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BIS 1403: Abnormal Psychology
3.00 Credits
California Institute of Integral Studies
This course is a critical introduction to the diagnosis of what are currently referred to as "mental disorders." Historical, cultural, and politicalissues in the identification and understanding of "deviant" and dysfunctional human experience and behavior are explored. A broader overview oftheoretical approaches to the understanding and treatment of psychological suffering and dysfunctional behavior is also presented. Theoretical perspectives to be considered will include psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, schizoanalytic, post-structuralist, cognitive-behavioral, biological/ neurological, ecopsychological, indigenous, and humanistic-transpersonal. Issues of social class, culture, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality will take front stage in our exploration.
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BIS 1405: History and Systems of Psychology
3.00 Credits
California Institute of Integral Studies
This course is a critical introduction to the history and systems of psychology both within and outside of the Western world. As opposed to most histories of psychology that champion a few key figures and their contributions, this class will treat the "discipline" of psychology as a seriesof conflictual discourses and social movements involved in the production of knowledge that privilege or deconstruct the larger assemblages of power that exist in the society. Particular emphasis will be given to feminist and other marginalized discourses within psychology.
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BIS 1406: Abnormal Psychology
3.00 Credits
California Institute of Integral Studies
This course is a critical introduction to psychopathology, or what is currently referred to as "mental or emotional disorders." Economic,historical, cultural, and political issues in the identification and understanding of "deviant" and dysfunctional human experience and behaviorare explored, and the development of the DSM-IV system of categorization is critically reviewed in light of these issues. A transdisciplinary overview of theoretical approaches to the understanding and treatment of psychological suffering is also presented.
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BIS 1410: Theories of Personality
3.00 Credits
California Institute of Integral Studies
This course will examine the history of the major theories and theorists in psychology and developmental theory through an examination of the lives of the major players and how their life experiences are reflected in their contributions to the developing theories of psychology and in their own writings. Freudian, neo-Freudian, social learning, behaviorist, humanistic, and cognitive-behavioral theories will be covered in this course.
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BIS 1450: Cross-Cultural Psychology
3.00 Credits
California Institute of Integral Studies
Examining a selection of the theoretical, empirical, and applied issues in the field of cross-cultural psychology, this course intends to sensitize students to a multicultural approach to psychology and its implications in the study of human behavior. Students will explore what is crosscultural psychology and how it relates to constructs such as culture, ethnicity, race, social class, and identity among others. The course will proceed with a discussion around aspects of human behavior that are universal and those that are culture specific as part of developing an understanding of the basic dimensions of cultural variations and cultural influences on psychological processes.
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BIS 1455: Ecopsychology
3.00 Credits
California Institute of Integral Studies
This course is an introduction to the relatively new, but in some ways ancient, field of ecopsychology. Also known as green psychology or ecological psychology, ecopsychology is a vast transdisciplinary movement that encompasses a wide variety of practices, including but not limited to ecotherapy, social/ecological/cultural analysis, eco-activism, and theoretical considerations. The course will trace the beginnings of ecopsychology to shamanism, deep ecology, and transpersonal psychology. Ecopsychology's close alignment with ecofeminism will be explored in depth, along with the ancient and continuing articulations of ecopsychology that are present in the indigenous world.
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BIS 1500: A Writer's Perspective:How Writers Read,Reflect,Create,and Write-and Why
3.00 Credits
California Institute of Integral Studies
This course introduces students to writing practice-by allowing them to use critical reflection as a way to help them think and read as writers. They pay special attention to the important elements of writing (such as voice, perspective, structure, and theme, and the awareness that writers have of these elements in their work). Students use what they learn to create finished work of their own. Texts include novels, short fiction, poetry, film, and/or essays.
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BIS 1503: Prose Writing:Narrative Approaches to Fiction and Nonfiction
3.00 Credits
California Institute of Integral Studies
This course may be devoted to one kind of narrative (such as fiction) writing or to narrative writing in a variety of forms. May include fiction, nonfiction, poetry, film/video, and so on. Students will read narrative texts and will learn techniques for telling stories well (such as plot, perspective, and character development). Students will complete writing exercises and will develop original work.
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BIS 1504: The Art of the Essay
3.00 Credits
California Institute of Integral Studies
This course will provide students the opportunity to write essays in a wide variety of forms, and to explore how the essay-creating process requires them to look with their own heads and hearts so that they can insightfully engage in the heads and hearts of their readers. Students will also read personal, lyrical, historical, critical, familiar, and experimental essays, and will examine the role of research in essay writing.
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BIS 1505: Interdisciplinary Writing
3.00 Credits
California Institute of Integral Studies
This course will provide students the chance to write personally, critically, and reflectively from an interdisciplinary perspective. It will show them how to effectively make use of interdisciplinary inquiry and research in their writing. It focuses on helping students write from an interdisciplinary perspective what they care passionately about.
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