Courses in Psychology
PSY 101: Introductory Psychology (PSY101)
Survey of basic areas including physiology, personality, and abnormal behavior; sensation and perception; learning, memory, and cognitive behavior; social and interpersonal interaction and attraction; and psychotherapies. (Offered every semester.) (LA) (SI) (EM) (3)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 123: Intro Human Development (PSY123)
Human development from conception to old age; physical growth, perception, cognition, emotioal growth, social interaction, and personality. (Offered every semester.) (LA) (SI) (3)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 227: Social Psychology (PSY227)
Prerequisite: PSY 101. Theories and experimental research in areas such as communication processes, group dynamics, attitudes, attribution theories, interpersonal attraction, and collective behavior; application to relevant social problems. (Offered every spring semester.) (LA) (3)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 238: Adolescent Psychology (PSY238)
Prerequisite: PSY 101 or PSY 123. Biological, societal, familial, and peer influences in aolescent behavior; problems of youth in society. (Offered every spring semester.) (LA) (3)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 249: Infancy & Early Childhood (PSY249)
Prerequisite: PSY 101 or PSY 123. Development from conception through preschool years; physical development, intellectual functioning, achievement behavior, social and personality developmnt, sex differences, and application of developmental principles; theories of child development, including Piaget's concepts of intellectual functioning. (Offered every semester.) (LA) (3)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 250: Development in Middle Childhood (PSY250)
Prerequisite: PSY 101 or PSY 123. Development from age 6 to puberty; theories of child development; social, emotional, personality, and perceptual-intelectual development; family, peer, and social influences in development; and sex differences and achievement behavior. (Offered every semester.) (LA) (3)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 251: Psych of Adulthood & Aging (PSY251)
Prerequisite: PSY 101 or PSY 123. Develop-mental processes of aging including family adjustment, marriage, single adults, menopausend climacteric, intellectual development, retirement, senescence, death, and dying. (Offered every odd-year fall semester.) (LA) (3)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 323: Topics in Developmental Psychology (PSY323)
Prerequisites: PSY 249, PSY 250. This course focuses on selected topics in developmental psychology such as language, social, or cognitive development. An emphasis is placed on the application of psychological research and principles in practical settings. (Offered every odd-year spring.) (LA) (3)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 325: Learning & Cognitive Processes (PSY325)
Theories and research findings in classical and instrumental conditioning and information processing, including peception, memory, and thinking in humans and other animals. (Offered every odd-year spring semester.) (LA) (3)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 328: Personality Theory & Dynamics (PSY328)
Prerequisite: PSY 101 or PSY 123. Major views of personality, including those of Freud, neo-Freudians (Adler, Jung, Erikson), and Maslow; behavioral and humnistics/ existential approaches; implications for personal growth and therapy. Course includes a laboratory section. (Offered every fall semester.) (LA) (4)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 329: Psychological Tests and Measures (PSY329)
Prerequisites: PSY 101, SS 231. Principles of psychological tests, including standardization, reliability, validity, and test construction; intelligence and personality tests; ethical and legislative issues. (Offered every odd-year spring semester.) (LA) (3)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 332: Experimental Methodology (PSY332)
Prerequisites: ENG 112, SS 231. Introduction to principles and techniques of psychological research; consideration of different experimental designs and advanced statistial techniques; emphasis on interpretation and written presentation of experimental results. Course includes a laboratory section. (Offered every fall semester.) (LA) (3)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 333: Physiological Psychology (PSY333)
Prerequisites: PSY 101, SS 231. Anatomical and physiological bases of major psychological phenomena. Topics include: neuroanatomy, synaptic transmission, sensory physiology, emotion, sexual behavior, drugs and behavior, hunger and thirst, neural correlates of learning, and memory. (Offered every odd-year fall semester.) (LA) (3)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 335: Psychology of Motivation (PSY335)
Theories and research findings relating to human and animal behavior: ethology, instinctual behavior, early experience, primary drive systems, curiosity, exploratory behavior, achievement and affiliation motives, and general theories of motivation. (Offered every even-year spring semester.) (LA) (3)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 336: Abnormal Psychology and Psychopathology (PSY336)
Disordered behavior, major syndromes, theories of etiology, and appproaches to treatment. (Offered every spring semester.) (LA) (3)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 350: Behavior Modification (PSY350)
Prerequisite: PSY 101 or PSY 123. Principles and techniques, as derived from research on conditioning, social learning,and cognition, for changing human behavior; applications in specific situations. (Offered every fall semester.) (LA) (3)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 355: Educational Psychology (PSY355)
Prerequisite: PSY 101 or PSY 123. The under-standing and application of psychological findings and principles relating to education. Examine the broad array of learning and behavior characteristics found in the diverse population of today's schools, inclue tenets of the primary theories of learning (behavioral, information processing, cognitive, and humanistic) and the application of those tenets to teaching school-aged children. The psychological aspects of learning environments and instructional organiz
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 360: Junior Research Seminar (PSY360)
Prerequisite: PSY 232. Examination of more advanced topics in research methods and associated statistical analysis. Topics will include experimental and quasi-experimental designs, analysis of covariance andnon-parametric statistics and ethical issues in research with human subjects. Students will prepare a research proposal as a basis for their senior seminar project. (Offered every spring semester.) (LA) (3)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 399: Independent Study (PSY399)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.(Offered every semester.) (1-3)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 426: Systems and Issues in Psychology (PSY426)
Prerequisite: PSY 101. Historical review of psychology with an emphasis on both great individuals and social forces. Historical antecedents of psychological theories, concepts, and methodsconsideration of selected topics that illustrate or influence contemporary development in psychological theory, research, or application. (Offered every even-year fall semester.) (LA) (3)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 430: Clinical Intervent in Psychology (PSY430)
Prerequisites: PSY 328, PSY 336. An advanced undergraduate course that includes the assessment of dysfunctional and maladaptive behavior; the major approach as to psychological intervention; and theories of pychopathology, treatment planning, implementation, and evaluation. Course includes a practicum (lab) experience in a mental health or health care setting. (Offered every even-year spring semester.) (LA) (4)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 430L: Lab--Clinical Intervention in Psychology (PSY430L)
Lab forPSY 430.
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 440: Forensic Psychology (PSY440)
Prerequisites: PSY 101 and junior/senior status. Examines the application of psychological principles and research to legal issues. Topics include issues of clinical practice such asompetency to stand trial and child custody evaluation as well as experimental issues in jury selection and eyewitness testimony. (Offered every even-year spring semester.) (LA) (3)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 445: Psychology as a Profession (PSY445)
Pre-requisite: Senior status or permission of instructor. This course provides a foundation for students anticipating graduation and who are considering post graduate study and/or entry level career opportunities in psychology. Students will be guided in their professional development decision by self assessments of their professional interests, abilities and resources and will develop systematic strategies to assist in achieving their post graduate goals. Course is pass/fail. (1)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 450: Senior Research Seminar (PSY450)
Prerequisite: PSY 360 and senior standing in psychology or consent of instructor. Student-initiated research projects include final selection of research area, literature review, generation of hypotheses, operational definition of variables, data-gathering analysis, and presentation and discussion of results. (Offered every fall semester.) (LA) (3)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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PSY 495: Advanced Topics in Psychology (PSY495)
Prerequisite: to be determined by the Division of Basic and Applied Social Sciences. An advanced study of a specific topic within psychology. Intended for juniorss and seniors, or for students with an appropriate background in psychology. The student may repeat the course, but not the topic. (Offered as needed.) (LA) (1-3)
Gen. Ed. Attributes: None.
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