This guide is for PSYC 336 Week 8 Field Experience Project, start to submission. Work with an older adult across the term, keep a journal of your experiences, and submit the final journal after a 1-page arrangement description in Week 2.
PSYC 336 is Gerontology, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's BS in Psychology. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as PSYC336; it is the same course.
| Course | PSYC 336 Gerontology |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 8 |
| Points | 100 points |
| Length | Not set in the guide; a journal of the experience |
| Sources | Your experience and Quadagno |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | As instructed |
What PSYC 336 Week 8 Field Experience Project asks for
You work with an older adult and keep a journal of your experiences, submitting a 1-page arrangement description in Module/Week 2 (5 points) and the final submission in Module/Week 8 (100 points) with Quadagno chapters 12 and 13.
Where it fits in PSYC 336
In the published schedule, Field Experience Project is one of 6 graded written assignments in PSYC 336. It follows Week 7 Writing Assignment, and it is the last written assignment in the course.
How PSYC 336 Week 8 Field Experience Project is graded
Liberty grades Field Experience Project with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 100 points in the published guide. That is about 10% of the course's 1,010 points. Open the rubric before you draft and read across each row: the top column describes what full credit looks like, and the gap between columns tells you what costs points.
Course grades in PSYC 336 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 900 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course week (except Module/Week 1) begins on Tuesday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Monday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
Regular entries across the term show sustained engagement; a few entries written at the end do not.
The PSYC 336 Week 8 method, step by step
Pick one event and stay with it
Reflection writing works when it is specific. Pick one situation, one decision point, and stay with it for the whole paper.
Describe it briefly and accurately
Tell what happened in a few sentences. Remove names and identifying details; the reader needs the situation, not the people.
Analyze it with course concepts
Explain the event through the course material. A reflection that never names a concept from the reading is a diary entry, not an assignment.
Bring in the evidence the guide asks for
Support the analysis with Your experience and Quadagno. Use the sources to show that what you saw is a known pattern and what the literature says about preventing or handling it.
Say what you would do differently
End with a specific change in practice that follows from the analysis. Graders look for growth that is tied to the evidence you cited.
Write in first person, formatted in APA
Use first person where you describe your own experience and keep the APA format for everything else. Check the length (Not set in the guide; a journal of the experience).
Write a journal entry after each visit describing what you did and talked about, then reflect on what it shows about aging, citing course ideas. Protect privacy by using a first name or initial only.
A structure for PSYC 336 Week 8 Field Experience Project
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,100 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Arrangement | A clear plan with an older adult. | ~110 words |
| Journal entries | Regular, specific entries. | ~550 words |
| Reflection | Connection to course concepts. | ~440 words |
A topic angle that works
Choose a setting where you can spend regular time with an older adult, such as a relative, a neighbor or a resident at a senior center, and describe the arrangement in Week 2: who, where, how often and what you will do together.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
Visit 4. Mr. R. showed me photos from his years as a machinist and spoke about missing the routine of work more than the pay. This matches Quadagno's discussion of how retirement can mean the loss of a role and identity, not only income. He seemed most animated when teaching me how a lathe works, which suggests that chances to share expertise matter to him.
- The visit.
- A course concept.
- An insight.
Mistakes that cost points on PSYC 336 Week 8
- Irregular visits.
- Entries without reflection.
- Identifying details.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: Not set in the guide; a journal of the experience
- Sources: Your experience and Quadagno
- No names or identifying details of patients, clients or coworkers
- At least one course concept named and applied
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
What is due first for the PSYC 336 field experience?
A 1-page arrangement description in Module/Week 2.
How many points is PSYC 336 Week 8 Field Experience Project worth?
100 points in Liberty's published course guide for PSYC 336, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 10% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is PSYC 336 Week 8 the same in every section of PSYC 336?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for PSYC 336. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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