2017-2018 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    May 14, 2024  
2017-2018 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


If you’re seeking individual course requirements pertaining to electives, the Course Filter below will assist in narrowing your search.

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Psychology

  
  • PSY-100 Psychology of Personal Adjustment


    Credits: 3
    Contact Hours: Lec 3
    This course introduces the psychological principles that contribute to the well-adjusted personality. It explores how to integrate these principles into an explanation of human adjustment and apply them to stress and mood management, human relationships, self-esteem and personal adjustment.
  
  • PSY-110 Introduction to Psychology


    Credits: 3
    Contact Hours: Lec 3
    This course provides an introduction to psychology including history and systems, physiology, human growth and development, sensation and perception, learning, memory, emotion, motivation, personality, adjustment, psychopathology, industrial and social psychology.
  
  • PSY-130 Life Span Development Psychology


    Credits: 3
    Contact Hours: Lec 3
    This course is a study of human life span development, including the physical, emotional, cognitive and social developments and changes from conception through death.
  
  • PSY-210 Research Methods Behav Sci


    Credits: 3
    Contact Hours: Lec 3
    This course will explore the basic principles underlying the design of empirical studies and the relationship between research design and statistical analysis. It will familiarize students with a variety of basic research methods and the mechanics and structure of empirical journal articles. Students will design and conduct a research project. Prerequisite(s): PSY 110 ENG 100  or ENG 101 , MTH 105  or higher.
  
  • PSY-220 Statistics for Behavioral Science


    Credits: 3
    Contact Hours: Lec 3 Lab 0 Practicum 0
    In this course you will learn about statistics that allow researchers to describe and summarize data and distinguish between chance and systematic effects in typical experimental contexts.  Prerequisite(s): Grade of “C” or better in PSY 110  or SOC 101 ENG 100  or ENG 101 , and MTH 105  or higher.
  
  • PSY-255 Psychology of Work Behavior


    Credits: 3
    Contact Hours: Lec 3
    This course provides an introduction to the concepts used in industrial and organizational psychology. Specifically, employee selection, performance appraisal, training, motivation, workplace health and consumer behavior are included. Prerequisite(s): PSY 110 .
  
  • PSY-260 Child Psychology


    Credits: 3
    Contact Hours: Lec 3
    This course is the study of developmental psychology as it relates to the child from conception to middle childhood. It will cover the biological, behavioral, cognitive, emotional and cultural development of the child as well as family and social influences such as discipline and abuse. Prerequisite(s): PSY 110 
  
  • PSY-265 Psychology of Adolescents


    Credits: 3
    Contact Hours: Lec 3
    This course is the study of developmental psychology as it relates to the adolescent and the transition from childhood to adulthood. It will cover the biological, behavioral, cognitive, emotional, and cultural development of the adolescent and issues such as attitudes, interest, and socialization specific to the adolescent. Prerequisite(s): PSY 110 .
  
  • PSY-270 Psychology of Aging


    Credits: 3
    Contact Hours: Lec 3
    This course explores the mental, biological, physical, emotional, social and personality development of aging as well as mental health and coping mechanisms. It considers psychological and physiological changes throughout adulthood including death, dying and grief. Prerequisite(s): PSY 110 .
  
  • PSY-275 Consumer Psychology


    Credits: 3
    Contact Hours: Lec 3
    This course provides an introduction to the psychology’s application in consumer buying behavior including how consumers notice, remember, learn, and are motivated to buy goods and services based on the advertisements, salespeople, friends, and other consumers around them. Prerequisite(s): PSY 110 .
  
  • PSY-280 Social Psychology


    Credits: 3
    Contact Hours: Lec 3
    This course provides an introduction to the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to other people. Topics of study include: social cognition, social perception, attitude, prejudice and discrimination, social and group influence, aggression and prosocial behavior, interpersonal attraction and intimate relationships. Prerequisite(s): PSY 110 .
  
  • PSY-285 Abnormal Psychology


    Credits: 3
    Contact Hours: Lec 3
    This course provides an examination of psychological disorders as well as the theoretical, clinical, and experimental perspectives of the study of psychopathology. Emphasis is placed on the terminology, classification, etiology, assessment, and treatment of the major disorders. Prerequisite(s): PSY 110 .