Note: PSY 205 or 209 is a prerequisite for all psychology courses except PSY 252.
| Course |
Title |
Credits / Code* |
Description |
Prerequisite(s) |
| PSY 085 |
Introduction to Psychology (Developmental) |
1 SS |
Application of concepts in group settings to foster personal and intellectual development. Lecture and small group discussions. Credit will be granted upon successful completion of PSY 205. Limited to Summer Institute students |
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| PSY205 |
Foundations of Human Behavior |
3 S |
Fundamental principles of mental life and human behavior. Significance of psychology in human relationships and self-understanding |
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| PSY 209 |
Honors Section Honors section of PSY 205 |
3 S |
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| PSY 223 |
Introduction to Biopsychology |
3 Y |
Neurological, chemical, and hormonal determinants of human and animal behavior. Sensory communication, learning and memory, motivation and memory, motivation and emotion, sleep-behavior genetics, animal behavior, and development topics |
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| PSY 252 |
Statistical Methods II |
3 S |
Distributions, graphs, exploratory data analysis, and descriptive statistics, sampling and experiments, sampling distributions. Correlation and regression. Confidence intervals and significance tests for measured data and count data. Computer applications. |
Prereq: STT 101, or MAT 121 or MAT 221, or equivalent. |
| PSY 270/470 |
Experience Credit |
1-6 S |
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| PSY 274 |
Social Psychology |
3S |
Introduction to scientific study of the social behavior of individuals experimental approach. Social influence, conformity, social perception, attitude changes, small groups, and collective behavior. |
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| PSY 291/491 |
Research in Clinical/Health Psychology |
1-6 S |
Research including the prevention/treatment of alcohol and other substance use disorders, behavioral aspects of HIV/AIDS, religious/spiritual/psychological aspects of cardiovascular disorders, psychological aspects of tobacco addiction, and stress and coping. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits.
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Prereq: PSY 205 or 209 and permission of instructor |
| PSY 292/492 |
Research in Cognitive/Neuroscience Psychology |
1-6 S |
Research including changes in cognitive functioning, information processing, and memory associated with aging; neurobiology of learning; computational neuroscience and quantitative models of cognitive declines. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits. |
Prereq: PSY 205 or 209 and permission of instructor |
| PSY 293/493 |
Research in Developmental/Educational Psychology |
1-6 S |
Research including neurological and family factors related to children’s health and well-being, identification/treatment of children with developmental problems, school-based interventions for children’s academic and behavioral problems. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits. |
Prereq: PSY 205 or 209 and permission of instructor |
| PSY 294/494 |
Research in Social/Personality Psychology |
1-6 S |
Research including psychological prejudice, social stigma, interpersonal perception, accuracy in impression formation, intergroup relations, motivational aspects of social cognition, gender, social/personality development across the lifespan, and forensic psychology. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits.
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Prereq: PSY 205 or 209 and permission of instructor |
| PSY 313 |
Introduction to Research Methodology |
3 S |
Logic and methods of psychological research. Development of research questions, selection of appropriate methods, and interpretation of results. Statistical background not needed |
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| PSY 315 |
Drugs and Human Behavior |
3 Y |
Effects of psychoactive drugs on human behavior. Basic pharmacology and neurobiology, history, mechanism of action, short- and long-term effects, use and abuse of various psychoactive drugs |
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| PSY 321 |
Introduction to Sensation and Perception |
3 SI |
Common properties of sensory and perceptual systems and their physiological bases, emphasizing information processing |
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| PSY 322 |
Human Information Processing |
3 Y |
Means by which humans extract information from the environment. Feature extraction and pattern recognition, mechanisms of selective attention, and encoding and retrieval in short-term and long-term memory. |
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| PSY 323 |
Brain and Behavior |
3 Y |
Basic functions of the brain and manner in which they relate to behavior. Methodology: brain stimulation, recording, and ablation. Prereq: PSY 223 or permission of instructor |
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PSY 324 |
Developmental Biopsychology |
3 Y |
Sequence of the biological development of humans and animals. Brain, glands, and other structures that underlie the development of behavior potential. Behavior genetics, neural and behavioral teratology, aging processes, nutritional factors, disease. |
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| PSY 329 |
Biopsychological Perspectives on Women's Health |
3 |
Psychoanalytic and evolutionary theories of gender and adaptive fitness; psychoneuroimmunological perspectives on sexually influenced disease processes, aging, and biopsychological influences on women's health. |
Prereq: PSY 205 or PSY 209 |
| PSY 331 |
Laboratory in Sensation and Perception |
2 SI |
Techniques and experimental design for research in human sensation and perception. Develop skills in conducting experiments, designing research projects, and writing research reports. |
Prereq: PSY 313 Coreq: PSY 321 |
| PSY 332 |
Laboratory in Human Information Processing |
2 Y |
Experimental design and techniques for research in human memory and cognition. Students conduct class research studies. |
Prereq: PSY 205 or permission of instructor Coreq: PSY 322 |
| pSY 334 |
Laboratory in Developmental Biopsychology |
2 Y |
Observing and quantifying changes in ethologically relevant behaviors during development. Effects of neonatal hormone treatment on visual, olfactory, and exploratory behaviors. |
Prereq: PSY 324 |
| PSY 335 |
Psychology of Childhood |
3 S |
Principles of psychological development and problems of adjustment during childhood. Intellectual, social, and emotional development |
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| PSY 336 |
Psychology of the Adolescent |
3 S |
Characteristics, needs, and problems of adolescence. Principles of psychology important to those who guide and teach adolescents. |
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| PSY 337 |
Psychology of Adult Life: Maturity and Old Age |
3 S |
Adulthood life span from developmental perspective. Cognitive, social, biopsychological, and personality development. Psychosocial forces affecting adult development and aging in contemporary American society |
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| PSY/WSP 340 |
Sex Differences: Origins and Implications |
3 IR |
Research and literature related to sex differences. Process of socialization of girls and boys, women and men in American society |
Prereq: two of the following: PSY 335, PSY 336, PSY 337 or permission of instructor |
| PSY 353/653 |
Psychological Measurement |
3 IR |
Principles of measurement with respect to the development and use of norm referenced and criterion referenced tests. Issues related to test bias and assessment. Additional work required of graduate students |
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| PSY/EDP 365 |
Educational Psychology |
3 IR |
Behavior in school situations. Analysis and application of principles of learning, motivation, and control of conduct |
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| PSY 373 |
Human Memory |
3 Y |
Scientific study of human memory. Focus on quantitative effects of episodic memory tasks. Free recall, serial recall, paired associates, recognition memory, recency and associative effects. Theoretical perspectives including Atkinson and Shiffrin model. Cognitive neuroscience of memory. |
Prereq: PSY 205, 322 or COG 301, or permission of instructor |
| PSY 375 |
Cross-Cultural Psychology |
3 IR |
Comparative analysis of psychological research conducted among non-Western and Euro-American peoples. Influence of cultural variables on emotional and cognitive development, perception, socialization, and group behavior |
Prereq: PSY 274 |
| PSY 379 |
The Social Psychology of Stigma |
3 Y |
Current social psychological research on why some groups are devalued, how individuals are affected by and cope with being members of such roups, and interactions between stigmatized and non-stigmatized individuals. |
PSY 205 or 209; PSY 274 |
| PSY 382 |
Health Psychology |
3 Y |
Psychological, behavioral, and social influences on health and illness. Why people stay healthy, why they become ill, and how they respond when they do get ill |
Prereq: PSY 205 or 209 |
| PSY 384 |
Health and Behavior |
3 IR |
Psychological theory and research regarding health behaviors; contrasts public health and individual models of behavior initiation, prevention, change; considers implications for living a healthy life. |
Prereq: PSY 205, 252, 313 |
| PSY 392 |
Stress and Health |
3 Y |
An integration of the psychological, social and biological factors linked to the impact of stress on health and well-being and examination of stress management methods. |
Prereq: Honors Program |
| PSY 393 |
Personality |
3 S |
Organization, motivation, and dynamics of human behavior |
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| PSY 395 |
Abnormal Psychology |
3 Y |
Abnormal psychology in relation to normal psychology. |
Prereq: six credits of psychology. PSY 393 recommended |
| PSY 398 |
Systems of Psychology |
3 IR |
Specific psychological problems, based on a study of psychology. Associationism, structuralism, functionism, behavioralism, Gestalt, and Freudian psychology. |
Prereq: six credits in psychology. |
| PSY 400 |
Selected Topics |
1-3 SI |
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| PSY 415 |
Introduction to Clinical Psychology |
3 Y |
Introduction to the field of clinical psychology. Roles, theories, research methods, evaluation, intervention, ethics, cultural diversity, and areas of specialization which may include health, neuropsychology, forensic psychology, child psychology, and addictions. |
Prereq: PSY 205 or 209, and 313; permission of instructor. |
| PSY 425 |
Internships in Clinical Psychology |
3 Y |
Faculty supervised internship experiences in mental health, social service, and health care settings. Assessment and intervention strategies for children and adults; report writing skills; professional ethics; stigma and mental illness; overview of mental health professions. |
Prereq: Psychology majors only; PSY 205; must have permission of instructor. |
| PSY 426/626 |
Cognitive Neurochemistry |
3 IR |
Neurochemical pharmacology and cognitive decline. Organization of neurotransmitter systems in mammalian brain, neurochemical approaches to cognitive disorders, measurement of neurotransmitters in previously frozen rat brain tissue. Additional work required of graduate students. |
Prereq: PSY 223 and permission of instructor. |
| PSY 431/631 |
Alcohol Use and Abuse |
3 O |
Research and theory about why people drink alcohol;interpersonal, social, and environmental factors affecting drinking
behavior; how and when alcohol use becomes abuse; and conditions that facilitate change. |
Prereq: PSY 274 or PSY 393 |
| PSY 432 |
Applied Behavior Analysis with Children and Youth |
3 Y |
Principles and strategies of applied behavior analysis as an approach to skill training and behavior management with children and youth. Intended for students who plan to have responsibility for children either professionally or personally |
Prereq: PSY 205 |
| PSY 433 |
Perspectives on Drug Experience |
3 IR |
Analyzing texts relating to drug experience from perspectives such as scientific understanding of drug actions, user accounts, popular representations of drug users, and the public debate over drug control |
Prereq: PSY 205 |
| PSY 435 |
Social and Personality Development |
3 IR |
Socialization factors and their influence on personality development in childhood and adolescence. Moral, sex-role, self-control, emotional,and social-cognitive development |
Prereq: PSY 335 PSY 336, or permission of instructor |
| PSY 437 |
Cognition and Aging |
3 IR |
Research and theory on the effects of aging and individual differences on basic cognitive functions, intelligence, wisdom, and cognitive performance in everyday situations. |
Prereq: PSY 337 or permission of instructor |
| PSY 442 |
Research Methods in Child Psychology |
3 IR |
Methods used in research in child and adolescent development.
Training in design, conduct, analysis, interpretation, and writing of research. Ethical issues |
Prereq: PSY 351 and two of the following: PSY 335, 336, 337, 435 |
| PSY 443 |
Laboratory in Child Psychology |
2 IR |
Social, cognitive, and personality development. Design and implementation
of research projects |
Coreq: PSY 532 and permission of instructor |
| PSY 444 |
Psychology of Creativity and the Arts |
3 |
Evolutionary theories about art, perceptual processes and (visual) art, psychological correlates of creative and artistic behavior. |
Prereq: PSY 205 or PSY 209 |
| PSY 445 |
Behavior Disorders in Children |
3 Y |
Personality development in children development of pathological
modes of adjustment to environmental and personal stress. |
Prereq: PSY 335 & PSY 336 |
| PSY 446 |
Pediatric Psychology |
3 IR |
Interdisciplinary course addressing physical, cognitive, social, and emotional functioning and development as related to health and illness issues in children, adolescents, and families. |
Prereq: PSY 335 or permission of instructor |
| PSY 447 |
Psychology of Childhood Reading Disorders |
3 IR |
Psychological theory and research on childhood reading disorders. Introduction to language, visual, and neurological factors hypothesized to interfere with reading acquisition. Critique of empirical research related to prevention and intervention techniques. |
Prereq: PSY 205, 335 |
| PSY 470/270 |
Experience Credit |
1-6 S |
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| PSY 471 |
Experimental Social Psychology |
3 Y |
Ê Research methods in experimental analysis of human social behavior. Training in design, conduct, analysis, interpretation, and writing of research. Ethical issues associated with this research. |
Prereq: PSY 274, PSY 351 or equivalent. |
| PSY 472 |
Laboratory in Social Psychology |
2 Y |
Laboratory studies of social behavior, involving both individual and group performance: impression formation, limitation, cooperation, decision making, and problem solving. |
Prereq: PSY 274, PSY 351 or equivalent. Coreq: PSY 571 |
| PSY 474 |
Forensic Psychology |
3 IR |
Psychological aspects of the criminal-justice system. Case examples illustrating theory and practice of forensic issues in criminal investigation and courtroom procedures. |
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| PSY 475 |
Social Influences on Human Sexual Behavior |
3 IR |
Theory and research linking social and cultural variables with the sex-related attitudes and behaviors of individuals. Importance of social learning as the major determinant of sexual motivations and variations in sexual preferences. |
Prereq: PSY 274 |
| PSY 490 |
Independent Study |
1-6 S |
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| PSY 491/291 |
Research in Clinical/Health Psychology |
1-6 S |
Research including the prevention/treatment of alcohol and other substance use disorders, behavioral aspects of HIV/AIDS, religious/spiritual/psychological aspects of cardiovascular disorders, psychological aspects of tobacco addiction, and stress and coping. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits.
|
Prereq: PSY 205 or 209 and permission of instructor |
| PSY 492/292 |
Research in Cognitive/Neuroscience Psychology |
1-6 S |
Research including changes in cognitive functioning, information processing, and memory associated with aging; neurobiology of learning; computational neuroscience and quantitative models of cognitive declines. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits. |
Prereq: PSY 205 or 209 and permission of instructor |
| PSY 493/293 |
Research in Developmental/Educational Psychology |
1-6 S |
Research including neurological and family factors related to children’s health and well-being, identification/treatment of children with developmental problems, school-based interventions for children’s academic and behavioral problems. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits. |
Prereq: PSY 205 or 209 and permission of instructor |
| PSY 494/294 |
Research in Social/Personality Psychology |
1-6 S |
Research including psychological prejudice, social stigma, interpersonal perception, accuracy in impression formation, intergroup relations, motivational aspects of social cognition, gender, social/personality development across the lifespan, and forensic psychology. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits.
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Prereq: PSY 205 or 209 and permission of instructor |
| PSY 499 |
Honors in Psychology |
3 SI |
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