Syllabi on the Web
The Internet can be thought of as a collection of inter-linked computers each having a unique address and as a system that allows for communication between computers. Among the communication services available on the Internet are those between individual computer locations (or sites) that form the World Wide Web (WWW), sites that allow one to download files using file-transfer protocol (FTP), or services that allow for electronic mail. A web site is simply a collection of separate files with links to other text files and images. These text files might contain a syllabus, and the links might be directed to other Web sites that are relevant to a psychology course. The advent of the WWW allows faculty to search for a host Web sites for material relevant to a course on physiological psychology. Whereas in earlier years, you might have asked your advisor or a faculty colleague for a sample course syllabus, now you have access to many different course syllabi placed by faculty on Web sites. This requires that you become proficient at using a web browser to search the web. Some examples of sites containing syllabi are given below: 1. Behavioral Neuroscience Syllabus:Dr. Susan Shapiro of Indiana University East created this web site for an undergraduate physiological psychology course. This site contains a detailed listing of behavioral objectives for the physiological psychology course as well as a number of links to neuroscience-related web sites. 2. Syllabus for Physiological Psychology:
Dr. Carolyn A. Ristau of Columbia University created this physiological psychology course site. The site includes a detailed course schedule and reading list. NOTE: The URL references to these sites were accurate at the time of publication of this manual. It is possible that an address may return the dreaded message: "404: URL not found". It is possible for a Web site to "die" due to funding cuts for computing on campus, or because the site has been moved from one server to another without linking the new site to the old site.