I (and I know I am not the only one on this list) teach a course in ESP and
Pseudopsychology, which perfectly fits your characterization of a disguised
critical thinking course. It also covers many basic psychological areas,
such as psychophysics, sensation, perception, memory, etc. The class fills
up quickly and students enjoy it. I had been teaching it irregularly (we had
a dean who said that we should leave pseudoscience to the philosophers), but
with so much demand now for upper division courses, I am being encouraged
to teach it annually. It's also lots of fun.
don
Donald McBurney
University of Pittsburgh
Rick Stevens wrote:
> I was wondering what Tipsters were teaching beyond the core
> courses. For instance, classes in parapsychology (even if it is
> a way to disguise a course in critical thinking), forensic
> psychology, or perhaps psychology in film (making that the entire
> emphasis). I once saw a book that took a 'psychology through
> science fiction' approach, although I was not particularly
> enamored with it. In a recent faculty meeting it was suggested
> that we might want to consider some courses that would draw
> non-majors, so applied courses and edutainment courses are what
> come to mind for me. I thought that people on TIPS might have
> already had some experience in this.
>
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> __ Psychology Department
> __ University of Louisiana at Monroe
> __ http://www.ulm.edu/~stevens
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