Courses in Psychology
PSY-B 309 Cooperative Work Experience in Psychology (1-3 cr)
Experience in psychology-oriented work settings. Grade is determined on the basis of a written report and a supervisor’s evaluation. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
Offered yearly.
- Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and Junior or Senior standing
PSY-B 354 Adult Development and Aging (3 cr)
The course content examines changes which occur with age in the following areas: intelligence, memory, personality, sexuality, health, living environments, economics, developmental disorders, and treatment for developmental disorders.
Offered every even spring.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 216 or equivalent or consent of instructor
PSY-B 366 Organizational Psychology
Some organization psychology topics introduced in the Industrial/Organizational psychology survey course are covered in more depth. Advanced information is presented for each topic, and students have the opportunity for several different hands-on applications including case project and computer exercises. Example topics are organizational culture, employee attitudes, motivation, and leadership.
Offered every odd fall semester.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 103, P211, K300 or equivalent, or consent of instructor. Must have Junior or Senior standing.
PSY-B 386 Introduction to Counseling
This course will help students acquire a repertoire of basic counseling interview skills and strategies and expose students to specific helping techniques. This will be an activity based course and students will enhance the general education goals of listening and problem solving. Offered every fall semester.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 103 or equivalent. Consent of instructor and Junior or Senior standing
PSY-B 388 Human Sexuality
A survey of human sexuality to increase knowledge and comfort regarding sexuality in a variety of aspects i.e. sexual behavior and response, influences of culture and environmental factors, psychological issues, disability effects on sexuality, sexual research, anatomy and physiology.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 103 or equivalent. Consent of instructor and Junior or Senior standing
PSY-K 300 Statistical Techniques (3 cr)
Introduction to statistics; the nature of statistical data; ordering and manipulation of data; measures of central tendency and dispersion; elementary probability. Concepts of statistical inference and decision; estimation and hypothesis testing. Special topics include regression and correlation, analysis of variance,
non-parametric methods. Credit not given for both K300 and K310.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 211 and 100 level math course
PSY-P 103 General Psychology (3 cr)
Introduction to psychology: its methods, data, and theoretical interpretations in areas of learning, sensory psychology, psychophysiology, individual differences, personality, development, abnormal and social psychology. May not be taken by students who have previously taken P101 or P102.
Offered every semester.
PSY-P 211 Methods of Experimental Psychology (3 cr)
Design and execution of simple experiments, treatment of results, search of the literature, and preparation of experimental reports.
Offered Fall Semester.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 103 or equivalent or consent of instructor
PSY-P 216 Life Span Development (3 cr)
A survey course of human development from infancy through old age, emphasizing the life span perspective of development. Classical stage theorists, current popular conception, major research findings, and implications for all life stages from birth to death.
Offered every semester.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 103 or equivalent or consent of instructor
PSY-P 319 Psychology of Personality (3 cr)
Methods and results of scientific study of personality. Basic concepts of personality traits and their measurements; developmental influences; problems of integration.
Offered every Fall.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 103 or equivalent. Consent of instructor and Junior or Senior standing
PSY-P 320 Social Psychology (3 cr)
Principles of scientific psychology applied to individual in social situations.
Offered every Spring.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 103 and PSY-P 211 or equivalent.
PSY-P 324 Abnormal Psychology (3 cr)
Emphasis on forms of abnormal behavior, etiology, development, interpretation, and final manifestations.
Offered every Spring.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 103 or equivalent.
PSY-P 325 Psychology of Learning (3 cr)
Facts and principles of human and animal learning especially as treated in theories attempting to provide framework for understanding what learning is and how it takes place.
Offered every other year.
- Prerequisites:PSY-P 103 and PSY-P 211 or equivalent.
PSY-P 326 Behavioral Neuroscience (3 cr)
Central nervous system functions in relation to sensory processes, motivation, and learning.
Offered every other year.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 103 or equivalent and an introductory biology course.
PSY-P328 Evolutionary Psychology (3 cr)
View of bigger picture of human existence by looking at ways that past adaptations to our environment have helped to create our complex behavioral repertoire. Topics include human ancestry, mate choice, kin selection, cooperative behavior, aggressive behavior, status hierarchies, and art.
Offered every other year.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 103 and PSY-P 211 or equivalent
PSY-P 329 Sensation and Perception (3 cr)
Basic data, theories, psychophysics, illusions, and other topics fundamental to understanding sensory and perceptual processes.
Offered every other year.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 103 and PSY-P 211 or equivalent
PSY-P 335 Cognitive Psychology (3 cr)
Introduction to human cognitive processes including attention and perception, memory, psycholinguistics, problem-solving, and thinking.
Offered every other year.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 103 and PSY-P 211 or equivalent
PSY-P 336 Psychological Tests and Individual Differences (3 cr)
Principles of psychological testing. Representative tests and their uses for evaluation and prediction. Emphasis on concepts of reliability, validity, standardization, norms, and item analysis.
Offered every other year.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 103 and PSY-K 300 or equivalent or consent of instructor.
PSY-P 390 Special Topics in Psychology (1-3 cr)
Topics vary with instructor and semester. May be repeated once for credit.
Offered as needed.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 103 or equivalent or consent of instructor
PSY-P391 Psychology of Gender and Ethnicity (3 cr)
Basic psychological concepts and research from the perspectives of gender and ethnicity, focusing on both the similarities and differences across gender and ethnic groups. Explores the impact of social and political forces on psychological development and adjustment. Contemporary theory on ethnicity, gender, and class will also be examined.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 103 or equivalent or consent of instructor
PSY-P 425 Behavior Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence (3 cr)
A survey of major behavior disorders, with emphasis on empirical research and clinical description relative to etiology, assessment, prognosis and treatment.
Offered as needed.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 103 or equivalent and PSY-P 324 or consent of instructor
PSY-P 450 Human Factors (3 cr)
Theories and data of experimental psychology applied to the problems of the interaction of people and technology in the workplace.
Offered as needed.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 103 or equivalent or onsent of instructor
PSY-P 457 Topics in Psychology (1-3 cr)
Studies in special topics not ordinarily covered in other departmental courses. Topics vary with instructor and semester. May be repeated once for credit if topic differs.
Offered as needed.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 103 or equivalent. Consent of instructor and Junior or Senior standing
PSY-P 459 History and Systems of Psychology (3 cr)
Historical background and critical evaluation of major theoretical systems of modern psychology: Structuralism, functionalism, associationism, behaviorism, Gestalt psychology, and psychoanalysis. Methodological problems of theory construction and system making.
Offered as needed.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 103 or equivalent and 6 hours of psychology courses or consent of instructor
PSY-P 493 Supervised Research I (2-3 cr)
Active participation in ongoing research.
Offered fall semester.
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 103 or equivalent and PSY-P 211 or equivalent. Consent of instructor and Sophomore, Junior or Senior standing.
PSY-P 494 Supervised Research II (2-3 cr)
A continuation of P493. Offered spring semester..
- Prerequisites: PSY-P 493. Consent of instructor and Junior or Senior standing
PSY-P 495 Reading and Research in Psychology (1-3 cr)
Completion of a student initiated research project from proposal and data collection to final report and presentation.
Offered on student request. See Psychology faculty before registering.
- Prerequisites: P103 or equivalent and P211 or equivalent. Consent of instructor and Junior or Senior standing.
COLI-S 330 Computerized Statistical Analysis
Use of the computer for statistical analyses, including how to enter data, perform analyses, and interpret the resulting computer output. Offered every spring semester.
- Corequisites: PSY-K 300. Consent of instructor and Junior or Senior standing
