Introductory Psychology Out-of-Class-Experiences One of the requirements of this class is participation in out-of-class experiences. You need to earn 4 out-of-class credits. If you fail to participate in the required number of out-of-class experiences, you will receive an “Incomplete” for the course and risk a reduced grade for the course as determined by your instructor. These credits may be earned by any combination of the following (your instructor may add or delete items from this list): Participation in research being carried out by Psychology faculty and students. Summarizing a journal article from a source approved by your instructor. Attending a special presentation, approved by your instructor, on a psychological topic and writing a short summary of the presentation. For more information about activity #1, check out the student research participation page. This page describes how to receive credit through research participation. Your instructor will give you further details on how to get credit for activities 2 and 3.