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Goal To study behavior and development from conception to adolescence with emphasis on infancy and early childhood. To understand theory, research methods, and major findings of developmental psychology. Content Genetic influences, prenatal influences, physical development, language, cognitive development, and socialemotional development. Taught Spring. Alternate years. Prerequisite PSY 101. Credit 3 hours.
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Goal To understand the physical, cognitive, social, and personality development which characterizes adolescence and early adulthood. To understand theory, research methods, and major research findings related to adolescents. Content Genetic influences, social and cultural influences, intellectual development, school influences, peer influences, self-concept, special problems of adolescents, and sexual development. Taught Spring. Alternate years. Prerequisite PSY 101. Credit 3 hours.
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Goal To understand psychological topics not covered in-depth in other courses offered in the department. Content Topics vary. A student may take no more than two such special topics courses. Representative topics include counseling techniques, psychology of sports, applied psychology, forensic psychology, and psychology of health. Taught Offered occasionally. Prerequisites PSY 101 and permission of instructor. Credit 3; 3 hours.
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Goal: To encourage the senior student to apply accumulated knowledge to critical analysis of a selected issue or problem in psychology. Seniors in psychology should have developed an interest in a given area and mastered the methodological skills central to the science of psychology. This senior seminar provides each student with the opportunity for focused research in her area of interest. As an integrative component within the psychology major, the seminar requires the student to connect her own research to other areas of the liberal arts. Content: Students, either individually or in pairs, complete a research project and submit a written report of the literature, methods, results, and discussion of findings. Taught: Fall. Prerequisites: PSY 101, 220, 230S, 305 and senior standing. Credit: 3 hours.
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Goal: To encourage the senior student to make connections between a specific content/research area within psychology and a focused content/research area in an academic discipline outside of psychology. Seniors in psychology should already have focused research interests within psychology. This seminar allows students to broaden this focus and apply knowledge gained in psychology to other, relevant areas of study within the liberal arts. Inherently integrative, this course serves as a option for the integrative component within the psychology major. Content: Students complete an interdisciplinary independent research project in which they design a detailed program that addresses a pressing social problem, such as teenage pregnancy, school violence, or homelessness. Taught: Fall. Prerequisites: PSY 101, 220, 230S, 305 and senior standing. Credit: 3 hours.
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Goal To provide opportunities to engage in faculty-supervised or student-controlled research projects. To study a topic in-depth not ordinarily offered by the department. Content Topics vary; examples AIDS research project; abortion attitudes; projective techniques; analysis of childhood fairy tales. Taught Fall, Spring. Prerequisites Major of senior standing, and consent of instructor. Credit 3 hours.
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Goal To gain experience in application of psychological findings to community settings including psychiatric hospitals, social service agencies, and crisis lines, etc. Content Varies with instructor. Taught Fall, Spring. Prerequisites Appropriate background and permission of intern supervisor. Credit 3 hours.
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Honors Thesis
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Goal To introduce students to methodologies for the critical study of religion, and to study those characteristics of religion and the religious experience that seem to pervade a variety of religious traditions. To develop a working definition of religion as well as an appreciation of the cross-cultural dimension of the religious experience and the role this experience plays in self-development. Content Introductory texts in religious studies; primary sources from particular religious traditions. Taught Annually. Gen. Ed. Category Critical thinking. Credit 3 hours.
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Goal To introduce students to the teachings and practices of the various forms of Christianity. The class surveys the sweep of Christian history from Its Biblical foundations to the present, including the shift from the western world to the southern hemisphere and contemporary movements such as ecumenism, evangelicalism, and charismatic/pentecostalism. Content Primary religious texts and scholarly works on the history, culture, and teachings of Christianity. Taught Annually. Gen Ed. Category Critical thinking. Credit 3 hours.
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