Courses
Interdisciplinary
INTD-510 Focus Australia
A post-tour interdisciplinary course for the FocusAustralia program.
Psychology
PSYC-101 Principles of Psychology
Introduces principles and theories of behavior. Topics include biopsychology, sensation and perception, learning and memory, and physical and behavioral development. Also covers personality theory and assessment, social and cultural influences on behavior, and behavior pathology andtreatment.
PSYC-123 Elementary Statistics
Methods in collecting, organizing, summarizing, analyzing and interpreting numerical data. Topics include organizing data in table and graph formats; measures of central tendency, dispersion,relative standing, and correlation; probability; and hypothesis testing. Students may earn credit for only one of the introductory statistics courses offered by the departments of Management, Psychology and Mathematical Sciences.
PSYC-151 Drugs, Society, and Behavior
Examines the physiological and psychological effects of a wide variety of legal and illegal drugs as well as patterns of drug use. Includes behavioral, pharmacological and neurological points of view. Stresses factual and unbiasedinformation which is presented in a non-judgmentalfashion.
PSYC-205 Topics in Psychology
Examines selected topics in psychology, depending on student and instructor interest. Course may berepeated for credit if topic is different. 2 - 4 SH.
PSYC-223 Research Methods in Psychology
Basic research methods. Covers naturalistic observation, surveys, and experimental and quasi-experimental designs. Lecture and lab.
PSYC-230 Social Psychology
The study of how individuals are influenced by social interactions. Examines social phenomena, such as attitude change, conformity, impression formation, stereotyping, aggression and helping. Includes research methods and results, explanatorytheories and application to practical problems.
PSYC-232 Environmental Psychology
The study of how people interact with the environment - both natural and built. Topics covered include environmental perception and cognition; worldviews and attitudes toward nature;impact of environmental factors such as weather, on behavior and mood; reactions to natural and technological disasters; personal space,territoriality, and crowding; and psychological factors in urban planning and in residential,educational, and commercial design.
PSYC-238 Developmental Psychology: Childhood
Human development during infancy and childhood. Emphasizes development and behavioral changes in the biological, cognitive and social cognitive domains. Includes physical, cognitive, emotional, language, moral, social and self-conceptdevelopment. Examines culture as a context for development and behavior.
PSYC-239 Developmental Psychology: Adolescence
Human development through adolescence. Emphasizes development and behavioral changes in the biological, cognitive and social cognitive domains. Includes pubertal, intellectual, emotional, communicative, moral, social and identity development. Examines culture as a context for development and behavior.
PSYC-240 Developmental Psychology: Adulthood
Human development from the adult years through death. Emphasizes development and behavioral changes in the biological, cognitive and social cognitive domains. Includes physical and hormonal changes, intelligence, emotions, communication, career and retirement issues, family changes,relationships and marriage, and death and dying. Examines culture as a context for development and behavior.
PSYC-242 Health Psychology
Reviews important topics in this field, such as stress and its management, health-related decision-making, and psycho-social influences on the prevention and treatment of disease. Emphasis is placed on evaluating the impact of these areas upon everyday life and in clinical settings.
PSYC-245 Personality
Covers major theoretical perspectives onpersonality structure and development, with an emphasis on supporting research and practicalapplications.
PSYC-250 Educational Psychology
An overview of psychological and educational principles as they apply to the classroom. Topics include instructional planning, developmentalcharacteristics of students, and learning theories. Also covers evaluation, discipline and classroom management. Requires 20 hours of field experience.
PSYC-252 Learning Styles and Preferences
This course will focus on cognitive styles, learning styles, learning preferences, learning modalities, multiple intelligences, and emotional intelligence. Similarities and differences among these concepts will be explored, and the latest research in each area will be examined. Students will have the opportunity to assess their ownlearning styles and preferences and to learn how this knowledge can be beneficial in their daily interactions.
PSYC-320 Abnormal Psychology
Examines the causes, symptoms and treatment of mental disorders. Also addresses theoretical perspectives, research methodology, the diagnosticprocess, assessment procedures, and ethical issuesassociated with the field.
PSYC-322 Psychological Testing
Introduces the development, characteristics and use of psychological tests. Covers methods ofconstructing, administering and evaluating tests. Reviews tests of abilities, personality, interest and attitudes. Also explores technical problems and ethical issues common in psychological testing.
PSYC-323 Experimental Design/Analysis
Continues and expands topics introduced in PS:123 Statistics. Emphasizes the design and analysis of multifactor experiments. Examines designs, including completely randomized, randomized block and split-plot factorial designs. Also coversLatin and Greco-Latin square designs andcovariance designs.
PSYC-334 Psychology of Gender
Explores current theory and research in the development of gender and consequences of gender roles. Covers evolutionary, biological, psychoanalytic, cognitive, social learning, and cross-cultural perspectives on gender, as well as approaches that seek to understand interactions among these influences.
PSYC-337 Psy of Exceptional Children & Youth
An overview of the characteristics and instructionof children exhibiting developmental disabilities,physical challenges, learning disabilities, socialand emotional disorders, sensory impairments, and giftedness. Also considers the history of special education and significant legislation in the field.
PSYC-340 Cognitive Psychology
Introduces historical perspectives and current theories of human information processing. Topics include attention, memory, language use and problem solving. Emphasizes the role of research in increasing knowledge.
PSYC-342 Biopsychology
Explores neurophysiological influences on behavior. Topics include regulation of food and water intake, sleep, emotion and stress,reinforcement and addiction, biofeedback, aggression, and the neuropsychology of mentaldisorders.
PSYC-343 Learning and Motivation
Examines principles and theories of learning and motivation. Includes the roles of contiguity and contingency in classical conditioning, reinforcement and drive theories, cognitive and behavioral models of classical conditioning and instrumental learning, verbal learning, and factors influencing learning and memory.
PSYC-350 Psych, Culture, and Ethnicity
A critical examination of the role of culture in human development and behavior. Explores: (a) theuniversality and diversity of human biological, cognitive, social, and emotional development and behavior within and across racial, ethnic, and cultural groups, (b) the contexts in which multiple cultures intersect or interact with one another and the historical, institutional, and personal factors that influence or regulate these interactions, and (c) the theoretical and methodological approaches psychologists use to explore these issues.
PSYC-450 Introduction to Counseling
An introduction to the counseling profession.Includes basic helping skills, selected intervention techniques, issues in counselingspecial client populations and professional ethics.
PSYC-527 Practicum
Supervised field experience in student-selected applied settings. Includes related writing assignments. Qualified juniors and seniors only.
PSYC-528 Practicum
Supervised field experience in student-selected applied settings. Includes related writing assignments. Qualified juniors and seniors only.
