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| 400:001. Introduction to
Psychology -- 3 hrs. Survey of basic principles in psychology. Course requires participation in psychological research; or an alternative acceptable to both students and the department which provides a similar educational experience. (Formerly 400:008.) (Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer) |
| 400:020. Community Service/Experiential
Learning -- 1-3 hrs. Students explore potential career options via volunteer opportunities at an approved location from 3-9 hours per week, after completing training required by the specific agency. Serves as a valuable hands-on learning experience. May be repeated for maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisites: 400:001; consent of instructor. (Offered Fall and Spring) |
| 400:101. Research Methods
-- 4 hrs. Introduction to fundamentals of psychological inquiry. Emphasis on experimental research but all major approaches (correlational, field, clinical, phenomenological) considered. Prerequisite: 400:001; must be a declared Psychology major or minor by the starting date of the course. (Formerly 400:045.) (Offered Fall and Spring) |
| 400:102. Psychological
Statistics -- 4 hrs. Introduction to the basic methods of collecting, organizing, and analyzing psychological data. Emphasis on statistical inference (e.g., t tests, F tests, and selected non-parametrics). Designed to provide the student with the basic statistical concepts and skills necessary for the laboratory and survey work and to provide adequate quantitative background for understanding psychological literature. Prerequisites: 400:001; 400:101; one college-level mathematics course or consent of instructor. (Formerly 400:049.) (Offered Fall and Spring) |
| 400:070. Psychology and
Law Study of psychological theory and empirical research as it relates to the law. Topics covered include witness memory, suspect identification, lineup procedures, false confessions, lie detection, juror cognition, and jury decision making. Prerequisite: 400:001. (Same as 980:070.) (Offered Fall and Spring) |
| 400:054. Psychology of
Adjustment -- 3 hrs. Study of "normal" adjustment problems encountered in our everyday lives. Topics include: fear and anxiety, sleeping difficulties, sexual adjustment, self control, interpersonal relations, adjustment at work, social adjustment, love, marriage, and parenting. Prerequisite: 400:001. (Formerly 400:104.) (Offered Fall and Spring) |
| 400:106(g). Psychology of
Human Differences -- 3 hrs. Nature and extent of human differences as they apply to an understanding of general psychology of the individual and group differences in a social setting. Prerequisites: 400:001; 400:101; junior standing. (Offered Spring and Summer) |
| 400:060. Psychology of
Gender Differences -- 3 hrs. General overview of the nature and meaning of gender, gender roles, and stereotypes; research on gender similarities and differences; gender development; and the effects of stereotypes and roles. Prerequisite: 400:001. (Formerly 400:110.) (Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer) |
| 400:118(g). History and
Systems of Psychology -- 3 hrs. Survey of the history of psychology. Topics include philosophical influences, schools of thought, biographies of prominent psychologists, methodology, and important studies. Examination of the psychology of science. Prerequisites: one course in psychology or consent of department; junior standing. (Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer) |
| 400:120. Developmental Psychology
– 3 hrs. Theory and research methods used in the study of development of organisms (especially human); developmental perspective as part of the process of psychological inquiry. Prerequisite: 400:001 or equivalent. (Offered Fall and Spring) |
| 400:050. Behavior Modification
-- 3 hrs. Behavioral approach to behavior change based upon learning principles. Stresses analysis of ongoing behavior and the means of implementing change in a variety of everyday situations. Prerequisite: 400:001 or equivalent. (Formerly 400:123.) (Variable) |
| 400:125(g). Child and Adolescent
Psychopathology -- 3 hrs. Overview of childhood problems ranging from minor problems in adjustment to severely disabling disorders; primary focus on research findings relevant to assessment, etiology, prognosis, and management. Prerequisites: 400:001; plus any one from 200:100, 31F:055, 400:120, or equivalent of one of these, or consent of instructor; junior standing. (Offered Fall) |
| 400:127(g). Introduction
to Neurology -- 3 hrs. Introduction to basic nervous system structure and function including the neuron, peripheral nervous system, the senses, the brain stem, neural control of movement and coordination, the forebrain and its specific functions, and brief coverage of methods of study and clinical neurology. Prerequisites: junior standing; written consent of instructor. (Offered Spring) |
| 400:134. Motivation and Emotion -- 3 hrs. Investigation of the major factors underlying human actions. Topics include hunger and eating, sexual behavior, arousal, attention, performance, sleep and dreams, drug addiction, anger and aggression, and their relation to various emotional states. Prerequisites: 400:001; junior standing. (Offered Spring) |
| 400:142(g). Abnormal Psychology
-- 3 hrs. Definition, classification, and characteristics of abnormal behaviors and major mental disorders. Review of the causes and treatment of major mental disorders. Prerequisites: 400:001; junior standing. (Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer) |
| 400:149(g). Principles of
Psychometrics -- 3 hrs. Exploration of contemporary theories and principles basic to the construction and clinical use of psychological tests. Students will learn how to (a) critically evaluate psychological tests (e.g., self-report and interview methods) and (b) develop and validate self-report instruments, using contemporary psychometric principles and procedures. Prerequisites: 400:101; 400:102; junior standing. (Offered Spring) |
| 400:150(g). Conditioning
and Learning -- 3 hrs. Survey of conditioning and learning including classical conditioning, operant conditioning, conditional discrimination, verbal behavior, and remembering in humans and animals. Emphasis on how the field relates to modern psychology and everyday life. Prerequisites: 400:001; 400:101; junior standing. (Variable) |
| 400:151(g). Memory and Language
-- 3 hrs. Memory topics include theories of memory, memory deficits, and the role of memory in broader cognitive processes. Language topics include theories of language, biological bases of language; and comprehension and production of language. Prerequisites: 400:001; 400:101; junior standing. (Offered Fall) |
| 400:152(g). Sensation and
Perception -- 3 hrs. Examination of relationship between physical world and perception, anatomy and physiology of brain structures responsible for perception, algorithms involved in perception, and development of perceptual processing systems. Focus on the visual system. Prerequisites: 400:001; 400:101; junior standing. (Offered Fall and Spring) |
| 400:153(g). Cognitive Psychology
-- 3 hrs. Study of human cognition: obtaining, representing, and organizing knowledge. Topics include pattern recognition, attention, imagery, concepts, and mechanistic assumptions underlying cognitive psychology. Prerequisites: 400:001; 400:101; junior standing. (Offered Spring) |
| 400:154(g). Health Psychology
-- 3 hrs. Overview of the contribution of social, personality, and clinical psychology to: a) an understanding of the psycho-social variables affecting physical illness and disease; b) the development of assessment and intervention strategies for comprehensive illness management and rehabilitation; and c) the promotion and maintenance of health-enhancing behavior. Prerequisites: 400:001; junior standing. (Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer) |
| 400:155. Biopsychology –
3 hrs. Introduction to the biological basis of behavior. Consideration of the roles of brain function, hormones, heredity and evolutionary history as they relate to sex differences, psychopathology, language, emotion, memory, sleep, and sensation/perception. Consideration of basic neuroanatomy and comparative approaches. Prerequisite: 400:001 or consent of instructor. (Offered Fall and Spring) |
| 400:157(g). Personnel Psychology
-- 3 hrs. Processes involved in recruiting, selecting, training, and evaluating employees in all types of organizations; prominent theories and current techniques in use. Prerequisites: 400:001; junior standing. (Offered Fall) |
| 400:158(g). Organizational
Psychology -- 3 hrs. Work motivation, job satisfaction, work group influences, and the structure of work; explores the most influential theories in the field and the most widely-used applications of theories. Prerequisites: 400:001 or equivalent; junior standing. (Offered Fall and Spring) |
| 400:160. Social Psychology
-- 3 hrs. Overview of social psychology. Includes social perception and cognition, attraction and liking, social influence, group dynamics, and attitude formation and change. Prerequisite: 400:001 or equivalent. (Offered Fall and Spring) |
| 400:161. Psychology of Personality
-- 3 hrs. Introduction to major theoretical models of personality and to applications derived from these theories, and an overview of empirical findings in selected topics in personality. Prerequisite: 400:001. (Variable ) |
| 400:162(g). Special Topics
in Social Psychology -- 3 hrs. In-depth coverage of an applied topic in social psychology and the design of social psychology research. Students will be required to complete a project, which may or may not include the collection of data, in the topical area. Topics may include, but are not limited to, social cognition, emotion, interpersonal relationships, aggression, persuasion, altruistic behavior, identify and group dynamics. Prerequisites: 400:001; 400:101; 400:160; junior standing. (Variable) |
| 400:163(g). Special Topics
in Developmental Psychology -- 3 hrs. Examination of selected topics within the field of developmental psychology viewed from various theoretical and empirical perspectives. Topics may vary each semester. Prerequisites: 400:001; 400:101; 400:120; junior standing. (Spring) |
| 400:166(g). Clinical Psychology
-- 3 hrs. Contemporary practice of clinical psychology with emphasis on the theories and techniques of cognitive-behavioral interventions. Prerequisites: 400:001; junior standing. (Variable) |
| 400:167(g). Gender in Cross-Cultural
Perspective -- 3 hrs. Evolutionary, biological, psychological, cognitive, social, and cultural theories of gender and gender inequality evaluated with respect to cross-cultural data. Prerequisites: 400:001 or 980:001 or 990:011; junior standing. (Same as 980:167g and 990:167g.) (Offered odd Springs) |
| 400:170(g). Drugs and Individual
Behavior -- 3 hrs. Survey of the effects/side-effects of all categories of psychoactive drugs on brain, body, and behavior. Covers patterns of use and/or abuse of prescription, non-prescription and street drugs as well as an introduction to drug abuse treatment. Prerequisite: junior standing. (Offered Fall and Spring) |
| 400:173(g). Psychology of
Aging -- 3 hrs. Analysis of the factors affecting adult development and aging. Emphasis on physiological, cognitive, sensory, personality and interpersonal changes occurring with age. Prerequisites: 400:001 or equivalent; junior standing. (Variable) |
| 400:177. Language and Culture
-- 3 hrs. Examination of how language use shapes and expresses cultural identity. Implications of linguistic diversity of world view, gender and ethnic identity, education, and cross-cultural communication. Prerequisite: 400:001 or 980:001 or 990:011. (Same as 980:177 and 990:177.) (Offered Fall) |
| 400:179. Cooperative Education. |
| 400:189(g). Seminar in Psychology
-- 1-3 hrs. Provides opportunity to correlate previous course work and knowledge in field of psychology. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisites: 400:001; 400:101 or consent of instructor; 15 hours in psychology; junior standing. (Variable) |
| 400:192(g). Practicum in
Teaching Psychology -- 2-3 hrs. Organization and teaching of psychology; student serves as participant-observer, with advance approval, in any 400:xxx course. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisite: junior standing. (Offered Fall, Spring, Summer) |
| 400:193(g). Research Experience
in Psychology -- 1-3 hrs. Conduct a supervised research or scholarly project. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 hours. Highly recommended for students planning to enter graduate programs. Majors with an overall GPA of at least 3.50 may earn departmental honors if their projects are deemed worthy of honors by the department. Prerequisites: 400:001; 400:101; 15 hours in psychology; junior standing; consent of instructor. (Offered Fall, Spring, Summer) |
| 400:198. Independent Study |
| 400:218. Brain, Biology and Behavior -- 3 hrs. Biological foundations of human behavior; biology and environment interaction, theoretical analyses of research on human development; biological foundations of abnormal behavior, personality and sex differences; brain pathology; functional significance of various neurotransmitters and hormones. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing in psychology or consent of instructor. (Offered Odd Springs) |
| 400:220. Developmental Psychology -- 3 hrs. In-depth, critical analysis of major theories of developmental psychology and their application to practical situations. Psychoanalytic, ethological, behaviorist, social learning, cognitive, and contextual approaches to development will be discussed. Prerequisites: an undergraduate course in developmental psychology; graduate standing. (Offered even Falls) |
| 400:225. Psychopathology -- 3 hrs. Examination of alternative models of psychopathology with emphasis on genetic, physiological, and developmental determinants of behavior disorders. Review of the empirical literature on the etiology, maintenance, and treatment of disordered behavior. Prerequisite: graduate standing in psychology or consent of instructor. (Offered Spring) |
| 400:232. Training and Instructional Design -- 3 hrs. Exploration of recent theories of organization training with emphasis on instructional design. Students will compare and contrast trade approaches to academic approaches to training and will demonstrate competencies in developing and delivering training tools. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing in psychology (industrial/organizational emphasis) or consent of instructor. (Offered Fall) |
| 400:234. Recruitment and Selection -- 3 hrs. Focused seminar covering the recruitment and hiring of employees using lectures, discussion of key readings, and directed activities in a HR context. Topics include: recruitment, validity in selection, use of tests in selection, and legal topics. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing in psychology or consent of instructor. (Offered Spring) |
| 400:237. Performance Appraisal -- 3 hrs. Development of criteria and methods for appraising work performance in a variety of organizations. Major topics include job analysis, criterion development, legal considerations, performance appraisal methods, and properties of appraisal data. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing in psychology (industrial/organizational emphasis) or consent of instructor. (Offered Spring) |
| 400:239. Advanced Statistics – 3 hrs. Review of elementary descriptive and inferential statistics, analysis of variance and covariance models, multiple linear regression and the generalized linear model, and specialized topics in multivariate analysis. Prerequisites: previous courses in statistics; graduate standing in psychology or consent of instructor. (Offered Fall) |
| 400:244. Ethical Issues in Psychological Intervention -- 1 hr. Review of ethical and professional issues related to practice of clinical psychology, including the role of professional organizations, current APA ethical standards, rights of clients, and obligations and requirements of professionals in clinical psychology. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing in psychology (clinical science emphasis). (Offered Spring) |
| 400:246. Ethical Issues in Psychological Assessment -- 1 hr. Review of critical ethical and professional issues related to practice of psychological assessment, including the changing roles of assessment in various clinical populations, the role of ethics in research, and the importance of a multicultural awareness in the practice of clinical psychology. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing in psychology (clinical science emphasis). (Offered Fall) |
| 400:249. Cognitive and Intellectual Assessment
-- 3 hrs. Introduction to the nature, use, and interpretation of tests for assessing intelligence and other cognitive functions in varied populations in this and other cultures. Prerequisite: graduate standing in psychology (clinical science emphasis) or consent of instructor. (Offered Fall) |
| 400:261. Personality -- 3 hrs. Comparative study of major personality theories and techniques of personality assessment. Prerequisite: graduate standing in psychology or consent of instructor. (Offered even Springs) |
| 400:262. Personality Assessment -- 3 hrs. Overview of theoretical and empirical issues in the measurement of personality. Examines reliability and validity of projective and actuarial methods of personality assessment, criticism of traditional approaches to personality assessment, and behavior assessment as an alternative to traditional approaches. Prerequisite: graduate standing in psychology or consent of instructor. (Offered Spring) |
| 400:264. Social Psychology -- 3 hrs. Covers the major areas of classic and current research in social psychology. Students engage in an in-depth, critical analysis of the research in areas including, but not limited to, conformity, obedience, social norms, social cognition, interpersonal relationships, aggression, and helping behavior. Substantial proportion of the course focuses on social cognition. The course also examines the socio-historical context of social psychology and the application of social psychological research. Prerequisites: an undergraduate course in social psychology; graduate standing in psychology or consent of instructor. (Offered Fall) |
| 400:270. Theories, Research, and Practice
of Psychological Treatment -- 3 hrs. Designed to review the major theoretical approaches to psychological treatment, cover relevant empirical and clinical issues, and facilitate proficiency in fundamental therapy skills. Prerequisite: graduate standing in psychology. (Offered Fall) |
| 400:272. Empirically Supported Psychological
Treatments -- 3 hrs. Survey of behavior change strange strategies documented as effective by a body of supporting psychological research. Comparison of these techniques with non-psychological (drug) treatments as well as with non-empirically supported psychological treatments. Prerequisite: graduate standing in psychology or school psychology. (Offered Spring) |
| 400:289. Seminar. (Variable) |
| 400:297. Practicum. Supervised field placement in a mental health or other agency offering psychological services. Prerequisites: 400:249; 400:262; and B+ or better in 400:270; graduate standing in psychology. (Offered Fall, Spring) |
| 400:299. Research. (Offered Fall, Spring and Summer) |