Courses

PSYC 100 Introduction to Psychological Science

Overview of the study of human behavior, with emphasis on scientific reasoning and the technological skills involved in the process of conducting psychological research and understanding human behavior. Three lecture and two laboratory hours per week.

General Education Requirement: (FSSA)

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 200 Methods and Analyses

Introduction to research methods and statistical procedures in psychological science. Emphasis on mastering fundamental scientific, reasoning, and technological skills associated with literature review, research design, experimental manipulation, data collection, data analysis, data graphics, data interpretation, data presentation, and scientific writing. Three lecture and 1.5 laboratory hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 100 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 249 Special Topics

Special course offerings to explore specific directions within subdiscipline of psychology. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Prerequisite(s): Stated when course is offered.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 299 Integrated Topics

Courses that provide an integrative perspective of psychological theories, issues and research across two or more disciplinary (or subdisciplinary) contexts.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 100 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 300 History and Systems of Psychology

History of psychology and of major schools of thought and their viewpoints. Recommended for majors who are planning to attend graduate school in psychology.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 299.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 311 Child Development

Critical examination of research and theory on developmental changes and processes from prenatal through preadolescent periods. Emphasis on theoretical and empirical work on social, emotional, and cognitive development and on various developmental contexts. Includes an intensive laboratory experience focusing on conceptual, methodological, and analytical skills employed in the study of child development. Three lecture and 1.5 laboratory hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 313 Social Psychology

Critical overview of current theory and research in social psychology, with emphasis on conceptual and empirical work on social inference, stereotyping, self processes, social influence, affective processes, attraction, interpersonal processes, altruism, aggression, and group dynamics. Includes an intensive laboratory component focusing on conceptual, methodological, and analytical skills associated with social psychological inquiry. Three lecture and 1.5 laboratory hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 315 Adult Development

Critical examination of changes and stability in behavior from late adolescence through advanced old age, including perception, intelligence, memory, personality, emotion, social networks, death/dying, creativity, and wisdom. Emphasis on theory, research, and applications in class with intensive laboratory component. Three lecture and 1.5 laboratory hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 317 Applied Social Psychology

Critical overview of theory and research in applied social psychology. Emphasis will be on applications of experimental behavioral science to societal, institutional, and personal well-being (e.g., inequality, conservation, interpersonal processes, jury deliberation, health). Includes an intensive laboratory component focusing on conceptual, methodological, and analytical skills associated with the study of applied social psychology.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 319 Psychopathology

Critical examination of research and theory in psychopathology and behavior disorders including the phenomenology, etiology, assessment and treatment of major forms of psychological disorders. Emphasis on an integrative approach incorporating clinical, developmental, biological, and sociocultural perspectives. Intensive co-requisite laboratory experience focused on conceptual, methodological and analytical skills used in clinical psychology and investigation of psychopathology and behavior disorders. Three lecture and 1.5 laboratory hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 321 The Psychology of Organizations

Critical examination of major theoretical orientations and methodological approaches that bridge the fields of social psychology and organizational behavior. Topics include information processing, decision making, social influence, leadership, and group dynamics. Intensive laboratory experience focusing on methodological, statistical and computing skills associated with theory and research on the psychology of organizations. Three lecture and 1.5 laboratory hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 331 Behavioral Neuroscience

Focus on the neural regulation of behavior, from animal to human. Intensive lab component with techniques and approaches used in design, execution, and analysis of research in behavioral neuroscience. Three lecture and 1.5 laboratory hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 333 Cognitive Science

Examines interdisciplinary studies of knowledge representation, information processing, and learning using theories and methods drawn from psychology, computer science, linguistics, philosophy, and neuroscience. Intensive lab component involving techniques used in computer simulation, experimental program design, and data processing and analysis in interdisciplinary study of cognition. Three lecture and 1.5 laboratory hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 341 Cognitive Neuroscience

Critically examines what brain injury and cognitive deficits can tell us about the relationship between brain and behavior. Covers the functional anatomy of the major cognitive systems, including action, object recognition, attention, memory, language, emotion, and executive function. Includes an intensive laboratory experience focusing on research skills employed in the field of cognitive neuroscience. Three lecture hours and 1.5 lab hours a week.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 350 Selfhood

Critical examination of nature, function, and development of the human self. Emphasis on the dynamic, open-ended qualities of the healthy, normal self and on the construction of self-identity, especially in relationship to one's sense of meaning in life.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 351 Religion and Psychology

For millennia, religion and psychology have addressed issues pertaining to the nature and functioning of the human soul (anima) or mind (psyche). Will explore some of the intertwined history of religion and psychology, including some of the religious underpinnings of modern psychology, as well as the psychological foundations of religious experience, doctrine, ritual, and belief. Emphasis on the psychology of religions. (Same as Religion 364.)

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 352 Choice and Decision Making

Critical examination of theories, concepts, and applications in the areas of human choice, judgment, and decision-making. Rational models of choice will be compared and contrasted with strategies that typify human behavior. Also focuses on applications of theoretical concepts to a variety of choices in everyday life as well as to major life decisions.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 359 Special Topics

Special course offerings to explore specific direction within subdisciplinary area of psychology. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

Prerequisite(s): Stated when course is offered.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 361 Independent Research

Individual research conducted in collaboration with faculty. Note: No more than two units may count toward a psychology major.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better and permission of supervising instructor prior to registration.

Unit(s): .5-1

PSYC 377 Advanced Research Seminar

Critical overview of major subdisciplinary fields of specialization in psychological science, with emphasis on the research enterprise. Emphasis on developing a viable research proposal grounded in historical, philosophical, and empirical foundations related to research question. Open to advanced sophomores and juniors.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 and 299.

Unit(s): .5-1

PSYC 388 Individual Internship

Supervised independent work in field setting designed to give student applied experience after completion of appropriate coursework in psychology. Requires consultation with and approval by department chair. No more than 1 unit of internship in any one department and 3.5 units of internship overall may be counted toward required degree units. Available as pass/fail only.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 299 appropriate to the internship setting.

Unit(s): .5-1

PSYC 433 Multivariate Statistics

Multiple variable research design and applied multivariate analyses, including, but not limited to multiple regression, factor analysis, structural equation modeling, hierarchical linear modeling, and multivariate analysis of variance.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 435 Advanced Personality and Social Psychology

Critical examination of theory and research associated with interface between personality and social psychology.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 436 Developmental Psychopathology

Intensive analysis of description, etiology, and development of individual patterns of behavioral maladaptation in childhood and adolescence with critical evaluation of child and family treatment approaches.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 437 Psychology in American Society and Culture

Critical examination of the ways in which American society and culture have influenced the development of modern psychology, and the reciprocal influence of modern psychology upon the social practices and cultural norms of the United States. (Same as History 303.)

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 438 Group Processes

In-depth analysis of psychology of group formation, group conflict, group decision making, and intergroup relations. Emphasis on critical analysis of current theory and research on collective phenomena.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 439 Psychoneuroendocrinology

A treatment of the neuroendocrine regulation of brain and behavior.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 440 Advanced Neuroscience

Advanced interdisciplinary examination of field of neuroscience, including biochemistry of the neuron, biology of the brain, and creation of psychology out of nervous tissue.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 441 Clinical Neuroscience

Examination of ways in which brain function is modified to create symptomotology and syndromes that comprise clinical topics in psychology. The contrast between so-called psychological and biological bases of disorder is considered.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 442 The Neurobiology of Relationships

Examination of complex array of behaviors that animals display toward each other from the perspective of evolutionary pressures that shaped extant neurobiology. Focus on inextricable link between human and animal origins.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 443 Cross-Cultural Psychopathology

Critical examination of the extent to which the etiology and manifestation of mental disorders are affected by society and culture. The proposition that mental disorders prevalent within a particular culture shed light on the value structure and preoccupations of that culture is considered.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 444 Clinical Case Studies

Intensive seminar that examines select clinical case studies and their contributions to our understanding of brain-behavior relationships. Special emphasis will be placed on the power and limits of the double dissociation methodology: contrasting patients with opposing patterns of deficits.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 446 Memory: Mind, Matter, Maturity

Intensive analysis of developmental, psychological, and biological aspects of memory across the life span. Emphasis on normal memory development with some attention to special cases, e.g., Alzheimer's and other dementias. Memory in science, literature, society, and film examined.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 449 Advanced Seminar

Intensive seminar intended for seniors and advanced juniors, based on faculty expertise and research specializations, and offered regularly in fall and spring semesters for capstone requirement.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better.

Unit(s): 1

PSYC 461-462 Senior Research

Intensive year-long research project for seniors, requiring conception, completion, and presentation of a research thesis under faculty mentorship.

Unit(s): 1-1

PSYC 491-492 Senior Honors

Intensive year-long research project for seniors who meet requirements for University and department honors programs, requiring conception, completion, and presentation of senior honors thesis under faculty mentorship.

Prerequisite(s): Departmental invitation.

Unit(s): 1-1