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Course Description

Students explore selected topics in contemporary psychology, including the history of psychology, methodology, heredity and learning, physiology and neuropsychology, consciousness, sensation and perception, learning, and memory.

Learning outcomes

  • Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
  • Describe how psychological ideas and knowledge apply to everyday life.
  • Demonstrate scientific reasoning to interpret psychological phenomena.
  • Demonstrate effective communication skills for different purposes.
  • Demonstrate how sociocultural factors relate to scientific inquiry into psychological questions.

Course topics

  • Unit 1: An Invitation to Psychology
  • Unit 2: Biological Processes
  • Unit 3: States of Being
  • Unit 4: Learning and Memory

Required text and materials

The following Open Education Resources (OER) textbook is required for this course:

Assessments

Please be aware that should your course have a final exam, you are responsible for the fee to the online proctoring service, ProctorU, or to the in-person approved Testing Centre. Please contact exams@tru.ca with any questions about this.

To successfully complete this course, students must achieve a passing grade of 50% or higher on the overall course, and 50% or higher on the final mandatory exam.

Assignment 1: An Invitation to Psychology 18%
Assignment 2: Biological Processes 18%
Assignment 3: States of Being 18%
Assignment 4: Learning and Memory 18%
Mandatory Final Exam 28%
Total 100%

Prerequisites

  • None

Exclusions

  • PSYC 1110
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Section Title
Introduction to Psychology 1
Section Schedule
Any Time (30 weeks duration)
Delivery
Online, self-paced  
Course Fee(s)
Canadian in BC/YT non-credit $548.39 Click here to get more information
Canadian outside BC/YT non-credit $657.47 Click here to get more information
International Student non-credit $1,661.15 Click here to get more information
Available for Credit
3 credits
Section Title
Introduction to Psychology 1
Duration
16 weeks
Dates
Sep 09, 2026 to Dec 29, 2026
Delivery
Online, paced  
Course Fee(s)
Canadian in BC/YT non-credit $558.76 Click here to get more information
Canadian outside BC/YT non-credit $670.00 Click here to get more information
International Student non-credit $1,708.78 Click here to get more information
Available for Credit
3 credits

Section Notes

Note: Online paced delivery method requires approval due to class size as the minimum number of students registered must be met in order for the course to run. We will contact you via email with more details upon registration.

Open Learning faculty member information

An Open Learning faculty member is available to assist students. Students will receive the necessary contact information at the start of the course.

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