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Psychology (PSYC)
PSYC 3443 Abnormal Psychology (S) Prerequisites: PSYC 1113, and 60 credit hours or 45 hours with GPA of 3.25. Description: This course will survey the field of abnormal psychology. We will examine the major psychological disorders, their causes, and how they are treated. The primary focus will be on the description of adult disorders and theories of etiology/treatment. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Psychology General Education and other Course Attributes: Social & Behavioral Sciences PSYC 3513 Psychology of Learning Prerequisites: PSYC 1113, PSYC 3413. Description: Behavior change as a function of experience from relatively simple learning processes such as classical and instrumental conditioning to relatively complex processes such as verbal learning and concept identification. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3
PSYC 3914 Experimental Psychology: Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology Prerequisites: PSYC 1113 and PSYC 3214 with a grade of "C" or better. Description: Examination of fundamentals of the scientific method as applied to research in psychology. Research design, sampling, measurement, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive skills needed to understand the professional research literature. Includes a laboratory component in which students conduct research, use SPSS for data analysis, and write APA style papers. Credit hours: 4 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Lab: 2 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab
Department/School: Psychology PSYC 3990 Teaching Practicum Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Description: For outstanding students. Students will work with a faculty instructor and assist in many aspects of teaching including guest lecturing, offering study sessions, office hours, among other duties as determined by instructor. May involve meetings and written papers. Offered for variable credit, 1-6 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-6
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture
Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Psychology PSYC 4023 Evolutionary Psychology (N) Prerequisites: Introductory Psychology.
Department/School: Psychology PSYC 3713 Psychology of Memory
Prerequisites: PSYC 1113 and three additional hours of psychology. Description: An overview of scientific research on human memory including how memory operates in daily life, how memory changes as we age, why we do not remember much of our early childhood, memory disorders, and eyewitness memory. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3
Description: Evolutionary psychology is the scientific study of human nature that focuses on understanding the psychological adaptations that evolved to solve ancestral survival and reproductive problems. The course begins with a brief historical review of key themes in psychology and evolutionary biology. The adaptive problems of survival, long-term mating, sexuality, parenting, kinship, cooperation, aggression and warfare, conflict between the sexes, status, prestige, and social dominance are covered in the course. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Psychology General Education and other Course Attributes: Natural Sciences PSYC 4123 Psychology of Women (DS) Prerequisites: PSYC 1113. Description: Sex differences and the development of sex role behavior. Encompasses the psychological dynamics of developmental and social issues for women. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Other: 1 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Discussion, Combined lecture & discussion, Lecture Department/School: Psychology General Education and other Course Attributes: Diversity, Social & Behavioral Sciences
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Psychology PSYC 3823 Cognitive Psychology Prerequisites: PSYC 1113, PSYC 3214 or equivalent.
Description: Cognitive processes. Thinking, problem solving, visual imagery, attention, and memory search. Both theory and application emphasized. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Psychology PSYC 3890 Advanced Honors Experience in PSYC Prerequisites: Honors Program participation and concurrent enrollment in a designated PSYC course. Description: A supplemental Honors experience in Psychology to partner concurrently with designated upper-division PSYC course(s). This course adds a different intellectual dimension to the designated course(s). Credit hours: 1 Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Psychology General Education and other Course Attributes: Honors Credit
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