Psychology Courses

PSYCHOLOGY 103
Introduction to Psychology
An introduction to the field of psychology, including such topics as research methods, the brain, neuronal structure and functioning, sleep and dreaming, cognitive and social development, learning, memory, intelligence, personality, psychopathology, psychotherapy, social cognition, and social influence. This course is a prerequisite of all other psychology courses.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 201
Child Psychology
Physical, cognitive, language, personality, moral, and social development from conception to pubescence.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 202
Adolescence
The development and behavior of human beings from pubescence through adulthood. Emphasis on developmental stages, adjustment issues, and effects of the social environment.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 303
Personality Psychology
The structure, dynamics, and development of personality. Major personality theories and their implications for understanding both normal and deviant personality. Emphasis on student’s personal growth.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 304
Abnormal Psychology
The study of those thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that interfere with psychologically adaptive functioning. The causes and appropriate treatments of neurosis, psychosis, personality disorders, and adjustment reactions.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 305
Social Psychology
Scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another. Social cognition, persuasion, conformity and obedience, stereotyping and prejudice, aggression, pro-social behavior, and intragroup and intergroup dynamics.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 307
Cognitive Psychology
Recent advances in the understanding of thought processes. Focus on attention, perception, memory, imagery, problem solving, language, intelligence, creativity, and dreaming.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 309
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Application of psychological principles to industry, business, transportation, communications, institutions, and consumer behavior.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 310
Human Sexuality
Physiological and psychological components of human sexuality, and their interaction. Focus on health and social issues and on individual, gender, and cultural differences.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 314
Educational Psychology
Application to the teaching-learning process of psychological concepts, principles, theory, and research results. Focus on growth and development, adjustment and personality, learning, measurement, and evaluation.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 315
History of Psychology
Traces the development of modern psychology from its roots in philosophy and science. Examines such major 20th century developments as structuralism, functionalism, psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and cognitivism, as well as emerging models of the 21st century.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 316
Current Topics in Psychology
Examination of one or more currently prominent topics in psychology, such as memory reconstruction, sexual orientation, emotional intelligence, brain plasticity, or hate crimes. Prerequisite: Psychology 315.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 321
Research in Psychology
Students explore and evaluate the validity of various experimental and non-experimental research strategies and gain experience collecting psychological data, in groups and individually. Foundations of statistical analysis, including both descriptive and introductory inferential statistics.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 323
Psychological Assessment
Standardized intelligence and psychological tests and measurements and their application to educational, industrial, and clinical settings.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 330
Psychology of Middle and Old Age
Theoretical orientations to aging; changes in biological systems, sensation and perception, psychomotor skills, intellectual functioning and learning, and personality. Life review, reminiscing, dying, and death. Welfare of the aged.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 333
Exceptional Children
Major categories of exceptional children, their identifying characteristics, and programs to meet their special needs. Course also includes an introduction to child psychopathology. Nature of different disorders, theories of causation, and treatment approaches such as play therapy, behavioral modification, and family therapy.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 345
Health Psychology
Biological, psychological, and social context of health and illness, with a focus on such topics as stress, addictions, nutrition, eating disorders, AIDs, coronary disease, pain, cancer, pediatric health, and aging.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 380
Biological Psychology
The biological mechanisms underlying human behavior. Focus on evolution, genetics, and the anatomy and physiology of the human brain and nervous system as they affect and are affected by sensory systems, movement, waking and sleeping, homeostasis, hormones, sexual behavior, emotions, learning, memory, and language.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 381
Drug Effects and Behavior
Fundamentals of psychopharmacological research with emphasis on human drug-taking behavior. A discussion of the various psychoactive drugs and implications of their use.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 395
Senior Thesis in Psychology
Students work individually with their advisor to produce an integrative review or conduct empirical research on a specific topic within psychology.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 399
Individual Study in Psychology
An opportunity to study topics not covered in regular course offerings or to carry out an individual course of instruction.
1-6 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 402
Psychology of Marriage and the Family
Dynamics of marriage and family explored form a psychological perspective. Choosing marital partners, marital sexuality, stages that a marriage and family undergo, parenting concerns, the nature of love, and blended and nontraditional families.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 405
Group Dynamics
Students study interpersonal and small group behavior by being actively involved in groups. Issues to be experienced and explored include: dynamic forces that facilitate or impede effective group functioning; styles of leadership; stages of group development; the dynamics of assumptions and expectations on group behavior; the significance of roles and intragroup conflict issues; and decision-making and problem-solving methods and skill application.
3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGY 407
Psychology of Consciousness
Study of all aspects of consciousness. Topics include sleep and dreams, meditation and prayer, yoga, daydreaming, creative insights, extrasensory perception, spiritual experiences, drug-induced states, hallucinations, and the mind-body issue.
3 semester hours