Undergraduate Course Descriptions

100 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY 3 credits
Introduction to scientific study of behavior, survey of physiological basis of behavior, sensation and perception, development, learning and cognition, personality, social interaction and other selected topics.

105 PROFESSIONAL AND CAREER ISSUES IN PSYCHOLOGY 1 credit
Corequisite: 100. An overview of the field of psychology including educational requirements, career opportunities and professional issues for students considering a psychology major.

110 QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY 4 credits
Prerequisite or corequisite: 100. Presentation of data, descriptive statistics, correlation, hypothesis testing and introduction to statistical methodologies in psychology, including computer applications.

220 INTRODUCTION TO EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 4 credits
Prerequisites: 100 and 110. Lectures and laboratory experience in the scientific bases of psychology such as experimental design, methods and apparatus, collection and analysis of data and interpretation of results.

230 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 4 credits
Prerequisite: 100. Determinants and nature of behavioral change from conception to death.

320 BIOPSYCHOLOGY 4 credits
Prerequisite: 100. Relationship between behavior and its biological/physiological foundations including brain structure and function, sensation, behavior genetics, learning and memory, and other topics.

335 DYNAMICS OF PERSONALITY 4 credits
Prerequisite: 100. An overview of theory and research involving the development, maintenance and assessment of personality and individual differences.

340 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 4 credits
Prerequisite: 100. The examination of an individual’s response to social environment and social interaction processes. Social perception, attitude formation and change, affiliation and attraction, altruism, group processes and nonverbal behavior.

345 COGNITIVE PROCESSES 4 credits
Prerequisite: 100. Survey of the basic phenomena, concepts and theories in the areas of human perception, learning, memory and cognition.

380 INDUSTRIAL/ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 4 credits
Prerequisite: 100. Survey of the applications of psychology to the workplace including an emphasis on organizational (e.g., motivation) and personnel issues (e.g., selection).

400/500 PERSONALITY 4 credits
Prerequisites: 400—100 and 335; 500—admission to the Graduate School. Consideration of current conceptualizations of the normal personality with emphasis on methods of measurement, experimental findings and research techniques.

410/510 PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS 4 credits
Prerequisites: 410—100, 110; 510—admission to the Graduate School. Consideration of the nature, construction and use of tests and measurements in industry, government and education. Includes aptitude and achievement tests, rating scales, attitude and opinion analysis.

420/520 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 4 credits
Prerequisites: 420—100; 520—admission to the Graduate School. Survey of syndromes, etiology, diagnoses and treatments of major psychological conditions ranging from transient maladjustments to psychoses.

430/530 PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS OF CHILDREN 4 credits
Prerequisites: 430—100 and 230; 530—admission to the Graduate School. Survey of syndromes, etiologies and treatments of behavioral disorders in children from the standpoint of developmental psychology. Behavioral data and treatment approaches emphasized.

435 CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY 4 credits
Prerequisites: 100. Influence of culture and ethnicity upon development of individual psychological processes including functioning, identity, social motives, sex roles and values.

440 PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY AND THE LAW 4 credits
Prerequisites: 380 or 6500:301. The implications of equal employment law on the practice of personnel psychology.

441 CLINICAL AND COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY I 4 credits
Prerequisites: 100 and 335. Overview of the fields of clinical and counseling psychology with a major focus on psychotherapeutic approaches, including cultural considerations, legal/ethical issues and outcome research.

442 CLINICAL AND COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY II 4 credits
Prerequisite: 441. Overview of individual counseling and psychotherapy, group counseling, personality and ability testing, marriage and family counseling, hypnosis, sex therapy, psychopharmacology and related specialties. Specific topics in clinical and counseling practice including professional trends, ethics, various therapeutic and diagnostic procedures, and specialty areas.

443/543 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 4 credits
Prerequisites: 443—100 and 380; 543—admission to the Graduate School. The application of psychological theory to the effective management of human resources in an organization, including recruitment, selection, training and retention of personnel.

444/544 ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY 4 credits
Prerequisites: 444—100 and 380; 544 — admission to the Graduate School. The application of psychological theory to macro-level processes in organizations including leadership, motivation, task performance, organizational theories and development.

445/545 PSYCHOLOGY OF SMALL GROUP BEHAVIOR 4 credits
Prerequisites: 445—100; 545—admission to the Graduate School. Intensive investigation of factors affecting behavior and performance in small groups including effects of personality, social structures, task, situational and social-cognitive variables.

446 RESEARCH DESIGN AND ANALYSIS 4 credits
Prerequisites: 100, 110 and 220. Review of psychological methodology including research design and analysis, internal and external validity, measurement of constructs and specific analytic techniques.

450/550 COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 4 credits
Prerequisite: 450—100 and 345; 550—admission to the Graduate School. Theory and research on life-span changes in cognitive processes including concept formation/categorization, information processing and Piagetian assessment tasks.

460/560 HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY 3 credits
Prerequisite: 460-100, 560 — admission to the Graduate School. Psychology in pre-scientific period and details of developmental or systematic viewpoints in 19th and 20th Centuries.

474 PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN 4 credits
Prerequisites: 3750:100 or 3001:300. Reviews theory and research in the psychology of women and gender and encourages students to use these in their everyday lives.

475 PSYCHOLOGY OF ADULTHOOD AND AGING 4 credits
Prerequisites: 100 and 230. Psychological aspects of human development from adolescence to older adulthood including age-related changes in socialization, personality, intelligence, sensation, perception, learning, memory and clinical applications.

480 SPECIAL TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY 1-4 credits
(May be repeated to a maximum of 8 credits) Prerequisite: 100 and 64 credits completed. Comprehensive survey of contemporary status of specialized topics and issues in psychology. Emphasis on original source materials, critical analysis and synthesis of empirical and theoretical aspects.

485 APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 4 credits
Prerequisite: 100. Conceptual and methodological issues in life-span developmental psychology. The approach is data-based, multidisciplinary and problem-focused.

488,9 HONORS PROJECT IN PSYCHOLOGY 4 credits
each Prerequisites: Psychology major and departmental permission, and 100 and 105 and 110 and 220, and 320 or 335 or 340 or 345. 488: Selection of research topic, review of relevant literature, research design, and proposal. 489: Data collection, analysis, and preparation of the final research report in journal style.

490/590 WORKSHOP IN PSYCHOLOGY 1-5 credits
(May be repeated. May not be used to meet undergraduate or graduate major requirements in psychology.) Prerequisites: 490—3750:100 and 64 credits completed; 590—admission to the Graduate School. Group studies of special topics in psychology.

495 FIELD EXPERIENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY 2-4 credits
(May be repeated to a maximum of 6 credits). Prerequisites: 100, 105 and 110 and eight addi-tional credits in psychology. On-site supervised individual placements as a psychology assistant in appropriate community and institutional/organizational settings.

497 INDEPENDENT READING, AND/OR RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY 1-3 credits
(May be repeated to a maximum of 6 credits). Prerequisites: 3750:100 and 105 and 110 and 220 and four additional credits in psychology. Independent reading and/or research in an area of psy-chology under the supervision and evaluation of a selected faculty member.