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PSY 298: Statistical Methods - This course provides introduction and instruction to common statistical methods used in Psychology. This includes descriptive and inferential statistics including t-tests, ANOVA, and Regression.
PSY 301: Research Methods - This core course is designed to expose students to the myriad of research methodologies employed by psychologists. Students gain experience by conducting their own research projects.
PSY 312: Careers in HCI - This course explores options for careers with a certification in HCI or UX, and includes tips on preparing for (and getting) a job in this area.
PSY 340: Cognition - This course provides a broad survey of the field of cognitive psychology, including aspects of memory, language, neurophysiology, problem solving, and reasoning.
PSY 440: Cognition Research - This course is a writing intensive course (WIC) that is designed to explore in more depth various topics in cognition.
PSY 442: Perception - This course provides a broad look at how humans sense and perceive information from the environment across the range of senses.
PSY 444: Learning and Memory - This course provides an in-depth look at how people process and store information for later use, including aspects of theory and development.
PSY 401: Supervised research - This is the course number if you would like to gain relevant experience in a psychological lab as an undergraduate research assistant. For every hour of credit you enroll for, you are expected to contribute 3 hours of time working in the lab. This course is highly recommended for those interested in pursuing graduate school.
PSY 442: Perception - This course explores basic aspects of human perception, including vision, the auditory system and somatosensory system.
PSY 446: Human-Computer Interaction - This course is designed to explore how humans interact with various technologies and how this interaction can be quantified and improved to maximize performance.
PSY 541: Graduate Seminar in Cognition - This graduate level course covers classic topics in the study of human cognition including memory, attention, decision making, problem solving and language.
PSY 599: Intelligence - This course explores the notion of what 'intelligence' is, and what it means to exhibit 'intelligent behavior'. It considers issues of how to assess intelligence, and apply this knowledge to understanding performance.