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Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Staff development and training - Reading: Recruitment brochure |
Vocabulary review (Job training) |
2) |
Job descriptions and job satisfaction - Writing: Brief job descriptions |
Vocabulary review (Job titles and acronyms for job titles) |
3) |
Letters of enquiry and applications - Writing: An email applying for a job |
Vocabulary review; composing an email for a job application |
4) |
Telephone skills - Listening: Telephone language |
Vocabulary review; preparation for role-playing (Talking on the phone) |
5) |
New product development - Speaking: Introducing a new product |
Vocabulary review (Marketing terms); choosing a new product and preparing the introduction speech |
6) |
Establishing relationships and negotiating - Reading: Asking questions about a product |
Vocabulary review (Terms and conditions) |
7) |
Review |
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8) |
Financing the start-up - Speaking: (Role-play) Getting advice about starting up |
Vocabulary review; preparation for the role-play |
9) |
Presenting your business idea - Reading: Making the most of presentations |
Vocabulary review (Equipment for presentation); drafting the presentations to be made |
10) |
Reports - Speaking: Saying what charts show |
Vocabulary review ( Vocabulary for expressing changes) |
11) |
Business meetings - Listening: A business meeting |
Vocabulary review (Types of meeting, expressing opinions) |
12) |
Using the Internet - Reading Website design |
Vocabulary review (Computers and the Internet) |
13) |
Students' presentations |
Preparation for the final draft of presentations |
14) |
A staff survey - Writing: Report on staff survey to modernise the office |
Vocabulary review (Expressing numbers and percentage) |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
Develop close interest in human mind and behavior, and attain critical thinking skills (in particular the ability to evaluate psychological theories using empirical evidence), as well as appreciating psychology as an evidence based science. |
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2) |
Gain a biopsychosocial understanding of human behavior, namely, the biological, psychological, social determinants of behavior. |
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3) |
Acquire theoretical and applied knowledge and learn about basic psychological concepts and perspectives |
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4) |
Familiarize with methodology and data evaluation techniques by being aware of scientific research methods (i.e. correlational, experimental, longitudinal, case study). |
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5) |
Employ ethical sensitivity while doing assessment, research or working with groups. |
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6) |
Familiarize with the essential perspectives of psychology (cognitive, developmental, clinical, social, behavioral, and biological). |
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7) |
Get the opportunity and skills to evaluate qualitative and quantitative data, write reports, and present them. |
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8) |
Attain preliminary knowledge for psychological measurement and evaluation. |
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9) |
To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (e.g. sociology, history, political science, communication studies, philosophy, anthropology, literature, law, art, etc) that can contribute to psychology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in understanding and interpreting of psychological process. |
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