Courses We Teach
Courses We Teach
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Here are the courses available through our department in a typical year. If you have any questions, please feel free to email the professor that will be leading the course. Happy learning!
110. General Psychology ; Staff
Four Credits
An introductory course which considered principles, methods, theories and problems of psychology. Among the topics considered are perception, learning, human development, personality, psychopathology, thought processes, social determinants of behavior, and the physiological basis of behavior. Class includes occasional laboratory demonstrations and independently designed student projects.
No prerequisites.
211 and 212. Research Design and Statistics
Four credits each semester
The second of the two-semester sequence which integrates methods of data description and statistical inference with methods of designing and conducting valid and reliable research projects ranging from naturalistic observations to experiments. Lectures and laboratory. An independently designed experiment is conducted and reported each semester. Successful completion of PSC 211 is required to move on to PSC 212.
Prerequisite: PSC 110
210. Practicum in Clinical/Counseling Psychology ; Hatcher
Variable credit course, 1-2 credits
Students will participate in on-site internships for a minimum of 3-4 hours a week, with a variety of opportunities available. Each week a journal will be submitted describing what the student did that week, and at the end of the semester they will submit a final paper. Grading is S-U.
Prerequisite: PSC 110 and consent of instructor.
221. Psychopathology ; Hatcher
Four credits
Description and analysis of causative factors (both psychological and biological), symptoms, and therapeutic measures taken with respect to various patterns of deviant behavior. Students learn to diagnose by examining and discussing published cases.
Prerequisite: PSC 110
224. Theories of Personality and Counseling ; Hatcher
Four credits
This course examines the major theories of personality and, where possible, the counseling traditions associated with them. Major theories covered include biological, Freudian and neo-Freudian, behavioral and cognitive-behavioral, and humanistic. Therapeutic approaches arising from these views are examined with the help of class role-play and video resources. The interaction between culture and personality are also explored.
Prerequisite: PSC 110
227. Inside the Animal Mind ; Manor
Four credits
In this course, we will immerse ourselves in the growing field of animal cognition. We will take a peek into the animal mind and show that many topics in animal cognition can be studied in an objective and scientific manner rather than the anecdotal reports so prevalent in our relationships with animals. The format of the seminar includes instructor and student led discussion of recent topcis in the study of animal cognition. Topics we will cover include: animal sensory abilities, abstract representations (e.g. numbers and time), cause and effect detection, memory systems, insight and reasoning, theory of mind, and communication.
Prerequisite: PSC 110
317. Learning and Behavior ; Manor
Four credits
This course surveys the basic principles that have been discovered or proposed to account for learning. Our primary focus will be on the philosophical and methodological approach of behavior analysis and the basic principles of conditioning (operant and classical) that have been discovered and how these are used in a variety of fields (e.g., applied behavioral analysis, neuroscience research, classroom settings, and animal training). We will examine how the principles apply to both human an non-human animals. The lab assignments and rate challenge are designed to enhance and consolidate the understanding of behavioral principles as well as for gain competence with laboratory experimentation and reporting of experimental research.
Prerequisite: PSC 100 or PSC 110, and PSC 211; or consent of instructor.
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