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  • PY 264: Forensic Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    Mitchell College

    3 credits (spring) Prerequisites: PY105, and PY106 or CJ247 This course will explore the association of crime and the crime scene to the adaptation, history, and structure of human behavior. Particular emphasis will be placed on the relationship of personality and social learning to criminal behavior. Historical case studies will support all the principles (modus operandi, staging, victimology, etc.) presented in the course. NOTE: Offered as CJ264 and PY264. Students may not receive credit for both CJ264 and PY264.
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  • PY 270: Psychology of Learning and Memory

    3.00 Credits
    Mitchell College

    3 credits (fall) Prerequisites: PY105 Studies the processes and principles of learning theory and examines the memory processes, including cognitive, human information processing, and physiological models based on recent research.
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  • PY 300: Brain and Behavior

    3.00 Credits
    Mitchell College

    3 credits (fall) Prerequisites: PY105 This course examines the relationship between behavior and the structure and function of the nervous system. Emphasis is placed on the physiological basis of such areas as motor activity, sensation and perception, motivation and emotion, and learning. Consideration is also given to physiological explanations of various psychological abnormalities.
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  • PY 303: Social Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    Mitchell College

    3 credits (spring) Prerequisites: PY105 and junior status Offers an examination of theory and research in social psychology as it relates to the broader context of psychology. The impact of group membership on individual behavior receives particular attention. Among the topics explored are affiliation, values, attitudes, interpersonal attraction, stereotyping and prejudice, leadership, conformity, aggression, cooperation and competition. Attention is given to the analysis of research methodologies used in social settings.
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  • PY 310: Development of the Young Child:Birth-Primary Grades

    3.00 Credits
    Mitchell College

    3 credits (fall) Pre-Practicum Component: 20-25 hours Prerequisites: HD/PY108 or HD/PY209 This course is an examination of development form birth through the years of early childhood. The course will explore major child development theories as well as patterns of growth in such areas as physical, motor, cognitive, linguistic, emotional, aesthetic, and social development. Variations in patterns of development are also presented. Course contains a variety of field-based assignments. NOTE: Offered as HD310 and PY310. Students may not receive credit for both HD310 and PY310.
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  • PY 311: Community Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    Mitchell College

    3 credits (fall) Prerequisites: PY105, SO103, and junior status An overview of the field of community psychology as it exists in the United States today. Attention is focused on those historical, social, economic, and political forces shaping community psychology programming models. Issues of diversity, power, social ecology, and empowerment are explores as they relate to human service systems, community organizations, and public policy. Students are exposed to a variety of community psychology settings and the services available to individuals and families. Lecture material and reading assignments are integrated with assignments that provide students with opportunities to apply their knowledge of course content in the local community.
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  • PY 312: Industrial Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    Mitchell College

    3 credits (fall) Prerequisites: PY105, SO103, and junior status This course explores the psychological dynamics occurring in the workplace, including those organizational influences impacting such areas as job performance, employee attitudes, motivation and satisfaction. A particular focus is placed on analyzing working conditions to facilitate human performance and identifying skills required by the job. Skill-building in such areas as leadership, interpersonal communication, personnel selection, creative problem-solving, organizational change, and stress reduction are emphasized. Intervention methods are explored, as are workplace comparisons to other nations.
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  • PY 313: Death and Dying

    3.00 Credits
    Mitchell College

    3 credits (spring) Prerequisites: PY105 or HD/PY108 Death and dying offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of thanatology. Topics include psychological states of the dying process, attitudes toward death, the physiology of death, counseling the terminally ill, the Hospice concept, widowhood, bereavement and mourning, suicide, funerals, family support, and the treatment of the deceased from a historical standpoint.
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  • PY 320: Theories of Personality

    3.00 Credits
    Mitchell College

    3 credits (fall) Prerequisites: PY105 and junior status Critically surveys the major theories of personality, the organization of personality and its development, measurement, and assessment. Emphasizes normal personality development.
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  • PY 325: Psychology of Aging

    3.00 Credits
    Mitchell College

    3 credits (fall) Prerequisites: PY105 and PY211 An in-depth examination of aging processes and the concept of growing old provide the foundation for this course. Major theories of aging serve as a conceptual springboard to analyze topical issues in gerontology. Among the discussion areas are intelligence and memory, creativity, sensory processes, personality dynamics, multicultural issues in aging, stress and coping, activity and disengagement lifestyle considerations, family relationships, retirement, and loss. Emphasis is placed on normal aging processes rather than pathological.
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