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Psychology (PSYC)
PSYC 4293 Forensic Psychology Prerequisites: PSYC 1113.
PSYC 4493 History of Psychology Prerequisites: PSYC 1113.
Description: This course provides an introduction to forensic psychology, the relationship between psychology and law. The course examines five subspecialties of forensic psychology including associated careers. Credit hours: 3
Description: History of psychology as an aspect of European intellectual history. Psychological thought from early philosophical roots to modern conceptions of psychology as a science. Topics include the contribution of under-represented groups to psychology and the role of non-European contributions to psychological thought and the solution to practical problems. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Psychology PSYC 4770 Undergraduate Senior Thesis Prerequisites: PSYC 1113, PSYC 3214, PSYC 3914, junior or senior standing and consent of instructor. Description: The thesis is an empirical study that results in a manuscript conforming to APA style. It should contain a literature review that informs specific hypothesis, as well as method, results, discussion, and reference sections. The results section of the manuscript is typically based on data collected by the student, but it is also acceptable for it to stem from an original analysis of an archival dataset. Offered for variable credit, 1-6 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-6
Contact hours: Other: 3 Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Psychology PSYC 4333 Personality Prerequisites: PSYC 1113 or consent of instructor. Description: Basic assumptions, research, and clinical issues relating to the major personality theories. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Psychology PSYC 4343 Language Development (S) Prerequisites: PSYC 1113 or consent of instructor. Description: Current theory and research on the development of language throughout the lifespan. The nature of language, first language acquisition, second and third language acquisition, brain and language, language processing, social aspects of language, gender differences in language use and language processing, language use by older adults, language use directed at older adults, language disorders, and language use in special populations. 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 4353 Personalism and Modern Psychology Description: Students read from the original works of Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, and others to address the question of anthropology: "what is a human being?" Modern theories and methods of psychology are then explored and critiqued in light of these works. The overarching goal is to develop an integrated view of what it means to be a person. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3
Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Psychology PSYC 4813 Psychological Testing Prerequisites: PSYC 1113 and PSYC 3214.
Description: Quantitative aspects of measurement and testing, with emphasis on scaling, standardization, reliability and validity. Basic principles of construction and the ethics of use. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Psychology PSYC 4880 Senior Honors Thesis
Prerequisites: PSYC 3214, departmental invitation, senior standing. Description: The thesis is an empirical study that results in a manuscript conforming to APA style. It should contain a literature review that informs specific hypothesis, as well as method, results, discussion, and reference sections. The results section of the manuscript is typically based on data collected by the student, but it is also acceptable for it to stem from an original analysis of an archival dataset. Offered for variable credit, 1-6 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-6
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Psychology PSYC 4483 Psychology of Parent Behavior (S) Prerequisites: PSYC 1113.
Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Undergraduate
Description: Historical and contemporary conceptions of parent-child relationship and approaches to communication and discipline; special problems in parenting. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Psychology General Education and other Course Attributes: Social & Behavioral Sciences
Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Psychology
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