PSYC 327 – Psychology of Gender
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take PSYC-206. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Overview of the major areas and findings regarding gender in the field of psychology. Topics addressed include gender theory, gender identity development, history of gender, gendered communication, and competition between and within the sexes.
PSYC 303 – Research Methodology
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take PSYC-302; Minimum grade C. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Introduction to the experimental method in the study of behavior, with laboratory exercises to provide practical knowledge and skill in experimental design and technical writing. Advanced inferential statistics.
PSYC 303L – Research Methodology Lab
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: ; Max: Description:
PSYC 304 – Brain and Behavior
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take PSYC-206 BIOL-104 BIOL-105 BIOL-115L. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Study of the role of the nervous system in the generation of behavior, feelings, and thoughts. Attention will be given to methodologies used by neuroscientists-particularly physiological psychologists-to study the nervous system and behavior. Primary emphasis will be on the role of […]
PSYC 314 – Health Psy/Behavorial Medicine
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take PSYC-206. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Introduction to the affective, behavioral, and cognitive aspects of health and illness. Topics include such issues as lifestyle change, stress management, and chronic pain, as well as a survey of specific physical diseases which are known to involve a dominant psychological component. Credit cannot […]
PSYC 315 – Child Behavior:Growth & Development
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take PSYC-206. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Study of theory and research focusing on the psychological development of infants and children. Topics covered include maturation, intelligence, academic achievement, classical and operant conditioning, observational and social learning, language acquisition, and methodological advances in the study of child psychology. Neuropsychological development and models […]
PSYC 316 – Adolescent Behav:Growth & Developmt
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take PSYC-206. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Study of the adolescent today, including cognition and reasoning; neuropsychological development; attitudes and values toward sex, family, school, and peers; delinquency and substance use; activism and work; and personality development. Models of gene-environment interaction, including the biopsychosocial perspective and neuropsychological bases of behavior, will […]
PSYC 206 – Introductory Psychology
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Survey of the biological, experimental (including sensory processes, learning, memory, and motivation), social, personality, and developmental processes. In addition to these content areas, an understanding of scientific methodology will be studied.
PSYC 216 – Introductory Psychology Laboratory
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take PSYC-206. (Required, Previous or concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description: The main focus will include hands-on experiences with scientific methodology used in psychology including observation of phenomenon, data collection, data analysis, critical analysis of findings, and report writing.
PSYC 220 – Careers in Psychology
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take PSYC-206 PSYC-216. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description: Provides general knowledge concerning careers that may be pursued in Psychology. Topics include strategies in making career decisions, how to apply to graduate schools, and how to seek entry-level jobs with a bachelor’s degree. Entry-level evaluation of the major will occur.
PSYC 302 – Quantitative & Psychometric Methods
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take PSYC-206 PSYC-216. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: The student will become familiar with fundamental descriptive and inferential statistics as used in psychology. Topics will also include reliability, validity, confidence intervals, and measures of effect size. In addition, students learn APA-style reporting of statistics and become familiar with SPSS.