quarter, a distribution of the total points obtained on all graded materials will be made and letter grades (A, A-, B+,B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, E) will be assigned.

Academic Misconduct

Instances of academic misconduct will be handled in accordance with faculty rule 335-5-54, which states that "each instructor shall report to the Committee on Academic Misconduct all instances of what he or she believes may be academic misconduct." Information on what constitutes academic misconduct can be obtained from the instructor.

This syllabus is subject to minor revisions. If such revisions take place, they will be announced in class. If you are not in attendence when the announcements are made, it is your responsibility to find out about the revisions either from the instructor or from your classmates.