Psychology Courses

PSYC 050. Introductory Psychology. 3 crs. Lecture course, an introduction to basic concepts in psychology: Includes learning, perception, motivation, personality, abnormal, social, and developmental psychology.

PSYC 051. Experimental Psychology. 4 crs. Laboratory exercises in learning, perception, and cognition.

PSYC 063. Research methods and Statistics, 4 crs.  This lecture/laboratory course teaches descriptive statistics, probability theory, statistical inference, and correlation in the context of research problems.

PSYC 064. Research Methods and Statistics II. 4 crs.  Continuation of PSYC 063, including analysis of variance, selected comparisons regressions analysis, and nonparametric methods. Prerequisite: PSYC 063.

PSYC 084, 085. Directed Readings in Honors for Sophomores. 1 cr. ea.

PSYC 088, 089. Directed Readings in Honors for Juniors. 1cr. ea.

PSYC 092, 093. Senior Departmental Honors. 3 crs. ea.

PSYC 102. Perception. 3 crs. Sensory and perceptual processes and their dynamics.Prerequisite: PSYC 060 and PSYC 063.

PSYC 105. Learning. 3 crs. Data, theories and issues with an emphasis on human learning. Prerequisites: PSYC 050 and PSYC 063.

PSYC 110. Brain and Behavior. 3 crs. Examines the relationship between brain function and behavior Prerequisite: PSYC 050.

PSYC 116. Abnormal Psychology. 3 crs. The psychology of behavior disorders.Prerequisites: PSYC 050 and PSYC 052.

PSYC 118. Developmental Psychology. 3 crs. Deals with the developmental aspects of basics psychological processes. Prerequisite: PSYC 050 or PSYC 052.

PSYC 119. Cognition. 3 crs. Information processing, thinking, memory, and language.

PSYC 120. Psychological Testing. 4 crs.  This lecture/laboratory course consists of the basic concepts in psychological testing and use of psychological tests. Prerequisite: PSYC 063 and PSYC 050. Prerequisites: PSYC 063.

PSYC 123. Personality Theory. 3 crs.  Study of the major theories of personality. Prerequisite: PSYC 050.

PSYC 125. General Social Psychology. 3 crs. Introduction to the theories and issues of social psychology: individual, interpersonal, and cultural factors in behavior, and the role of perception, attitudes, and motivation. Prerequisite: PSYC 050.

PSYC 126. Experimental Social Psychology. 3 crs. Examination of human social behavior, with emphasis on research methods. Prerequisite: PSYC 050.

PSYC 127. Human Motivation. 3 crs. Study of the motives generated and maintained in the context of interpersonal relations. Prerequisite: PSYC 050.

PSYC 128. Personality Research. 3 crs. Analysis of the dynamics of personality through empirical research literature. Prerequisite: PSYC 050.

PSYC 140. Practicum in Psychology. 3 crs. Supervised field placement. Approval of instructor required.

PSYC 141. Cross-Cultural Psychology. 3 crs. This course explores culture-related variations in behavior Non-Western research and thought have helped to extend the range of our knowledge in various areas such as culture and cognition, perception, and personality. Acculturation, cross-cultural methods, and measurement problems will be considered.

PSYC 142. Psychology of Gender. 3 crs. A survey of gender issues affecting individuals and society.

PSYC 143. Junior Research. 3 crs. Individual supervised research.

PSYC 150. History and Systems. 3 crs.  presents a historical overview and the major theories of psychology. Prerequisite: PSYC 050.

PSYC 154. Senior Seminar. 3 crs.  Treats current topics in psychology. Open to senior majors or minors only.

PSYC 156. Senior Research. 3 crs. The student will conduct a research project under the direction of a faculty member. Prerequisite: Senior status.

PSYC 157. Senior Research. 3 crs.

PSYC 160. Psychology of Race and Racism. 3 crs. Intensive inquiry into racial differences in psychological characteristics and the psychological dynamics of racism. Prerequisite: PSYC 050.

PSYC 161. Psychology and the Black Experience. 3 crs. Examines the experience of blacks in American from the psychological point of view; historical, clinical, and laboratory sources are reviewed. Prerequisite: PSYC 050.

PSYC 170. Computers in Psychological Research. 3 crs. Applications in the behavioral and social sciences. Prerequisites: PSYC 063.

PSYC 171. Psychopharmacology. 3 crs. Uses the fundamentals of experimental psychology and pharmacology as building blocks for conventional current approaches to drugs and learning behavior as operant conditioning, drug screening procedures, behavioral toxicology, and behavioral teratology. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

PSYC 175. Psychology of Family Issues. 3 crs.

PSYC 176. Drugs and Human Behavior. 3 crs.  Explores the psychological, pharmacological, and physiological aspects of drugs and human behavior. Prerequisites: PSYC 050.