For Students
This page has information on events and links to handouts of interest to all psychology students.
B.A. Degree in Applied Behaviour Analysis
Capilano University is offering a new Bachelor of Arts Degree in Applied Behaviour Analysis with a focus on autism spectrum disorders. Applied behaviour analysis is a well-developed discipline with a mature body of scientific knowledge and established standards of evidence-based practice and is regarded by many professionals as the treatment of choice for autism. Interested students may apply to ladder into Year 3 after completing the 2-year Associate of Arts Degree - Concentration in Psychology. For further information, contact Dr. Cara Zaskow (czaskow@capilanou.ca).
Psychology Workshop Series
The Library Orientation, Study Skills, & APA Referencing Style Workshop Series for Psychology Students are required by your instructor as a 4th Hour activity.
Study Skills Workshops:
Tuesday, Jan 19th, 4:00pm - 5:00pm in LB 195
Monday, Jan 25th, 11:45pm - 12:45 pm in CE 148
Thursday, Jan 28th, 11:45pm - 12:45pm in CE 148
APA Workshop: The APA workshop is now available as a screencast; you can access here or from your course moodle site. You can find the information from the APA workshop on the Quick Guide to APA Style in a handout based on the workshop slides.
Psychology Student Club Events
The Psychology Student Club, the Psychocentrics, will be meeting during the Thursday lunch hour in LB 143, starting Sept 17. Keep a look out for their notices of presentations and lectures.
Here you will find guidelines for writing assignments in APA style, and some sample papers and projects, updated from the new 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
Many of the Psychology instructors have their course web pages on the Moodle site. You will need an enrollment key from your instructor to login to these sites. These course web pages contain material related to the courses that will supplement attendance in scheduled classes as "4th hour activities", or for courses which are partially or fully on-line.
You will find Course Outlines and Handouts here, including handouts for Psyc 100 & 101 and handouts of interest to all students, including a handout on study and exam skills and handouts on writing summaries and on scientific reasoning in psychology.
For international and ESL students, an orientation to psychology and psychology courses at Capilano University.
Resources for doing library and web research in psychology. Annotated Web links, organized by topic, can also be found here.
We have numerous Psychology videos available in our library; check the library list of Psychology videos. Also, you can link to the the Annenberg site, which has on-line videos on Discovering Psychology that are relevant to Psyc 100 & 101.
A full range of guidelines for conducting, analyzing, reporting and presenting research projects in psychology. You will also find ethics guidelines and consent forms here.
A lot of relevant and academically appropriate material is available through the web. An annotated list of some useful resources in psychology is available here.