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4.50 Credits
(Prerequisites: PRS301/301A) This course aims to introduce students to basic translation skills and to consolidate their knowledge of Persian through providing them with sufficient training in translating "nominal" and "verbalPersian sentences into English using a variety of text-types that include high frequency vocabulary and expressions.
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4.50 Credits
(Prerequisites: PRS 301/301A) This course develops students' skills in conversational and idiomatic forms of speech. It is based on contemporary literary usage conducted entirely in Persian. The course is a combination of lecture, discussion, exercises, and communicative language activities based on written text. Basic syntactic patterns and vocabulary will be consolidated.
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4.50 Credits
(Prerequisites: ENG 100/101) Familiarizes students with the foundational theories of human development, current research directions in developmental psychology, major developmental perspectives and research approaches in developmental psychology and issues surrounding diversity, emphasizing an ecosystemic model of thinking about and understanding children and their development. In addition to the previous topics, the following areas will be discussed: the history of childhood; developmental theories and appropriate practices in education; play as a medium for learning and development; and the field of discipline particularly as it relates to development, behaviors and considering temperament in children.
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4.50 Credits
(Prerequisites: ENG 100/101 and PSY 100) An introduction to basic counseling techniques, such as nonjudgmental listening, reflection, feedback, goal setting and basic solution skills. Examines concepts of transference and counter transference and emphasizes therapist attributes such as empathy, congruence, acceptance, genuineness and respect. Includes theory and practice within scope of the course. Grading is S or U only.
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4.50 Credits
(Prerequisite: PSY 340A) An examination of intermediate counseling techniques, including imagery, role-playing, confrontation, and crisis management. Focus is on application of techniques applied to clinical, non-clinical and culturally diverse populations. Students will gain practical experience through in-class demonstrations and role plays. Grading is S or U only.
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4.50 Credits
(Prerequisites: ENG 100/101 and PSY 100) Contemporary psychology derives from two main sources: (1) the rise of the scientific method and worldview in Western Europe during the modern era and (2) perennial issues in philosophy throughout its entire history in the West. This course reviews influences from both sources on the development of psychology, especially in America.
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4.50 Credits
(Prerequisites: ENG 100/101 and PSY 100) A study of the role of biological structures and processes in normal and pathological psychological functioning. Topics include attention, memory, mood, emotions, inhibitory and impulse control, sexuality, intellectual development, thought disorder and social behavior.
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4.50 Credits
(Prerequisites: ENG 100/101 and PSY 100) An examination of the developing personality, including personal identity, cognition, language, social skills, relational capacities, gender and role learning and socialization for the entire life span.
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4.50 Credits
(Prerequisites: ENG 100/101 and PSY 100) The study of psychological characteristics of the individual that endure in stable form for substantial periods of time. Examines influential theories of personality and supporting research.
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4.50 Credits
(Prerequisites: ENG 100/101 and PSY 100) The study of social-cultural views of normalcy/deviance and theoretical and clinical views of healthy/pathological psychological functioning. Examines classification and research in psychopathology within psychology and psychiatry.
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