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PSYCHOLOGY (PSYC)
(DESCRIPTIONS AND PREREQUISITES)
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| PSYC 201 |
Introduction to Psychology |
3 CR |
| Prerequisite: COMPASS reading score of 73 or Study Skills 98 or 99. Psychology is the science of behavior. Topics investigated include biological foundations of behavior, learning, child development, sensation and perception, thinking, emotion, motivation, individual differences, personality, frustration and adjustment, abnormal behavior, and techniques of psychotherapy. |
| PSYC 220 |
Developmental Psychology |
3 CR |
| Prerequisite: PSYC 201. A survey of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development through the total life span. Emphasis is on the normal changes in human behavior that result from continuous interaction of maturation and experience. Cross-cultural comparisons of developmental patterns are also considered. |
| PSYC 232 |
Organizational Psychology |
3 CR |
| The application of the methodology and empirical findings of the science of psychology to the industrial setting. Quantitative methods, personnel selection, and organizational behavior are emphasized. |
| PSYC 250 |
Abnormal Psychology |
3 CR |
| Prerequisite: PSYC 201. The study of psychopathology in individuals from four current points of view: psychiatric (biophysical), intrapsychic, phenomenological, and behavioral. Special attention will be paid to describing psychopathology in terms of behaviors. The course will also include current approaches to assessment and treatment. |
| PSYC 260 |
Health Psychology |
3 CR |
| Health Psychology is concerned with how psychosocial factors relate to the promotion and maintenance of health and with the causation, prevention, and treatment of illness. A biopsychosocial model will be applied. The role of stress as it relates to illness and health-promoting lifestyles will be discussed. |
| PSYC 275 |
Criminal Psychology |
3 CR |
| Prerequisite: PSYC 201. Students will explore current research and psychological and sociological theories regarding the effects of specific mental disorders, personality, biological influences, developmental issues, and social/environmental contributors to both general criminal behaviors, as well as specific crimes and criminal conduct. Also discussed/explored will be the psychological effects of crime on the victim and society at large, as well as introduction to the profiling and prediction of criminal and violent behaviors. |
| PSYC 280 |
Special Topics in Psychology |
3 CR |
| Prerequisite: PSYC 201. This course is the study of content areas in psychology which have a research or theoretical base, but are not offered as part of the regular curriculum. Topics may include conflict/aggression, creativity, self-management, and rehabilitation. Although topics vary, students may only take the course once. |
| PSYC 290\ |
Social Psychology |
3 CR |
| Prerequisites: PSYC 201 and SOCI 201. An empirical approach to understanding individual social behavior. Provides an understanding of how behavior, feelings, and thoughts of individuals are influenced and determined by characteristics of the situation. Topics include attitude formation, attraction, prejudice, social roles, aggression, person perception, and self-concept. |
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