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3.00 Credits
Honors courses provide the opportunity for exceptional achievement. Instructors use methods and introduce concepts that will challenge the highly motivated student. Often interdisciplinary in approach and sometimes team taught, honors courses typically offer students occasions to extend their learning beyond the classroom. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Division Applied Psychology Department Course Attributes: Applied Psychology Major, Liberal Arts Elective, Psychology Minor
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Session Cycle: Fall Yearly Cycle: Annual This course involves an in-depth examination of culture's role in socialization and behavior. The rationale and methodology of cross-cultural psychology are extensively addressed early in the semester. Thereafter, specific topics such as life transitions or cognitive styles are analyzed in a seminar format. Junior standing is required. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Division Applied Psychology Department Course Attributes: Applied Psychology Major, Cultural Mode of Thought, Global Studies, International Focus, International Studies, Liberal Arts Elective, Psychology Minor, Social Science Mode of Thought
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Session Cycle: Fall and Spring Yearly Cycle: Annual This course examines the factors impacting human relationships. Emphasis is placed on interpersonal attraction, attitude formation, social perception and cognition, altruism, aggression, small group behavior, and social identity and influence. Junior standing is required. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Division Applied Psychology Department Course Attributes: Applied Psych Survey Course, Applied Psychology Major, Cultural Mode of Thought, Liberal Arts Elective, Psychology Minor, Social Science Mode of Thought
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3.00 Credits
Session Cycle: Spring Yearly Cycle: Every Other In this course the meaning of gender and how it shapes children's experiences, perceptions, identities, and behavior will be addressed. The confluence of biology and socio-cultural factors on gender development will be considered. A variety of research approaches will be discussed as well as used by students. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Division Applied Psychology Department Course Attributes: Applied Psychology Major, Cultural Mode of Thought, Liberal Arts Elective, Psychology Minor, Social Science Mode of Thought, Women's Studies Minor
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Session Cycle: Fall and Spring Yearly Cycle: Annual This course reviews the major contemporary theories and techniques of counseling. Students have opportunities to observe counseling situations and to practice counseling techniques. Cross-cultural issues will be addressed. Junior standing is required. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Division Applied Psychology Department Course Attributes: Applied Psych Applied Course, Applied Psychology Major, Liberal Arts Elective, Psychology Minor, Social Science Mode of Thought
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3.00 Credits
Session Cycle: Fall Yearly Cycle: Annual PSY481, Exercise and Sport Psychology is the field of study whereby the educational, research, and professional contributions of psychology are used to promote, enhance, and maintain exercise and sport behavior across the lifespan. The course will emphasize the practical applications of these principles. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Division Applied Psychology Department Course Attributes: 400-level Psychology, Applied Psych Applied Course, Applied Psychology Major, Liberal Arts Elective, Psychology Minor, Social Science Mode of Thought
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3.00 Credits
Session Cycle: Spring Yearly Cycle: Every Other This course is an introduction to the field of forensic psychology. Its content coverage will include the examination of the current issues, theories, and interface between psychology and the criminal justice system. Students will explore a range of topics including criminal profiling, the reliability of hypnosis, lie detection, and eyewitness testimony, trial preparation and jury selection, the insanity defense, domestic violence and sexual abuse cases, and death penalty trials and appeals. During the course of the semester, students will apply their knowledge of forensic psychology by debating the issues with classmates and analyzing real world scenarios. Finally, students will investigate in depth an area of forensic psychology of interest to them. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Division Applied Psychology Department Course Attributes: 400-level Psychology, Applied Psych Applied Course, Applied Psychology Major, Liberal Arts Elective, Psychology Minor, Social Science Mode of Thought
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3.00 Credits
Session Cycle: Fall Yearly Cycle: Every Other This course is an overview of the primary topics related to understanding drugs and their effects on human behavior. Topics include historical and methodological perspectives, basic principles of drug action, basic neurobiology, and the physiological and behavioral effects of drug use and abuse, including stimulants, depressants, narcotics, hallucinogens, designer drugs, inhalants, alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine. The course will also cover the psychopharmacology and behavioral effects of prescription psychiatric medications, including anti-depressants, anti-psychotics, anxioloytics, mood stabilizers, and hypnotics (sleep agents). Additional readings and exercises will be assigned to enhance exposure to various topics beyond the text. Current as well as classic theoretical perspectives will be emphasized throughout the course. Junior standing or permission of the instructor is required. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Division Applied Psychology Department Course Attributes: 400-level Psychology, Applied Psychology Major, Liberal Arts Elective, Psychology Minor, Social Science Mode of Thought
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3.00 Credits
This course examines in depth a major issue, problem, or theme in the area of psychology. It includes a specialized research paper or project, involves discussion and oral and written reports, and may include guest speakers and field trips. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Division Applied Psychology Department Course Attributes: Applied Psychology Major, Liberal Arts Elective, Psychology Minor
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3.00 Credits
Session Cycle: Yearly Cycle: In this course, students will integrate the knowledge they have accumulated in their first three years as an applied psychology major through the development and investigation of their own applied psychology hypothesis. In collaboration with the instructor and with their classmates, students will proceed through the stages of research from hypothesis development, to literature review, to proposing their research methods, to data collection, with the project culminating in written and oral presentations of their findings. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to influence their classmates' projects, and have them influence their project, as they discuss and evaluate each other's work. After completing the course, students will be qualified to evaluate others' research as well as conduct their own research, a skill crucial to many applied psychology careers. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Directed Study, Lecture College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Division Applied Psychology Department Course Attributes: Applied Psychology Major, Liberal Arts Elective, Psychology Minor
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