Courses
Go Preparation
OFFP-AUSTRAL Focus Australia
A pre-tour interdisciplinary course for the Focus Australia program.
OFFP-GONORTH GO North
This is the preparation course for the 2-week GO North trip, which travels to the ragged edge of human habitation in Northern Ontario, Canada. Fort Albany is a small community in the James Bay region that is accessible by air. Students will engage in service learning to explore the interaction of indigenous Mushkegowuk Cree culture and geographic isolation with the provision of education, human services, and health care. The return trip from Fort Albany will include time in Ottawa where students will visit museums and other important landmarks that are referential to Canadian government and "mainstream" culture.
OFFP-NEWZLND GO New Zealand/Aotearoa
OFFP-NEWZLND is the preparation course for the 2-week study trip to the north island of New Zealand. The course is designed to introduce students to both the indigenous (Maori) and settler (Pakeha) cultures of New Zealand. The course consists of three mandatory predeparture meetings. This will be followed by a two week study trip during December and January; and a five week reflective seminar after the study trip. There are no prerequisite courses, but the tour will be restricted to students who will be at least 18 years old at the time of the trip.
Go Reflection
OFFR-AUSTRAL Focus Australia
A post-tour interdisciplinary course for the Focus Australia program.
OFFR-GONORTH GO North
This is the reflection course held the semester after the 2-week GO-North trip.
OFFR-NEWZLND GO New Zealand/Aotearoa
OFFR-NEWZLND is the reflection portion which follows the Global Opportunities New Zealand/Aotearoa two week study trip to the north island of New Zealand.
GO-Short Trip
OFFS-AUSTRAL Focus Australia
A GO-Short cross-cultural trip to Australia.
OFFS-GONORTH GO North
GO North travels to the ragged edge of human habitation in Northern Ontario, Canada. Fort Albany is a small community in the James Bay region that is accessible by air. Students will engage in service learning to explore the interaction of indigenous Mushkegowuk Cree culture and geographic isolation with the provision of education, human services, and health care. The return trip from Fort Albany will include time in Ottawa where students will visit museums and other important landmarks that are referential to Canadian government and "mainstream" culture.
OFFS-NEWZLND GO New Zealand/Aotearoa
OFFS-NEWZLND Global Opportunities New Zealand/Aotearoa is a two week study trip to the north island of New Zealand. The course is designed to introduce students to both the indigenous (Maori) and settler (Pakeha) cultures of New Zealand. Students will use the knowledge and experience gained through this course to develop critical concepts about culture and a greater understanding of their own place within their own culture. The course is preceded by OFFP-NEWZLND, which consists of three mandatory predeparture meetings; the followed by OFFR-NEWZLND, a five week reflective seminar after the study trip. There are no prerequisite courses, but the tour will be restricted to students who will be at least 18 years old at the time of the trip.
Psychology
PSYC-101 Principles of Psychology
Introduces principles and theories of behavior. Topics include biopsychology, sensation and perception, learning and memory, and physical and behavioral development. Also covers personality theory and assessment, social and cultural influences on behavior, and behavior pathology and treatment.
PSYC-123 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
Methods in collecting, organizing, summarizing, analyzing and interpreting numerical data. Topics include organizing data in table and graph formats; measures of central tendency, dispersion, relative standing, and correlation; probability; and hypothesis testing. Students may earn credit for only one of the introductory statistics courses offered by the departments of Management, Psychology and Mathematical Sciences.
PSYC-201 Special Topics in Psychology
Examines selected topics in psychology, depending on student and instructor interest. Course may be repeated for credit if topic is different. 2 - 4 SH.
PSYC-223 Research Methods in Psychology
Basic research methods. Covers naturalistic observation, surveys, and experimental and quasi-experimental designs. Lecture and lab.
PSYC-230 Social Psychology
The study of how individuals are influenced by social interactions. Examines social phenomena, such as attitude change, conformity, impression formation, stereotyping, aggression and helping. Includes research methods and results, explanatory theories and application to practical problems.
PSYC-232 Environmental Psychology
The study of how people interact with the environment - both natural and built. Topics covered include environmental perception and cognition; worldviews and attitudes toward nature; impact of environmental factors such as weather, on behavior and mood; reactions to natural and technological disasters; personal space, territoriality, and crowding; and psychological factors in urban planning and in residential, educational, and commercial design.
PSYC-238 Developmental Psychology: Childhood
Human development during infancy and childhood. Emphasizes development and behavioral changes in the biological, cognitive and social cognitive domains. Includes physical, cognitive, emotional, language, moral, social and self-concept development. Examines culture as a context for development and behavior.
PSYC-239 Developmental Psychology: Adolescence
Human development through adolescence. Emphasizes development and behavioral changes in the biological, cognitive and social cognitive domains. Includes pubertal, intellectual, emotional, communicative, moral, social and identity development. Examines culture as a context for development and behavior.
PSYC-240 Developmental Psych: Adulthood & Aging
Human development from the adult years through death. Emphasizes development and behavioral changes in the biological, cognitive and social cognitive domains. Includes physical and hormonal changes, intelligence, emotions, communication, career and retirement issues, family changes, relationships and marriage, and death and dying. Examines culture as a context for development and behavior.
PSYC-242 Health Psychology
Reviews important topics in this field, from both the psychological and bio-medical perspective. Topics covered include stress and its management, health-related decision-making, chronic disease and the involvement of psychosocial factors in medical care settings. Emphasis is placed on evaluating the impact of these areas upon everyday life and in clinical settings.
PSYC-243 Drugs, Society, and Behavior
Examines the physiological and psychological effects of a wide variety of legal and illegal drugs as well as patterns of drug use. Includes behavioral, pharmacological and neurological points of view. Stresses factual and unbiased information which is presented in a non-judgmental fashion.
PSYC-245 Personality
Covers major theoretical perspectives on personality structure and development, with an emphasis on supporting research and practical applications.
PSYC-250 Educational Psychology
An overview of psychological and educational principles as they apply to the classroom. Topics include instructional planning, developmental characteristics of students, and learning theories. Also covers evaluation, discipline and classroom management. Requires 20 hours of field experience.
PSYC-252 Learning Styles and Preferences
This course will focus on cognitive styles, learning styles, learning preferences, learning modalities, multiple intelligences, and emotional intelligence. Similarities and differences among these concepts will be explored, and the latest research in each area will be examined. Students will have the opportunity to assess their own learning styles and preferences and to learn how this knowledge can be beneficial in their daily interactions.
PSYC-320 Abnormal Psychology
Examines the causes, symptoms and treatment of mental disorders. Also addresses theoretical perspectives, research methodology, the diagnostic process, assessment procedures, and ethical issues associated with the field.
PSYC-322 Psychological Testing
Introduces the development, characteristics and use of psychological tests. Covers methods of constructing, administering and evaluating tests. Reviews tests of abilities, personality, interest and attitudes. Also explores technical problems and ethical issues common in psychological testing.
PSYC-323 Advanced Research Design/Analysis
Continues and expands topics introduced in PS:123 Statistics. Emphasizes the design and analysis of multifactor experiments. Examines designs, including completely randomized, randomized block and split-plot factorial designs. Also covers Latin and Greco-Latin square designs and covariance designs.
PSYC-334 Psychology of Gender
Explores current theory and research in the development of gender and consequences of gender roles. Covers evolutionary, biological, psychoanalytic, cognitive, social learning, and cross-cultural perspectives on gender, as well as approaches that seek to understand interactions among these influences.
PSYC-337 Psy of Exceptional Individuals
An overview of the characteristics and instruction of children exhibiting developmental disabilities, physical challenges, learning disabilities, social and emotional disorders, sensory impairments, and giftedness. Also considers the history of special education and significant legislation in the field.
PSYC-340 Cognitive Psychology
Introduces historical perspectives and current theories of human information processing. Topics include attention, memory, language use and problem solving. Emphasizes the role of research in increasing knowledge.
PSYC-342 Behavioral Neuroscience
Explores neurophysiological influences on behavior. Topics may include human communication, learning and memory, visual processing, ingestive behavior, sleep, emotion and stress, addiction, aggression, reproductive behavior, and neurological and neuropsychological disorders.
PSYC-344 Learning Processes
Examines principles and theories of classical and instrumental conditioning, including the roles of contiguity and contingency, reinforcement, cognitive and behavioral models of classical conditioning and instrumental learning, and factors influencing learning.
PSYC-346 Sensation and Perception
Explores how individuals take in information from the environment and interpret it meaningfully. Focuses on the visual and auditory systems, but also covers olfaction, taste, and touch. Covers the anatomy of human sensory systems and the neural and cognitive processes that turn sensations into perceptions of the world.
PSYC-350 Psych, Culture, and Ethnicity
A critical examination of the role of culture in human development and behavior. Explores: (a) the universality and diversity of human biological, cognitive, social, and emotional development and behavior within and across racial, ethnic, and cultural groups, (b) the contexts in which multiple cultures intersect or interact with one another and the historical, institutional, and personal factors that influence or regulate these interactions, and (c) the theoretical and methodological approaches psychologists use to explore these issues.
PSYC-360 Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory
Using behavioral neuroscience methods and procedures to investigate action potential dynamics, neuroanatomy, visual processing, learning and memory processes, and emotion regulation.
PSYC-361 Cognitive Psychology Laboratory
Investigates cognitive phenomena including attention, memory, and problem-solving, using appropriate experimental methodology and techniques.
PSYC-362 Learning Processes Laboratory
This course provides an experience with the experimental methods employed in the study of learning. The course utilizes laboratory techniques to examine the principles and theories of classical and instrumental conditioning.
PSYC-363 Sensation and Perception Lab
Accompanies PSYC-346 Sensation and Perception. Provides direct experience with this topic area through participation in perception studies, collection and analysis of data, and reading and discussion of relevant source literature.
PSYC-400 Advanced Topics in Psychology
Examines selected advanced topics in psychology, depending on student and instructor interest. Course may be repeated for credit if topic is different.
PSYC-421 Directed Research
Student/faculty collaborative research in the student's area of interest. Introduces the methodologies and problems of doing original research in psychology. Lecture and lab.
PSYC-422 Directed Research
Student/faculty collaborative research in the student's area of interest. Introduces the methodologies and problems of doing original research in psychology. Lecture and lab.
PSYC-450 Introduction to Counseling
An introduction to the counseling profession. Includes basic helping skills, selected intervention techniques, issues in counseling special client populations and professional ethics.
PSYC-500 Internship
Practical experience in an approved work setting. The student is responsible for arranging the internship and completing a learning contract with the faculty supervisor. May be repeated once for a maximum of 6 SH. 2 or 4 SH.
PSYC-501 Independent Study
PSYC-505 Research Apprenticeship
Provides student with the opportunity to collaborate on a faculty research project as part of a close mentoring relationship where students learn advanced research methods and data management in a one-on-one setting. Involves a commitment of 5 hours per week per SH of course credit. Open only to students who meet criteria set by supervisor and only when positions are available. May be taken multiple times to a total of 4 SH. Prerequisites: Permission of faculty supervisor.
PSYC-510 Independent Study
Provides an opportunity to work individually with the instructor for focused reading, study, and reflection about a particular topic area. Permission of the instructor required.
PSYC-525 Independent Research
Students complete an individual research project in their area of interest working closely with a faculty supervisor. Permission of supervisor is required.
PSYC-526 Independent Research
Students complete an individual research project in their area of interest, working closely with a faculty supervisor. Permission of supervisor is required.
PSYC-527 Practicum
Supervised field experience in student-selected applied settings. Includes related writing assignments. Qualified juniors and seniors only.
PSYC-528 Practicum
Supervised field experience in student-selected applied settings. Includes related writing assignments. Qualified juniors and seniors only.
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